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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers who hold British subject status.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from customers who hold British overseas citizenship.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a person’s signature is genuine if we do not hold a record of their signature on main index.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process for issuing restricted validity passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with refusing passport applications and facilities
This document contains information about Saudi Arabia to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains useful information about Philippines which will assist His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the names we use in passports.
This guidance explains what a specimen passport is and how His Majesty’s Passport Office deals with requests for specimen passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about our names policy.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff who can apply for a passport using the Digital Fast Track service and how to apply.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about documents that cannot be returned to customers.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about handling supporting documents for British passport applications and when they can or cannot be accepted.
Staff guidance on handling requests to conduct searches against the passport and immigration facial image databases.
This document contains information about Mauritius to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to establish British nationality for people born abroad when their parent was in Crown, designated or EU service.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about documents the Home Office issue.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what a status letter is and how to use status letters with passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to show uncommon names in passports.
Further information on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriage and civil partnerships.
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