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Who can sign (countersign) passport photos and application forms and what they need to do
Find a Passport Customer Service Centre for Fast Track and Premium service passport applications - offices are in Belfast, Birmingham, Durham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newport and Peterborough.
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
Contact information for the General Register Office
How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
How to use the Post Office passport Check and Send service for passport applications and renewals, what it costs, where you can use the service.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
British passport eligibility - types of British nationality, eligibility by marriage or civil partnership, who to contact if you're not sure
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