Passport Form C1 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Do NOT use this application form if:

•You are under 16 – use Form C2;

•You are a British National (Overseas) (usually those who have a connection with Hong Kong who are eligible for BN(O) status should use Form (x));

•You are applying for a gratis war veteran passport (those who were born before September 1929 and are otherwise eligible for such a passport should use an Identity and Passport Services (IPS) Form SEO4;

•You intend to make the passport application in the UK (use IPS Forms (x)) as relevant.

Application for United Kingdom Passport for applicants Aged 16 or over (FORM C1)

COMPLETION OF THIS APPLICATION FORM

Use this application form if you are applying for a United Kingdom passport abroad and are a British Citizen, British Overseas Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British subject or British protected person.

Passport application forms and further details concerning passport applications to be made abroad can be obtained from www.fco.gov uk, a British Embassy, or other British consular section.

A non - refundable fee is payable in local currency at the time of the passport application. Where the new passport is to be sent to you by post, or courier please send the appropriate postal

charges (including registered post fee) with the remittance.

Type of service required

If you have one, you should submit your previous British passport with this application.

Please tick the following box(es) as appropriate. This is:

Ayour first standard UK passport or a replacement for a standard UK passport that is lost, stolen or otherwise unavailable

.........................................................................................................................First Passport.... Lost/Stolen/Unavailable....

B the renewal of your existing standard UK passport
Do you wish to apply for a 48 page passport?	(See Note 8)

Please initial here

Please use ink and capital letters, if handwriting. Write all dates using the format dd/mm/yy

APPLICANT

Please complete Passport Holder’s name:

Mr

Mrs

Miss

Ms

Other (Please state)

Surname

Forenames

If applicable maiden name

Age last birthday

Sex: Male

Female

Permanent address (if return address is different please enter in Section 7)

Postcode

Daytime telephone no.

(we may need to get in touch with you urgently)

Email address

Town of birth

Country of birth

Date of birth

Have you changed your name other than by marriage or adoption?

YesNo

What were your previous forenames?

What were your previous surnames?

Were you born in a foreign country and your birth registered at a British Consulate?

Yes		No

Name of British Consulate

Date of registration

Were you naturalised or registered as a British subject, citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, British citizen, British Dependent/Overseas Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British protected person?

Yes

No

See Note 1 and then complete details of citizenship documents

Number of document

Place of issue

Date of issue

Go to Section 2

Were you born in the UK after 31 December 1982, or outside the United Kingdom* or a qualifying territory?

Yes

No

See Notes 2 and 3 and then complete this section

PARENTS

Father’s# details

His full name, surname first

His town and country of birth

His date of birth

His citizenship at the time of your birth, and if he was not a British citizen, his immigration status in the United Kingdom*

If he has a British passport give:

Number of passport

Place and date of issue

If he became a British subject, citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies, British citizen, British Dependent/Overseas Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British protected person by naturalisation or registration give:

Number of his citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Mother’s details

Her full name, surname first

Her town and country of birth

Her date of birth

Her citizenship at the time of your birth, and if she was not a British citizen, her immigration status in the United Kingdom*

If she has a British passport give:

Number of passport

Place and date of issue

If she became a British subject, citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies, British citizen, British Dependent/Overseas Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or British protected person by naturalisation or registration give:

Number of her citizenship document

Place and date of issue

If applicable, Parents’ marriage

Date of marriage

Place of marriage

If neither parent was born in the United Kingdom* or a qualifying territory or naturalised/registered as a British national, please give town, country and date of birth of all four grandparents in Section 7 and then return to Section 3.

Please initial here

Go to Section 3

Are you a married, widowed or divorced woman whose claim to British nationality is through marriage to a British man before

1 January 1949?

Yes

No

See Note 4 then complete this section

Marriage

If applicable town and country of marriage

Date of marriage

Husband’s details (includes former or late husband)

His full name, surname first

His town and country of birth

His date of birth	His nationality
If applicable
Date of divorce	Date of death

Was your husband born outside the United

Kingdom*?

Yes

No

Did he become a British subject, by his own naturalisation or registration?

Yes

No

Number of his citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Did he become a British subject, by descent through his father?#

YesNo

Father’s# full name, surname first

Father’s# town and country of birth

Father’s# date of birth

Did his father# acquire his British nationality by naturalisation or registration?

Yes

No

Number of father’s# citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Have you been married more than once?

YesNo

Please give details, as above, in respect of each of your husbands in Section 7 and then return to Section 4

Previous Passports

See Note 5

Have you had any sort of passport or travel
document before or been included in one?	Yes	No
Is the previous passport or travel document attached? Yes		No
Previous passport number
Go to Section 6

If not give details of previous passport which has been lost, stolen or is not available.You also need to complete an LS01 Form.

Previous passport number

issued at

in (year)

Your name at the time of issue

How the passport was lost/stolen or why it is not available

Date and place of loss/theft

When the loss was reported to the police, and where

Have you lost or had a British passport stolen before? Yes

No

Please give details in Section 7 and then return to Section 6

EMERGENCY CONTACTS Important must be completed by all applicants

Please give the names of two relatives or friends who can be contacted if you meet with an accident. This information will only be used

in an emergency.

Name

Address

	Postcode
Tel. number	Relationship (if any)
Name
Address
	Postcode
Tel. number	Relationship (if any)

Please initial here

Go to section 7

Other information

Countersignature. THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE COUNTERSIGNATORY.

By countersigning this application, you agree to us checking passport records to confirm your countersignature. See Note 7

1Please read the CAUTION below

2Endorse the back of the photograph by writing ‘I certify that this is a true likeness of (insert name of applicant)’ and add your signature, and the date on which the likeness was compared. Read what the applicant has put on this form, and

3Complete the following in ink and capital letters. I, (insert your full name)

certify that the applicant (whose signature appears in Section 8) has been

known personally to me for	years, and that to the best of my
knowledge and belief the facts stated on this form are correct.
I am a British Citizen/Citizen of	(insert country)

SIGN

Profession (and professional qualifications)

Name of firm, business address or official stamp (if applicable)

Current British passport number (if applicable)

Daytime telephone number

Date

Undertakings

To be signed by all applicants

I, the undersigned, declare that I am 16 years or over (or will be within two weeks) and that:

1I have not previously held a passport or other travel document of any description, or been included in one, other than that stated above.

2I have made no other application for a passport, other than that stated above.

3This application does not break the terms of any court order in any jurisdiction.

4(delete if not appropriate) If the passport mentioned in Section 5 comes again into my possession, I will return it immediately to a British passport issuing authority.

5I do not owe money to Her Majesty’s Government for repatriation or similar relief.

6I have not been adopted outside the United Kingdom* or a qualifying territory, except as mentioned in Section 7.

7I am a; British citizen or

British Overseas Territories citizen or British Overseas citizen or

British subject or

British protected person

and I have not lost or renounced this status.

8I, or the person named in Section 1a of this application (if different), understand that by voluntarily applying for a British passport, I may lose my citizenship of another country.

9All information given in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

NB. When signing this application form I am in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (country)

Sign in box

Date

Checklist

When you have completed the form

Please check that you have enclosed all of the following:-

Photographs (one certified on back)–See Note 9 ............

Fee–See Note 10

Fees are not refundable........................................................

Documents–See Note 11 ........................................................

and remember to sign the form at Section 8 ‘Declaration’

It is IMPORTANT that all applicants read notes

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

IMPORTANT - KEEP WITHIN BORDER.

Failure to comply with this instruction will invalidate the application.

Go to Section 9

CAUTION

You are warned that the making of an untrue statement for the purpose of procuring a passport is a criminal offence. A check may be made on the authenticity of countersignatories. The application should not be countersigned until the form has been completed, signed and dated by the applicant.