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How to use the General Register Office to find marriage certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
Acceptable UK passport photograph standards.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
A listing of where you can view the General Register Office indexes online and in person.
This booklet provides guidance to members of the clergy on their role and responsibilities during burials, baptisms and marriages.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications to replace passports that have been reported lost or stolen.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
This guidance from the Registrar General explains the process for approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
How to get a UK passport for your child if they were born through surrogacy.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with faulty passports.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
Guidance on how to sign your new passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications when the customer has a change of name.
Tells HM Passport Office staff who can confirm a customer’s identity and how they do this.
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 how to check a damaged British passport received as a supporting document, and how to replace a damaged British passport.
Leaflet explaining in simple steps how to apply online for your first passport, if you are applying as an adult.
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.
If you were adopted, you can add your name and contact wishes to the register.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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