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Tells HM Passport Office staff about the British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) nationality status and how to deal with BOTC passport applications.
The guidance letter accompanies the authorised persons appointment form.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the different types of British passports they may receive as part of a passport application.
This document contains useful information about United States which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to physically and electronically cancel a British passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about birth registration and how to deal with applications where the birth is not registered, registered late or re-registered.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
This document includes guidance on first-time applicants, renewals, parental responsibility, court orders and loco parentis.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about replacing documents that have been lost or damaged.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the quality, style and appearance required of passport photographs.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with a passport application for a customer whose claim is through a European Economic Area national who exercised Treaty rights.
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
This document contains information about Australia to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how guidance changes for customers when they move across an age boundary while we are processing their application.
This document contains information about Ireland to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Malta to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process to print a passport, the differences between central print and local print and how to collect printed passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from members of the British Diplomatic Service and British Diplomatic Missions abroad.
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