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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 about the quality, style and appearance required of passport photographs.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about replacing documents that have been lost or damaged.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.
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.
This document contains useful information about New Zealand which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
A new passport design was launched on 3 November 2015.
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.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications from customers who cannot sign their passports when they receive it.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the different types of British passports they may receive as part of a passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from customers who hold British overseas citizenship.
This document contains information about Argentina to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Further information on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriage and civil partnerships.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the Royal Prerogative in relation to passport applications.
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving parental responsibility, court orders, testamentary guardians and loco parentis.
This document contains information about Afghanistan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Guidance for HM Passport Office staff on delivery and collection of passports and supporting documents.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about handling supporting documents for British passport applications and when they can or cannot be accepted.
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