Asylum: Personal Names
Commons · Question 58409 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers are required to provide supporting documentation when requesting a legal name change.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 17 Jun 2025
All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...