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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 28 September 2022 +show all updates