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Ethiopia: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about Ethiopia to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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ThisKnowledge documentBase containsis usefulan information aboutresource Ethiopiafor which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.staff.

This document includes information about:

  • names
  • nationality
  • legitimacy
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage
  • documents from Ethiopia

Updates to this page

Published 4 September 2025
Last updated 18 August 2026 Show all updates
  1. This Knowledge base profile has been updated in the Names section to show when HM Passport Office will add an observation to the British passport referencing the name shown in the customer's foreign passport.

  2. First published.

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