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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a damaged British passport received as a supporting document, and how to replace a damaged British passport.
How to use the General Register Office to find death certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Outlines the evidence you need to give if you're applying for a British passport outside the UK and have links with the Philippines.
Information and guidance for transgender and transsexual customers.
How to apply for your child’s first British passport if your child was born after you were granted indefinite leave to remain under the EU Settlement Scheme.
How to use the General Register Office to find marriage certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
This guidance from the Registrar General explains the process for approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
A listing of where you can view the General Register Office indexes online and in person.
Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register it for the solemnisation of marriages.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
Acceptable UK passport photograph standards.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications when the customer has a change of name.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about passport applications from customers in the UK and overseas who ask for additional (more than 1) passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff who can confirm a customer’s identity and how they do this.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with customers who ask to collect their passports and supporting documents from the counter.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
How to get a UK passport for your child if they were born through surrogacy.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff what information we need about a customer’s parents and grandparents and what to do if information is missing.
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