Middle name passport help

JOSHRK94

My mother's birth certificate says loraine with one r for her middle name but mine says lorraine with the extra r added for her middle name , can I still apply for passport online will it be accepted still once send documents?

Ayr_Rage

Who is applying for a passport?

The birth certificate of the applicant should match the information provided on the online application.

JOSHRK94

I am applying for first adult pasport but on my certificate her middle name says lorraine but on her certificate it only has loraine without the extra r 

flaneurs_lobster

Depends on your birth circumstances but often you just need the passport number of either parent's UK passport rather than your mother's birth cert (if they have them).

JOSHRK94

My mum's passport is expired so don't think can give passport number now, that why asking if can still send birth certificate even though middle name slightly different spelling on both certificate 

NoodleDoodleMan

I would think the birth certificate is the one to use.

During Covid lockdown I did a lot of family genealogy research and noticed that spelling inconsistencies are not uncommon with offical documents in birth/marriage/death registers, especially the further back you look - errors in transcribing information in longhand.

smudge56

JOSHRK94 said:

My mum's passport is expired so don't think can give passport number now, that why asking if can still send birth certificate even though middle name slightly different spelling on both certificate 

If your mother has a passport you don’t need to submit her birth certificate.  It doesn’t matter if her passport has expired.  Is the name on her passport the same as the name on your birth certificate? If not get her to write n explanation for the difference in spelling 

JOSHRK94

Didn't know could put expired parents passport into system?