Changing name on passport



The name on your passport should always match your legal name. So if your name changes you need to get your passport amended. This is true whether you change your name by deed poll or when you get married or form a civil partnership.

So as soon as you signed your deed poll you should apply to the passport office of a new passport in your new name.

This means your current passport will be cancelled and a new standard 10-year passport issued. We will credit your new passport with extra time (up to nine months) towards the unexpired time left on your old passport.

When you apply please be sure to include:

* completed application form*
* two identical passport photos
* an official copy of the deed poll
* evidence of any past name change(s)
* your birth certificate
* your current or last passport
* payment.
* for more info please go to www.passport.gov.uk

You can contact the Passport Advice line

This national Passport Advice line provides a single point of contact for all telephone callers. It is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All calls are charged at national rates.

Tel : 0870 521 0410