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Find a Passport Customer Service Centre for Fast Track and Premium service passport applications - offices are in Belfast, Birmingham, Durham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newport and Peterborough.
Who can sign (countersign) passport photos and application forms and what they need to do
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
How to use the Post Office passport Check and Send service for passport applications and renewals, what it costs, where you can use the service.
Free services and facilities to help you with your passport application if you're disabled
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
British passport eligibility - types of British nationality, eligibility by marriage or civil partnership, who to contact if you're not sure
Application form for British applicants outside the UK.
Guidance notes and application forms for birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificates.
You must use form LA1 to apply to re-register a child’s birth following the marriage or civil partnership of the mother and father.
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough
Application form to order a copy of a birth certificate registered in England and Wales.
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the father's details.
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Use this form to apply in advance for a passport using your new name.
You might be able to stop someone getting a passport by applying for a court order - parental child abduction, vulnerable adults
Credit/debit card payment authorisation form for overseas passports to print out and complete.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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