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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to physically and electronically cancel a British passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff working in the lost, stolen and recovered (LSR) team about duties they must complete as part of the LSR process.
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with an application for a child in the care of the local authorities.
HM Passport Office guidelines for photographers and photographic studios producing photos for UK passports.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to process passport applications for customers who hold British national (overseas) citizenship.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) nationality status and how to deal with BOTC passport applications.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for customers visiting HM Passport Office.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about people who hold dual nationality.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the different types of British passports they may receive as part of a passport application.
The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers who hold British overseas citizen status.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to process notifications and cancel passports held by persons who have not paid child maintenance.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about inviting customers to volunteer DNA evidence to support a biological relationship, during a UK or overseas British passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with malicious lost and stolen passport reports.
His Majesty's Passport Office guidance on withdrawing passports and passport facilities (services).
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from members of the British Diplomatic Service and British Diplomatic Missions abroad.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
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