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.

Updated with minor formatting changes and in the Name alignment section to explain how usage names may appear in a France passport and to show a customer who has a ‘usage’, ‘spouse of’ or ‘widow of’ name mentioned in their France passport can apply for their British passport in their birth name.

This document has been updated with minor formatting changes.

Updated document to reflect the current gender recognition law in France and explain what a Multilingual Standard Form is and that HM Passport Office cannot accept them.

This document has been updated with minor formatting changes.

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