Identity and Passport Service and DVLA

Identity and Passport Service : 0870 521 0410

Website: www.ukpa.gov.uk

To view and print an application / amendment form www.ukpa.gov.uk

See www.ukpa.gov.uk/passport_amending.asp for further information about what to include with your application, e.g. passport photographs.

You can also pick up a UK Passport application / amendment form at Post offices.

 

DVLA

For information and to order a D1 application form, which you will need in order to notify the DVLA of a change of name on your drivers licence, see www.direct.gov.uk

This form is also available at most main Post Offices

DVLA Helpline Number for drivers enquiries: 0870 240 0009

Email: drivers.dvla@gtnet.gov.uk

DVLA Helpline Number for vehicle enquiries: 0870 240 0010

Email: vehicles.dvla@gtnet.gov.uk

 

General Register offices and copy certificates

England and Wales
Tel: 0151 471 4805 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday)

Births & Deaths Section
Room D209
General Register Office
Trafalgar Road
SOUTHPORT
PR8 2HH
Email: registeringbirths@ons.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.gro.gov.uk births

Scotland
Tel: 0131 334 0380 (8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, 8.30am to 4.30pm Friday)

New Register House
3 West Register Street
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1 3YT
Website: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk

Northern Ireland
Tel: 028 9025 2000

General Register Office
Oxford House
49-55 Chichester Street
Belfast
BT1 4HL
Email: groreg.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk
Website:
www.groni.gov.uk

Copy marriage certificate, civil partnership certificate, birth or death certificate.

Copies of these certificates can be obtained by telephone or online as follows:
England and Wales tel: 0845 603 7788 www.gro.gov.uk
Scotland tel: 0131 314 4411 www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
Northern Ireland tel: 028 9025 2024 www.groni.gov.uk

Copy marriage and civil partnership certificates are also available from the district register office where the event took place. See the relevant website for a list of offices.

Copy Decree Absolute or Dissolution of Civil Partnership
A copy of your Decree Absolute or Dissolution of Civil Partnership can be obtained by telephone as follows:
England and Wales tel: 020 7947 6051
Scotland tel: 0131 314 4411
Northern Ireland tel: 028 90 725915

Alternatively contact the county court that processed the divorce. See www.courtsni.gov.uk for a full location list.

 

Other

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Legalisation Dept tel: 020 7008 1111
Website: www.fco.gov.uk

Embassies
For a list of overseas British Embassies: www.fco.gov.uk.

For a list of foreign embassies in the UK: www.fco.gov.uk.



Gender Recognition Panel
Tel: 0845 355 5155
Gender Recognition Panel
PO Box 6987
Leicester
LE1 6ZX
Website: www.grp.gov.uk