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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.
This document contains useful information about Turkey which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to handle passport applications made using the Check & Send service.
If your child was conceived through sperm donation you'll need to provide additional evidence to support your passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to physically and electronically cancel a British passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the customer’s place and country of birth and how they must be shown on the passport and in our records.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the tiered application service and the different service levels we offer.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.
The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to process passport applications for customers who hold British national (overseas) citizenship.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about inviting customers to volunteer DNA evidence to support a biological relationship, during a UK or overseas British passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what a status letter is and how to use status letters with passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from members of the British Diplomatic Service and British Diplomatic Missions abroad.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about people who hold dual nationality.
This leaflet has information on how you can get help renewing your passport and what you should remember when using an organisation to help you apply.
This guidance is for His Majesty’s Passport Office staff.
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 deal with passport applications for customers who hold British overseas citizen status.
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