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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving parental responsibility, court orders, testamentary guardians and loco parentis.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the different types of British passports they may receive as part of a passport application.
This guidance from the Registrar General explains the process for approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
This document contains information about Nigeria to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Kyrgyzstan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.
Guidance for HM Passport Office staff on how to check if authorisation and consent is genuine.
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.
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 about people who hold dual nationality.
This document includes guidance on first-time applicants, renewals, parental responsibility, court orders and loco parentis.
This document contains information about Canada to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
Guidance for His Majesty's Passport Office operational staff on how to check, add and record titles and observations on a passport.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers born on or after 1 July 2021 under the EU Settlement Scheme.
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.
This document contains information about Myanmar (Burma) to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to show uncommon names in passports.
This document contains information about Kosovo which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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