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Minor First Passport

Post by bulbulc » Sun Aug 02, 2026 7:30 pm

Hi Everyone, Can you advise if the UK passport office will accept original Laminated Birth certificate issued from India?

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Re: Minor First Passport

Post by CR001 » Sun Aug 02, 2026 7:40 pm

Laminated documents are not accepted. This is clearly stated on their website. It doesn't matter which country the document is from.

https://www.gov.uk/get-a-child-passport ... d-passport
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You must send original documents or official copies of certificates. Photocopies are not accepted, even ‘certified copies’.

If your documents are not in English or Welsh, you’ll need to send certified translations as well as the originals.

You cannot send laminated documents.
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Re: Minor First Passport

Post by secret.simon » Sun Aug 02, 2026 8:15 pm

As mentioned above, laminated documents are not accepted by HMPO, and generally not for official purposes in many countries in the West.

You may be better off contacting the issuing authority in India and requesting for another copy of the birth certificate to be issued.
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