Archived government news
November 2024
Transparency data: General Register Office (PCCR) transparency data: Q3 202… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Transparency data: Passport, Citizenship and Civil Registrations data: Q3 2… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: court orders, testamentary guardians and… Monday, 25 November 2024
Guidance: Places of worship registered for marriage Monday, 25 November 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: what it is and how we check for it: case… Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: How to order and pay for civil registration records Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Decide if an application is a UK or overseas submission: casework… Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: British protected persons: caseworker guidance Thursday, 07 November 2024
Guidance: How to correct errors on passports: caseworker guidance Thursday, 07 November 2024
Get a passport urgently Monday, 04 November 2024
October 2024
Guidance: Japan: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 31 October 2024
Guidance: New Zealand: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 31 October 2024
Guidance: Belgium: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 31 October 2024
Form: Registering an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register Friday, 25 October 2024
Guidance: Supporting documents not available: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Cancelling British passports: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: birth parents, adoption and surrogacy: c… Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: children in care of the local authority:… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: British citizenship: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: Parents and grandparents, why we need their details: caseworker g… Monday, 07 October 2024
Guidance: Dealing with customer documents: caseworker guidance Thursday, 03 October 2024
September 2024
Guidance: Confirming identity checks Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Guidance: Home Office issued documents: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Withdrawing passports and passport facilities: caseworker guidanc… Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Guidance: Completing a medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) Sunday, 08 September 2024
Guidance: Marriages, baptisms and burials: guidance for the clergy Sunday, 08 September 2024
Form: Application form to correct details on a death registration Sunday, 08 September 2024
Guidance: Confirming ID: referees Friday, 06 September 2024
What to do when someone dies: step by step Friday, 06 September 2024
August 2024
Guidance: Document storage, retention and destruction: caseworker guidance Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Dealing with customer documents: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Guidance: Damaged British passports: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Guidance: LSR: replacing lost, stolen and recovered passports Friday, 23 August 2024
Transparency data: General Register Office (HMPO) transparency data: Q2 202… Thursday, 22 August 2024
Transparency data: HM Passport Office data: Q2 2024 Thursday, 22 August 2024
Guidance: Lost, stolen and recovered passports: LSR team Monday, 19 August 2024
Guidance: How we communicate with customers: caseworker guidance Friday, 16 August 2024
Guidance: Additional passports: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Guidance: Windrush passport applications and questions: caseworker guidance Friday, 09 August 2024
Guidance: Adoption: caseworker guidance Thursday, 08 August 2024
Guidance: Russia: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 08 August 2024
Guidance: HM Armed Forces passport applications: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 07 August 2024
Guidance: Places of worship registered for marriage Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Guidance: Rwanda: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Guidance: Adoption and the General Register Office: note for parents Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Official Statistics: HMPO privacy information notice Thursday, 01 August 2024
Guidance: Observations in passports: caseworker guidance Thursday, 01 August 2024
July 2024
Guidance: Balance of probabilities: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Guidance: Travel documents issued by UK government offices: caseworker guid… Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Guidance: Decide if an application is a UK or overseas submission: casework… Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Guidance: Angola: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 July 2024
Guidance: Armenia: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 July 2024
Guidance: Iran: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 July 2024
Guidance: Iraq: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 July 2024
Guidance: Japan: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 July 2024
Guidance: How to deal with customers of different ages: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 03 July 2024
Guidance: Customers who are unable to sign their passport: caseworker guida… Wednesday, 03 July 2024
June 2024
Promotional material: Apply online for your first adult passport in 3 easy … Friday, 14 June 2024
May 2024
Guidance: Certifying a building for worship and marriage Thursday, 30 May 2024
Guidance: Specimen passports: caseworker guidance Thursday, 30 May 2024
Guidance: How to order and pay for civil registration records Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Guidance: Certifying a building for worship and marriage Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Form: Application form to correct details on a birth registration Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Form: Application form to remove the wrong father's details from a birth re… Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Form: Application form to correct details on a death registration Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Transparency data: HM Passport Office data: Q1 2024 Thursday, 23 May 2024
Transparency data: General Register Office (HMPO) transparency data: Q1 202… Thursday, 23 May 2024
Guidance: United States: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Ukraine: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Tunisia: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Oman: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Nauru: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Macao: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Guatemala: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Tuvalu: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Kiribati: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Botswana: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Jordan: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Interview process: caseworker guidance Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: South Africa: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Uruguay: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Nigeria: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Kyrgyzstan: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Taiwan: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: United Arab Emirates: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Russia: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Hungary: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Guidance: Germany: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Guidance: Sudan: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: El Salvador: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Cook Islands: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Chile: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Brunei: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Saudi Arabia: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Qatar: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Norway: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Kuwait: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Laos: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 01 May 2024
April 2024
Guidance: Birth registration: caseworker guidance Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Vanuatu: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Hong Kong: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Haiti: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Grenada: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Congo (Democratic Republic of the): Knowledge Base profile Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Seychelles: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: Norfolk Island: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: Niue: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: Mauritius: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: British Indian Ocean Territory: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: Belgium: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Bulgaria: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Canada: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Denmark: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Slovenia: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Passport fees: caseworker guidance Thursday, 11 April 2024
Update on passport application fees Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Gender recognition: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Spain: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Slovakia: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Romania: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Turks and Caicos Islands: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Tonga: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Cayman Islands: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: St Kitts and Nevis: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: New Zealand: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: British Virgin Islands: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Montserrat: Knowledge Base profile Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha: Knowledge Base … Wednesday, 03 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: Photo standards and quality assurance: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: British national (overseas) passport processing: caseworker guida… Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Guidance: Slovakia: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Samoa: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Luxembourg: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Lithuania: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Latvia: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Guinea-Bissau: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Canada: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Andorra: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Right of Abode certificates: caseworker guidance Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Passport litigation: caseworker guidance Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: How to deal with customers of different ages: caseworker guidance Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Definition of 'the customer': caseworker guidance Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Complaints: MP enquiries: caseworker guidance Thursday, 21 March 2024
Update on passport application fees Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Guidance: Spain: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Romania: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Portugal: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Poland: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Ireland: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Germany: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Greece: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Italy: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Slovenia: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Sweden: Knowledge Base profile Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Guidance notes for a birth relative to apply for entry onto part … Friday, 08 March 2024
Guidance: Bulgaria: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Austria: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Finland: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Estonia: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Denmark: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 07 March 2024
Form: Getting your birth certificate information before adoption Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Guidance: Withdrawing passport applications: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Guidance: Evidence to change a name: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Guidance: Aligning names on foreign documents: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Guidance: Apply for entry onto part 1 of the Adoption Contact Register Monday, 04 March 2024
Form: Civil partnership application form Monday, 04 March 2024
February 2024
Transparency data: General Register Office (HMPO) transparency data: Q4 202… Thursday, 29 February 2024
Transparency data: HM Passport Office data: Q4 2023 Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Place and country of birth: caseworker guidance Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Netherlands: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Malta: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Croatia: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Belgium: Knowledge Base profile Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: UK immigration permissions: caseworker guidance Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: Parents and grandparents, why we need their details: caseworker g… Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: Local Services, how a customer applies: caseworker guidance Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: Confirming consent from third parties: caseworker guidance Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: Customers who are unable to sign their passport: caseworker guida… Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: Places of worship registered for marriage Friday, 09 February 2024
Guidance: Old blue (hardback style) passports: caseworker guidance Thursday, 08 February 2024
Guidance: Lost or damaged documents: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Form: Notice of disuse: form 77 Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Form: Registration of a place of religious worship for the solemnisation of… Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Form: Authorised persons certificate of appointment Tuesday, 06 February 2024
January 2024
Guidance: Surrogacy: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: children in care of the local authority:… Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: birth parents, adoption and surrogacy: c… Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: court orders, testamentary guardians and… Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Parental responsibility: what it is and how we check for it: case… Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Authorisation and consent: what it is and who can provide it Monday, 08 January 2024
Guidance: Authorisation and consent: needed to issue a passport Monday, 08 January 2024
Guidance: Authorisation and consent: delivery and collection Monday, 08 January 2024
Guidance: Authorisation and consent: consent to disclose information Monday, 08 January 2024
Guidance: Authorisation and consent: checking evidence and recording decisi… Monday, 08 January 2024
November 2023
Transparency data: General Register Office (HMPO) transparency data: Q3 202… Thursday, 23 November 2023
Transparency data: HM Passport Office data: Q3 2023 Thursday, 23 November 2023
Guidance: EU Settlement Scheme: passport staff guidance Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Guidance: Treaty rights: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Form: Registration of a place of religious worship for the solemnisation of… Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: How to order and pay for civil registration records Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: Discover your family history Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Promotional material: Family tree: guide to death certificates Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: Copyright and trademarks: caseworker guidance Thursday, 02 November 2023
Guidance: Customer queries about foreign travel: caseworker guidance Thursday, 02 November 2023
Guidance: Digital Customer Services: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 01 November 2023
October 2023
Guidance: Assisted reproduction: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Guidance: Braille stickers: caseworker guidance Friday, 27 October 2023
Form: Apply for the disclosure of death registration information scheme Monday, 16 October 2023
September 2023
Guidance: Places of worship registered for marriage Thursday, 14 September 2023
Guidance: Guidance notes for social services departments when applying for … Thursday, 14 September 2023
Guidance: DNA testing for British passport applications: caseworker guidanc… Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Guidance: Authorisation and consent: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Form: HMPO data subject rights request form Monday, 04 September 2023
August 2023
Guidance: Safeguarding and consent issues: caseworker guidance Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Guidance: Suicide and self-harm: supporting vulnerable customers Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Guidance: Additional passports: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Transparency data: General Register Office (HMPO) transparency data: Q2 202… Thursday, 24 August 2023
Transparency data: HM Passport Office data: Q2 2023 Thursday, 24 August 2023
Cancel a lost or stolen passport Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Guidance: Collective passport: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 08 August 2023
July 2023
British passports will be issued in the name of His Majesty Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Guidance: How to order and pay for civil registration records Thursday, 06 July 2023
Guidance: Discover your family history Thursday, 06 July 2023
Promotional material: Family tree: guide to birth certificates Thursday, 06 July 2023
Promotional material: Family tree: guide to death certificates Thursday, 06 July 2023
June 2023
Guidance: Nicaragua: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Monaco: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Croatia: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Costa Rica: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Anguilla: Knowledge Base profile Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Treaty rights: caseworker guidance Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Treaty Rights passport applications: supporting documents Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: British citizenship: caseworker guidance Friday, 30 June 2023
Guidance: Tanzania: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 29 June 2023
Guidance: Netherlands: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 29 June 2023
Guidance: Malta: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 29 June 2023
Guidance: Eritrea: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 29 June 2023
Guidance: Belgium: Knowledge Base profile Thursday, 29 June 2023
Guidance: Signatures that do not match a customer's name: caseworker guidan… Friday, 23 June 2023
Guidance: Name related case notes: caseworker guidance Friday, 23 June 2023
Guidance: How to show uncommon names in passports: caseworker guidance Friday, 23 June 2023
Guidance: The names we use in passports: caseworker guidance Friday, 23 June 2023
Guidance: Specimen passports: caseworker guidance Friday, 23 June 2023
Guidance: HMPO names policy: caseworker guidance Friday, 23 June 2023
Guidance: Places of worship registered for marriage Monday, 12 June 2023
Guidance: Knowledge Base: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 06 June 2023
May 2023
Guidance: Safeguarding and consent issues: caseworker guidance Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Guidance: Titles: caseworker guidance Friday, 26 May 2023
Transparency data: Customer service operations data: Q1 2023 Thursday, 25 May 2023