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Mauritania: Knowledge Base profile

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

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

This document includes information about:

  • names
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage

Updates to this page

Published 2 May 2025
Last updated 1 October 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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