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Guidance: DNA testing for British passport applications

Hm Passport Office

September 28
09:18 2022

DNA testing for British passport applications

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff:

  • that we follow Home Office DNA guidance
  • that we cannot require customers to provide DNA evidence as part of their passport application
  • that we have no specific statutory power to require DNA evidence
  • what we do when we receive DNA evidence to support a British passport application
Published 23 April 2021
Last updated 28 September 2022 +show all updates
  1. Accessible version added.

  2. First published.

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