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Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register it for the solemnisation of marriages.
This document contains useful information about Russia which will assist His Majesty’s 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).
This document contains information about Sweden to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with emergency passports and travel documents.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.
This document contains information about France to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about customers who ask for a change of gender on their passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from members of the British Diplomatic Service and British Diplomatic Missions abroad.
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 applications from customers who cannot sign their passports when they receive it.
This document includes guidance on first-time applicants, renewals, parental responsibility, court orders and loco parentis.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about name related case notes and name related automatic case notes that the system adds automatically.
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.
This document contains information about Somalia to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications when the customer’s signature does not match their name.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about connected applications. It includes how to process connected applications on Digital Application Processing.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers who hold British protected persons status.
This guidance is for HM Passport Office staff.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.
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