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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.
A listing of where you can view the General Register Office indexes online and in person.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications to replace passports that have been reported lost or stolen.
This booklet provides聽guidance to members of the clergy on their role and responsibilities during burials, baptisms and marriages.
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.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
Guidance on how to sign your new passport.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications when the customer has a change of name.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
Tells HM Passport Office staff who can confirm a customer鈥檚 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 deal with faulty passports.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff what information we need about a customer鈥檚 parents and grandparents and what to do if information is missing.
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.
HM Passport Office guidelines for photographers and photographic studios producing photos for UK passports.
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