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Guidance notes for doctors covering issues doctors often ask about and clarifying best practice under current legislation.
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
Data on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and HM Passport Office performance.
How to use the General Register Office to find birth certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what an interview is, who must attend, how a customer books an appointment and the types of interviews we offer.
Guidance on how to sign your new passport.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.
New British passports will now bear the title 'His Majesty' for the first time since 1952.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Supporting documents form for passport applicants in Pakistan to print out and complete.
Application form and guidance notes on how to remove the wrong fathers details from a birth registration.
To be used when checking passports for identification.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications to replace passports that have been reported lost or stolen.
How to use the General Register Office to find death certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Complete form LS01 to report your British passport lost or stolen if you’re outside the UK.
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.
Information and guidance for transgender and transsexual customers.
Adoption contact register form - part 1
Passport holders aged 16 years or over can now use the latest, most convenient way to renew their passport online, Her Majesty’s Passport Office announced today.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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