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noajthan wrote:Interesting take on the requirement to supply all uncancelled passports with a UK passport application:
British Dual Citizens: How the Government is Spying on You

noajthan wrote:For reference, HM Passport Office: passports policy
HM Passport Office: passports policy

Antsmall wrote:The relevant regulation, from 9 June 2014, is here:
Overseas Policy and Procedure Changes 9th June 2014

vinny wrote:

Antsmall wrote:The relevant regulation, from 9 June 2014, is here:
Overseas Policy and Procedure Changes 9th June 2014

Couldn't find it on the HM Passport Office's website, probably because:

Ministers intervene to prevent relaxation of checks at Passport Office wrote:A Home Office spokesman said: "Ministers were unaware of this document and have instructed Her Majesty's Passport Office to withdraw it immediately."

noajthan wrote:Gov UK position on dual citizens is here:
Dual citizenship

- but be careful about this:
Crackdown on criminals who change their names to avoid detection

> not sure how many criminals it's catching but it's proving tricky for some law-abiding married women;
(those who naturalise in UK in their married name but who hold official documents in their previous, maiden name)

7.3 For Dual citizens, provided the name requested on the UK passport application matches exactly the name on any foreign passport, whether valid or expired, the UK passport may be issued in the surname used prior to marriage.
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7.7 It is important to note the difference in approach to dual citizens who have married and have access to multiple passports. Alignment of passports and use of one name for all official purpose principle is to minimise the risk of multiple names being used and persons having the ability to travel across borders in different identities.

Atapattu, R. (On the Application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 1388 (Admin)

The Nature of a Passport at the Intersection of Customary International Law and American Judicial Practice