France: Knowledge Base profile
This document contains information about France to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Documents
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Knowledge Base is an information resource for HM Passport Office staff.
This document includes information about:
- names
- nationality
- legitimacy and parental responsibilities
- surrogacy
- documents from France
Updates to this page
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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.
Update history
2026-03-23 11:29
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.
2025-11-28 12:20
This document has been updated with minor formatting changes.
2025-07-31 16:32
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.
2024-04-09 15:28
This document has been updated with minor formatting changes.
2024-03-19 15:03
First published.