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  • Apply or renew
  • How it works
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      • General info
      • Lodging a child passport application
      • Parental responsibility and consent
      • Inter-country adoption
      • Surrogacy
      • Child alerts
    • Getting a passport overseas
    • Documents you need
      • Citizenship
      • Identity
      • Name change
      • Gender
      • Foreign documents
    • Printing your form
    • Photo guidelines
    • Lodging a passport application
    • Special travel documents
      • Emergency passports
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      • Non-citizen travel documents
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Parental responsibility and consent

  • Who needs to consent to a child passport?
  • What does 'parental responsibility' mean?
  • How do I consent to a child passport?
  • What if one or more parents have died?
  • What if not everyone consents to a child passport?
  • What if nobody consents to a child passport?
  • Do the parental consent rules apply to replacement passports?
  • Do the parental consent rules apply to non-citizen travel documents?
  • My child already has a passport. Can I just take the child?
  • My child already has a passport. How do I stop the child from travelling?

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