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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with refusing passport applications and facilities
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process for issuing restricted validity passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from customers who hold British overseas citizenship.
HMPO staff guidance on passport applications for customers who need to check if a parent would have had settled status on 30 June 2021.
Further information on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriage and civil partnerships.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with the collective passport process.
This document contains information about Democratic Republic of the Congo to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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 the EU Settlement Scheme and how to deal with passport applications for affected children.
Staff guidance on handling requests to conduct searches against the passport and immigration facial image databases.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the procedure for passport applications received from HM armed forces personnel.
This document contains information about India to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document explains the changes to the UK passport, which was introduced in October 2010.
This document contains information about Kenya which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what Knowledge Base is and how to use it.
This document contains information about Kuwait to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process to print a passport, the differences between central print and local print and how to collect printed passports.
This document contains information about Poland to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the importance of reading and recording permanent records of information, such as case notes and passport notes.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the Royal Prerogative in relation to passport applications.
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