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Change description : 2025-06-24 13:40:00: Published version 20.0 of the titles guidance. A full list of changes can be found in the guide. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Titles: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
13 January 2012
Last updated
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about titles, for example, Mr, Mrs or Dr, and titles of nobility.

It tells you how to record the customer’s title:

  • on the passport processing system, in the title or other title field
  • on the personal details page of a passport
  • in observations you must add

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Published 13 January 2012
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Update history

2025-06-24 13:40
Published version 20.0 of the titles guidance. A full list of changes can be found in the guide.

2023-05-26 16:17
Added section on removing a title from a passport.

2022-10-25 10:04
Version 12.0 of guidance added.

2022-10-03 09:54
Accessible version added.