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France: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about France to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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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

Published 19 March 2024
Last updated 2823 NovemberMarch 20252026 + show all updates
  1. 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.

  2. This document has been updated with minor formatting changes.

  3. 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.

  4. This document has been updated with minor formatting changes.

  5. First published.

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