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If you were adopted, you can add your name and contact wishes to the register.
Guidance notes to fill in form CR - part 2
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with customers who ask to collect their passports and supporting documents from the counter.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the evidence needed before changing an adult or child’s name on a passport.
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
HM Passport Office guidelines for photographers and photographic studios producing photos for UK passports.
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.
Tells HMPO staff how to process passport applications for customers who urgently need a passport for urgent government business or compassionate reasons.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption. Use this form if you do not live in the UK.
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