Guidance

Names: aligning names on foreign documents

Guidance for HMPO staff on dealing with passport applications where the name a customer applies in does not match the name on their foreign documents.

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HM Passport Office
Published
4 March 2021
Last updated
28 September 2022 — See all updates

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This guidance tells staff:

  • what the customer must do (before we issue them with a passport)
  • when we will consider issuing a passport using the name on a passport application (even if it does not match the name on the customer’s foreign document)
Published 4 March 2021
Last updated 28 September 2022 + show all updates

  1. Accessible version added.

  2. First published.