Didn’t doubt that, but some nationality claims, and by extension passport renewals, are less straightforward than others. I worked a case where a same sex couple contracted a surrogacy company overseas (with their sperm and an ovule from a friend) and during the last trimestre of gestation that country outlawed surrogacy for foreigners, so the child’s birth certificate only has the non-biological surrogate mother’s name. We sorted it, but when that child gets their passport renewed, the officer will see notes about it, and they’re entitled to ask for further information.
Didn’t doubt that, but some nationality claims, and by extension passport renewals, are less straightforward than others. I worked a case where a same sex couple contracted a surrogacy company overseas (with their sperm and an ovule from a friend) and during the last trimestre of gestation that country outlawed surrogacy for foreigners, so the child’s birth certificate only has the non-biological surrogate mother’s name. We sorted it, but when that child gets their passport renewed, the officer will see notes about it, and they’re entitled to ask for further information.