Guidance

Russia: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains useful information about Russia which will assist His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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This document includes information about:

  • names
  • nationality
  • legitimacy and parental responsibility
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage
  • documents from Russia

Updates to this page

Published 8 May 2024
Last updated 8 August 2024 + show all updates
  1. This guidance has been updated to confirm that we only need to align the name on the international Russia passport.

  2. First published.

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