The
Cayman Islands Government Passport and Corporate Services
Office (P&CSO)
notifies British passport applicants -- including for British
Overseas Territories Citizen (BOTC) passports in the Cayman Islands
-- of the rules and requirements under the United Kingdom’s One
Name Policy for all British passports.

This
advisory applies particularly to those applicants who show different
names in their British passport applications from their current or
expired (but
not cancelled)
National passport.

The
UK’s One Name Policy,
established in the interest of identity protection,
requires individuals to use one name for all official purposes and
documentation, and aims
to protect the public from criminal and false passport use.

Under
the One Name Policy, the following are needed from
the necessary authorities
of applicants who are unable
to present their current or expired (Not
Cancelled)
National Passport that reads
the
said name as set out on their British passport application:

• A
  valid or expired, Not
  Cancelled,
  National passport in the name as set out in Section 2 of the BOT
  Passport Application Form.
  
  
• If
  name is not
  aligned,
  then the National passport must be renewed or replaced if it is not
  currently available for presentation.
  
  
• If
  the National passport is lost and has expired and the applicant does
  not wish to hold a further National passport, provide a letter from
  the National
  Issuing Authoritiesconfirming
  they know the applicant in the current name and that all future
  passports or ID cards would be issued in that name. Note
  - this has
  to be
  from the National
  authorities;
  notification
  from the applicant or any other party/organisation is unacceptable.
  
  
  

Further
to this, the Operational
Standards and Guidance Bulletin
published by Her Majesty’s Passport Office details the following:

Alignment
of Foreign Documents

Where
dual nationals hold a passport or travel document issued by another
country in a name different to that set out in Section 2 of the
application for a BOTC passport, HMPO will not issue a passport until
the names are aligned,
therefore the P&CSO will not be able to accept such application.

Applicant
does not want another Foreign Passport

Where
the foreign passport has expired and the customer has stated that
they have no intention of obtaining another passport from their
native country, they must engage with the appropriate authorities in
their native country. The customer must then obtain and provide
written confirmation from these appropriate authorities that they
recognise the name or change of name from XXX to YYY, that their
records have been updated and that any future passport or ID card
would be issued in that name.

Applicant
has never held a National Passport

If
applicant has never held a National passport, then an original Sworn
Affidavit from the applicant must be provided explaining such
details.

Guidance
on the use and change of names, as well as additional security
requirements when considering the use of names in British passports
can be found on the UK’s
Home Office website.

Application
forms can be obtained online
on the P&CSO
page.