It sounds so bad for you. Yes I agree this is a form of totalitarianism. Some of your troubles have come from the former British Empire and colonialist mindset which still exists. Througout this process I began learning about the history of my family and I understood that our real state was removed ...

I am glad you got this far as the current naming policy for dual nationals is causing distress to so many innocent people. From my understanding you only need to send a colour photocopy (all pages) of all uncancelled passports to HMPO. However the maiden name policy is the most disruptive of all as ...

I wasn't clear about how exactly your wife's two names are different (I guess she has your surname in her UK passport) but here's my 2c below. So what this means is that HMPO are basically ignoring their own written guidelines as in 'Annex A' and 'Use of Change of Names' in terms of exceptions or ot...

If the UK has accepted dual nationality then there are consequences. Those of us of non Anglo Saxon origin are second class British citizens. By adding an observation that we are also nationals of another (Islamic, Asian, African etc.) country we are further demoted to being third class British citi...

conflicting information from HMPO This doesn't surprise me... I can't believe that HMPO will issue your passport in your old name. Definitely make a complaint if you don't get what you want. As well as showing HMPO the 'Change of Name Guidance' document have you also looked at 'Annex A: Use of name...

HMPO have a complaints procedure here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-passport-office/about/complaints-procedure I have only had telephone contact with them so far but am dreading this whole process as I have similar problems to you. Unfortunately much appears to depend on the indivi...

I wanted to add a few additional points to my previous comments: - Why do HMPO not make obvious the documents listed here and link them to the actual passport application documents: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-of-name-guidance#history It appears as though they do not want to ad...

I am some way off from having to renew my UK passport but it is good I have seen this post now. For privacy purposes I won't include all my personal details but I became a British national in the 1980s through registration from another nationality of a majority Muslim country for which I don't have ...