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Written question asked by Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 20 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 (named day). It was answered by Seema Malhotra (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports: Applications

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of HM Passport Office accepting multilingual standardised birth certificates as part of passport applications for the children of British parents born in Europe.

Answer

His Majesty’s Passport Office requires customers to provide a full birth certificate, issued in the country of birth, as part of a passport application. Multilingual Standard Forms do not meet this criteria: they are an extract of a civil registration record translated into the language needed and are not a full original certificate.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
40088
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Children Applications Languages Passports Birth certificates
Link
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