My DD is 6 years old and has had no contact from her biological father for 4 years and minimal contact before then. ( his choice ) basically he wants nothing to do with her I tried to push the issues in the early stages of her life but realised the emotional stress was having a huge impact on DD. Her surname is my name his name no hyphen. I changed her name by Deed Poll to just my name (this is my maiden name i am unmarried never have been married) and this was accepted on the basis that the father is absent and hasnt seen DD for 4+ years no contact no maintenance etc etc, I wrote to his last known address asking for permission but he is uncontactable.
So deed poll has come through name changed at school, hospitals, doctors, hmrc, child benefit & everything I could think of. We are going on holiday in August so I sent off for name change on her passpprt as her name is change legally as per deed poll.
I sent all the usually off to the PPO along with letter of consent which deed poll required and legal copy of deed poll.
my worry is that this may now be refused. Has anyone been in this position? Was passport application accept with absent father (with PR).
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fsm52 · 16/06/2015 23:09
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CainInThePunting ·
16/06/2015 23:20
I did change name but had to get a letter from Xp agreeing but the difference is that here, the father with pr is uncontactable.
I'd be inclined to say if it's good enough for HMRC, CB etc then it's good enough for a passport?
Don't worry about it until the problem arises, it may never happen.
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