What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently - emergency travel document and replacement passport.
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Monday, 02 December 2019
You must use form LA1 to apply to re-register a child’s birth following the marriage or civil partnership of natural parents.
Monday, 02 December 2019
You must use form LA1 to apply to re-register a child’s birth following the marriage or civil partnership of natural parents.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Answers to frequently asked questions about registered buildings.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Guidance on approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Guidance on approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Further information on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriage and civil partnerships.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Further information on the approval of premises as venues for civil marriage and civil partnerships.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.
Thursday, 28 November 2019
The authorised persons newsletters from GRO contain news, guidance and useful information for people authorised to register marriages.
Thursday, 28 November 2019
This newsletter provides marriage registrars in synagogues with useful information to help you perform your registration duties.
Friday, 15 November 2019
How your personal information is used in Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Guidance explaining what format birth certificates must be in, what information they must show and how to ascertain nationality status.
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Guidance explaining what format birth certificates must be in, what information they must show and how to ascertain nationality status.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Places of worship, including those registered for marriages under the Marriage Act, both for the marriage of opposite sex and same sex couples.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Places of worship, including those registered for marriages under the Marriage Act, both for the marriage of opposite sex and same sex couples.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Places of worship, including those registered for marriages under the Marriage Act, both for the marriage of opposite sex and same sex couples.
Tuesday, 08 October 2019
Guidance on the acceptability of statutory declarations for passport purposes.
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Guidance notes and application forms for birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificates.
Thursday, 19 September 2019
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
Thursday, 19 September 2019
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
Monday, 16 September 2019
A million text messages will be sent to passport holders who may be affected by new passport validity rules in a no deal Brexit.
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently - emergency travel document and replacement passport.
Friday, 23 August 2019
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
Friday, 23 August 2019
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.
Friday, 23 August 2019
Adoption contact register form - part 2
Friday, 09 August 2019
Check if you need to renew your passport before travelling to Europe if there's a no deal Brexit
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Her Majesty’s Passport Office has teamed up with Action Fraud to raise awareness of the need to report lost and stolen passports.
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Gemalto UK Ltd have been awarded the UK passport manufacturing and personalisation contract by Her Majesty’s Passport Office today.
Monday, 29 January 2018
The Home Office has outlined plans to introduce different passport fees for online and postal applications.
Friday, 22 December 2017
The cover of the UK passport will be returning to blue after the UK leaves the European Union, the Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis has announced.
Friday, 08 December 2017
Passport holders aged 16 years or over can now use the latest, most convenient way to renew their passport online, Her Majesty’s Passport Office announced today.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
HM Passport Office has launched a new online passport renewal service as part of its drive to improve customer services.
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Students and young people are being urged to leave their passports at home when socialising on nights out in a new drive to prevent identity fraud.
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Students and young people are being urged to leave their passports at home when socialising on nights out in a new drive to prevent identity fraud.
Friday, 02 September 2016
Robert Goodwill unveiled the new site, which is Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s largest office.
Tuesday, 03 November 2015
The latest design of the UK passport was unveiled today (Tuesday 3 November) by the Minister for Immigration, James Brokenshire, at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
This guide explains how you can request the cancellation of the passport of a child under 16 at risk of radicalisation.
Monday, 24 August 2015
The new Registrar General for England and Wales, Mark Thomson, was formally appointed today (24 August).
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Mark Thomson has been appointed as the new Director General of Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO).
Monday, 10 November 2014
Tyson Hepple has been appointed as the interim Director General of Her Majesty’s Passport Office
Monday, 13 October 2014
This written ministerial statement was laid on 13 October 2014 in the House of Commons by Theresa May and in the House of Lords by Lord Bates.
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by James Brokenshire and in the House of Lords by Lord Taylor of Holbeach.
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