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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 about the Royal Prerogative in relation to passport applications.
His Majesty's Passport Office guidance on withdrawing passports and passport facilities (services).
Guidance for HM Passport Office staff on delivery and collection of passports and supporting documents.
This document contains information about Azerbaijan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Belize to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Brazil to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Further information on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriage and civil partnerships.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications completed and consented to by third parties.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the customer’s date of birth and how it must be shown on the passport and in our records.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of secretaries (for marriages) of synagogues at marriage ceremonies.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about names that cannot be used in passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to handle applications and queries from prisoners (detainees), including ex-prisoners or those out on licence, in the UK or overseas.
This guidance explains what a specimen passport is and how His Majesty’s Passport Office deals with requests for specimen passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about documents that cannot be returned to customers.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with an application if a customer cannot send us the supporting documents we need to prove their identity, entitlement and British nationality.
This document contains useful information about Taiwan which will assist His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains useful information about United States which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.
This guidance is for HM Passport Office staff.
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