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How to fill in your passport application form and provide a correct photo.
Before you apply for a passport Ways to apply for a passport Please don’t…
Help completing the passport application form from outside the UK.
Please don’t book travel until you’ve received your new passport, as we…
A list of premises that have been approved for civil marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales.
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
This guide explains what civil registration records you can order from the General Register Office, and how to order and pay for them.
Describes how the General Register Office can help you research your family tree and family history.
Leaflet explaining how to renew an adult passport online in simple steps.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with delivery addresses for new passports and the return of supporting documents.
How to use the General Register Office to find birth certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
This guidance is for anyone applying for a British passport who was born in the UK to parent(s) from the EEA.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the identity checks they must do on passport applications from the United Kingdom and overseas.
Information and guidance for transgender and transsexual customers.
Outlines the evidence you need to give if you're applying for a British passport outside the UK and have links with the Philippines.
Places of worship, including those registered for marriages under the Marriage Act, both for the marriage of opposite sex and same sex couples.
How to use the General Register Office to find death certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
To be used when checking passports for identification.
Acceptable UK passport photograph standards.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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