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How to correct errors on passportspassports: caseworker guidance

GuidanceTells forHM staffPassport onOffice staff what to do if we issue a passport with an errorerror.

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How to correct errors on passports

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office operational staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.

Updates to this page

Published 7 February 2012
Last updated 147 November 20222024 + show all updates
  1. Guidance updated to remove references to DMS (Document Management Service) and transferring applications to AMS (Application Management System).

  2. This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.

  3. Accessible version added.

  4. First published.

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