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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications from customers who cannot sign their passports when they receive it.
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.
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.
This document contains information about Guatemala to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Guinea-Bissau to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Hong Kong to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Kazakhstan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Kiribati to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Malaysia to help His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about names that cannot be used in passports.
This document contains information about Nicaragua to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Nigeria to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about North Macedonia to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
HM Passport Office guidance about parental responsibility, birth parents, adoption and surrogacy.
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 how to revoke Certificates of Entitlement to Right of Abode in foreign passports or travel documents.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we need parental consent for a minor’s application and identify a safeguarding issue.
This document contains information about Saudi Arabia to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This guidance tells HM Passport office staff about sign after receipt passports.
This document contains information about St Kitts and Nevis to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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