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Kenya: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about Kenya which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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This document contains useful information about Kenya which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

This document includes information about:

  • names
  • nationality
  • legitimacy and parental responsibility
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage
  • documents from Kenya

Updates to this page

Published 18 September 2025
Last updated 23 September 2026 — Show all updates
  1. This Knowledge base profile has been updated in the Names section to show when HM Passport Office will add an observation to the British passport referencing the name shown in the customer's foreign passport.

  2. First published.

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