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Guidance on how to certify a building for religious worship and register it for the solemnisation of marriages.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff what information we need about a customer’s parents and grandparents and what to do if information is missing.
HM Passport Office guidelines for photographers and photographic studios producing photos for UK passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what a status letter is and how to use status letters with passport applications.
If you were adopted, you can add your name and contact wishes to the register.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers that hold British citizenship.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.
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 booklet provides guidance to members of the clergy on their role and responsibilities during burials, baptisms and marriages.
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.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the evidence needed before changing an adult or child’s name on a 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 how to deal with passport applications for customers who hold British subject status.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to physically and electronically cancel a British passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the identity checks they must do on passport applications from the United Kingdom and overseas.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how we provide braille stickers for customer’s passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff working in the lost, stolen and recovered (LSR) team about duties they must complete as part of the LSR process.
The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
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