Names: the name we use in passports: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the names we use in passports.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what names a customer must use in their passport and what they must do if their name:
- changes
- cannot be used in the passport
- is unusual
- does not match the name on the customer’s supporting documents
- includes a title
We will only issue a passport when we are satisfied with a customer’s identity, nationality and entitlement.
A name is part of the customer’s identity. We do not use it on its own to confirm their identity, as we consider other personal details (for example, date and place of birth).
Updates to this page
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This guidance has been updated in the section The name we use in passports, to include guidance on the name we use in passports when the customer has registered or naturalised, from the Names: change of name passport applications guidance and in the section Passport applications that have a change of name, to change a reference of counter fraud team to Public Protection.
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This guidance has been updated to tell examiners adding a name to a passport does not breach trademark or copyright laws.
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First published.