Change your name or personal details on your passport

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Titles and small changes to forenames

You can:

  • change the spelling of your name slightly - for example, Jane to Jayne
  • change the order of your forenames
  • remove middle names

Send 2 documents that show you鈥檙e using your new name. These can include a:

  • letter from a local council or government department
  • driving licence
  • bank statement
  • baptism or confirmation certificate

Titles you can use on your passport

You can include:

  • professional titles - for example, doctor, judge, minister of religion, professor, QC, or JP if you鈥檙e a magistrate
  • honours or military decorations

Put the details in the 鈥榦ther title鈥� box of your application and send evidence of your title.

Your title will be on the 鈥榦bservations鈥� page of your passport - it will not be part of your name, except if it鈥檚 a title of nobility, for example knight, dame or a lord.

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