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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers who hold British protected persons status.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how customers apply for a passport online using Digital Customer Services.
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 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 what an interview is, who must attend, how a customer books an appointment and the types of interviews we offer.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.
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 names that cannot be used in passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to establish British nationality for people born abroad when their parent was in Crown, designated or EU service.
This document contains information about Iraq to help His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register it for the solemnisation of marriages.
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the evidence needed before changing an adult or child’s name on a passport.
His Majesty’s Passport Office guidance explaining how we return customer’s documents to them when the application is still live.
This document contains information about Japan to help His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications on DAP (Digital Application Processing) using the dedicated Armed Forces route.
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 explains what a specimen passport is and how His Majesty’s Passport Office deals with requests for specimen passports.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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