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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.
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.
This quick start guide tells you how the Equality Act regulates the way in which private clubs and other types of associations treat their members…
How to use the General Register Office to find marriage certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Guidance to help public authorities comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty in their policies, programmes and services.
This guidance from the Registrar General explains the process for approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
Acceptable UK passport photograph standards.
People who lack mental capacity can be helped to express their views by an independent mental capacity advocate service.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a damaged British passport received as a supporting document, and how to replace a damaged British passport.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
This booklet provides guidance to members of the clergy on their role and responsibilities during burials, baptisms and marriages.
How to take part in a planning or listed building consent appeal proceeding by written representations.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about fees for passport service types, information on fee increases and the circumstances in which a refund may be granted.
This page is designed to provide British Nationals with guidance on nationality in China.
Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register it for the solemnisation of marriages.
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