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Tells HM Passport Office staff about the Royal Prerogative in relation to passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the names we use in passports.
This guidance is for His Majesty’s Passport Office staff.
This document contains information about Germany to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to show uncommon names in passports.
This document contains information about Iraq to help His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what Knowledge Base is and how to use it.
This document contains information about Luxembourg to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Malaysia to help His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Information about the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons, the clergy and secretaries of synagogues for marriage ceremonies.
This document contains information about the Netherlands to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what happens when a customer decides to take legal action that relates to their passport or passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the importance of reading and recording permanent records of information, such as case notes and passport notes.
This document contains information about South Africa to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with emergency passports and travel documents.
This document contains useful information about United States which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This document contains information about Anguilla to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.
This document contains information about Canada to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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