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Guidance: Date of birth: caseworker guidance

Hm Passport Office

February 4
15:39 2025

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff:

  • why recording the customers correct date of birth is important
  • about the documents we accept to confirm a customers date of birth
  • what to do if the customer wants to change their date of birth on their passport

Updates to this page

Published 17 June 2021
Last updated 4 February 2025 +show all updates
  1. This guidance has been updated to tell examiners what action to take if the customer crosses an age threshold (for example, under 12 to over 12), when you make a change to the customers date of birth.

  2. Added version 8.0 of this guidance.

  3. Accessible version added.

  4. First published.

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