GovWire

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff dealing with passport applications:

• how the customers place and country of birth is part of their identity
• the customers place and country of birth affects their nationality
• how the customers place and country of birth may affect their entitlement
• the impact place and country of birth may have on a vulnerability
• how the customers place and country of birth may affect consent for a passport
• about the importance of the name of the place and country of birth, and how to correctly record them
• what documents a customer must send us, as evidence of their place and country of birth
• how and when you must make changes to the customers place and country of birth