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Guidance: Parental responsibility: what it is and how we check for it: caseworker guidance

Hm Passport Office

November 21
11:23 2024

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff:

  • what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes
  • how to use the information shown in the passport application to confirm parental responsibility
  • how to confirm parental responsibility if the child is registered as a British national (and the parents have not supplied a birth certificate)

Updates to this page

Published 24 January 2024
Last updated 21 November 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated to tell examiners they must consider the childs place of residence when considering parental responsibility for international applications, and the phrase responsible parent, shown in some UKVI records for children registered as British nationals, does not mean that person has parental responsibility for the child.

  2. First published.

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