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Use this guide to help you apply for a British National Overseas (BNO) passport from Hong Kong.
Describes how the General Register Office can help you research your family tree and family history.
Contact details for the General Register Office for Northern Ireland
Application form to order a birth certificate for a birth that was registered overseas.
There has recently been considerable press coverage of people facing holiday cancellations or travel disruption due to waiting times for passports.
Collective (group) passports - who they're for, how to apply and how to get a collective passport changed
If there are any errors on a marriage or civil partnership certificate you can 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…
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Leaflets explaining how to apply for or renew an adult passport online in simple steps.
Complete the application form to order a copy of an adoption certificate registered in England and Wales.
This guidance is for anyone applying for a British passport who was born in the UK to parent(s) from the EEA.
Complete this form if you want to know what information His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) holds about you.
Order a commemorative marriage certificate for a gift or keepsake to mark a silver, ruby, golden or diamond wedding anniversary
Application form to order a marriage certificate for a marriage that was registered overseas.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office has teamed up with Action Fraud to raise awareness of the need to report lost and stolen passports.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
These guides explain how to use the General Register Office when researching your family tree and family history.
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
Correct an original registration with the register office or GRO - what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes
You might be able to stop someone getting a passport by applying for a court order - parental child abduction, vulnerable adults
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