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Guidance: DNA testing for British passport applications

Hm Passport Office

October 25
09:09 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 25 October 2022 +show all updates
  1. Added version 7.0 of guidance.

  2. Accessible version added.

  3. First published.

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