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Guidance: Checking a signature is genuine: caseworker guidance

Hm Passport Office

November 10
11:52 2022

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a persons signature is genuine.

Staff must use this guidance when they need to check a persons signature is genuine. For example, when there is a need to complete confirming identity checks on the application or the signature is from a person who:

  • has given additional authorisation and consent
  • is a third party applying on behalf of an intended passport holder
  • is a countersignatory or digital referee and we have asked them to confirm something is writing
Published 19 April 2021
Last updated 10 November 2022 +show all updates
  1. Updated guidance published.

  2. First published.

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