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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.
A new passport design was launched on 3 November 2015.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about birth registration and how to deal with applications where the birth is not registered, registered late or re-registered.
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.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what a status letter is and how to use status letters with passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) nationality status and how to deal with BOTC passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about withdrawing passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to process notifications and cancel passports held by persons who have not paid child maintenance.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about replacing documents that have been lost or damaged.
The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about handling supporting documents for British passport applications and when they can or cannot be accepted.
If your child was conceived through sperm donation you'll need to provide additional evidence to support your passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add observations to passports.
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 includes guidance on first-time applicants, renewals, parental responsibility, court orders and loco parentis.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about inviting customers to volunteer DNA evidence to support a biological relationship, during a UK or overseas British passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how guidance changes for customers when they move across an age boundary while we are processing their application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
His Majesty’s Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving assisted reproduction.
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