Titles: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about titles, for example, Mr, Mrs or Dr, and titles of nobility.
It tells you how to record the customer’s title:
- on the passport processing system, in the title or other title field
- on the personal details page of a passport
- in observations you must add
Updates to this page
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Guidance updated as detailed in section 1.3.
Update history
2026-06-18 13:03
Updated the guidance throughout; a full list of the changes can be found in the section “Changes from last version of this guidance” section.
2025-10-22 11:19
Guidance updated as detailed in section 1.3.
2025-06-24 13:40
Published version 20.0 of the titles guidance. A full list of changes can be found in the guide.
2023-05-26 16:17
Added section on removing a title from a passport.
2022-10-25 10:04
Version 12.0 of guidance added.
2022-10-03 09:54
Accessible version added.