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This document contains information about Denmark to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.
This guidance from the Registrar General explains the process for approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the customer’s place and country of birth and how they must be shown on the passport and in our records.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) nationality status and how to deal with BOTC passport applications.
This document contains information about the Dominican Republic to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Guidance for HM Passport Office staff on how to deal with applications involving surrogacy (a type of assisted reproduction).
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
This document contains information about Chile to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about China to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
His Majesty’s Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving assisted reproduction.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the identity checks they must do on passport applications from the United Kingdom and overseas.
This document contains information about Cuba to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about fees for passport service types, information on fee increases and the circumstances in which a refund may be granted.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about the Data Protection Act 2018.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to return customers passports and documents to them when a final decision is made on their application.
This document contains information about Spain to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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.
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