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Guidance

AligningNames: aligning names on foreign documents: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal 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
53 MarchJuly 20242025 — See all updates

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office 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)

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Published 4 March 2021
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Update history

2025-07-03 13:13
For a full list of changes, see ‘changes from last version of this guidance’.

2024-03-05 08:34
Updated the Names: aligning names on foreign documents guidance to make minor formatting changes.

2022-12-14 16:22
This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.

2022-09-28 15:58
Accessible version added.