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HM Passport Office guidance about parental responsibility, birth parents, adoption and surrogacy.
This guidance is for HM Passport Office staff.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a person鈥檚 signature is genuine if we do not hold a record of their signature on main index.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about handling supporting documents for British passport applications and when they can or cannot be accepted.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to decide if an application is a United Kingdom or overseas application.
This document explains the changes to the UK passport, which was introduced in October 2010.
Information about the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons, the clergy and secretaries of synagogues for marriage ceremonies.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the different types of British passports they may receive as part of a passport application.
This document contains information about Argentina to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
His Majesty鈥檚 Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving assisted reproduction.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to handle passport applications made using the Check & Send service.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about customers who ask for a change of gender on their passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about our names policy.
This document contains information about Japan to help His Majesty鈥檚 Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Jordan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains useful information about Mexico 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.
This document contains information about Portugal to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the names we use in passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with emergency passports and travel documents.
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