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Tells HM Passport Office staff about withdrawing passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to process passport applications for customers who hold British national (overseas) citizenship.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what a status letter is and how to use status letters with passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to return customers passports and documents to them when a final decision is made on their application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about handling supporting documents for British passport applications and when they can or cannot be accepted.
This leaflet has information on how you can get help renewing your passport and what you should remember when using an organisation to help you apply.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what an interview is, who must attend, how a customer books an appointment and the types of interviews we offer.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with an application if a customer cannot send us the supporting documents we need to prove their identity, entitlement and British nationality.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about birth registration and how to deal with applications where the birth is not registered, registered late or re-registered.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about replacing documents that have been lost or damaged.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the quality, style and appearance required of passport photographs.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to revoke Certificates of Entitlement to Right of Abode in foreign passports or travel documents.
Leaflet explaining in simple steps how to apply online for your first passport, if you are applying as an adult.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers who hold British subject status.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the identity checks they must do on passport applications from the United Kingdom and overseas.
HM Passport Office guidance for dealing with applications when a parent appears to have diplomatic privileges at the time of their child’s birth.
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about documents that cannot be returned to customers.
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