Uk Passport Application Form – Fill Out and Use

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This form is only for British applicants from certain countries applying from outside

the UK. Check www.gov.uk/overseas- passports for specific

advice about how to renew or apply for your passport from the country you are in.

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Please include your full address, including state or province, and post code where applicable. You should include the international code in the phone number boxes.

We will contact you on your mobile phone number if we have any queries about delivery.

If there are any details that you are not able to fit in the boxes in section 2, use the boxes in section 8 to provide the information in full.

Please check the accompanying guidance to this form carefully.

Fill in this form in CAPITAL LETTERS and black biro only. Please write only within the white boxes. Your application may be delayed if you make a mistake, if you do not enclose the necessary documents or fee, or if you send photos that do not meet our guidance.

We will electronically scan and store the information you provide. Your passport will have a digital image of your photo and signature. We will check the details you provide using information held by public and private sector organisations in order to determine whether to issue a passport. Those details may be used by Her Majesty’s Passport Office to test our systems and to ensure the effective operation of passport services. We may also contact you to ask if you are satisfied with such services. We may pass information held on your passport and on related passport records to public and private sector organisations in the UK and outside the UK when you use your passport, obtain a service or when it is in the public interest to do so.

Further information can be found on our privacy statement at www.gov.uk/hm-passport-office.

What type of passport are you applying for? Put a cross (X) in the relevant box.

Renewal of your passport (If you are an adult, see further	Adult		Child		(under 16)
information on section 1 of the guidance notes.)
Your first British Passport	Adult		Child		(under 16)
Replacement for a passport that is lost, damaged or stolen	Adult		Child		(under 16)
Extension of a passport to full validity					(under 16)
	Adult		Child
Changes to your existing passport (the renewal fee applies)	New		New		Change British
	name		photo		National status

If you want to pay for a 48-page passport, put a cross (X) in this box

This is not available for children.

If you have eyesight difficulties and need a Braille sticker for your passport, put a cross (X) in this box.

Who is the passport for?

Cross (X) box Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, or write your title.

Mr		Mrs		Miss		Ms		or title

Surname

First and middle names

Maiden or all previous names (surname first)

Current address (house number, street name, town/city)

Country

Postcode

Date of

birth (DD/MM/YYYY)

Gender

Cross (X) the relevant box.

Male

Female

Town of birth

Country of birth (including UK)

Mobile phone number

Alternative phone number

E-mail address (You do not have to fill in your e-mail address in capital letters.)

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Have you had or been included on any sort of passport before?							OS/01/02
(You must fill in this section.)
A Has the person named in section 2 had any sort of passport	Yes		Go to 3B below.	No
(British or otherwise) or been included in any passport before?

replace a lost or stolen passport, you must also fill in form LS01. Please refer to the guidance booklet for details on where to obtain form LS01. We cannot process your application until you send us form LS01. If you have already sent us form LS01 please tell us at

B You must send us all uncancelled passports with the application (say how many in the box). If the passports are lost or stolen, go to 3C.

1 Passport number

2 Passport number

c Details of the lost and stolen passport

Issued at

3 Passport number

Lost/Stolen Passport number

in year

Section 8.

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Fill in this section if you are applying:

-for your first adult British passport

-to replace a British passport that has been lost, stolen or damaged

-for a British passport for a child under 16, or

-to extend a British passport.

If there are details you are not able to fit in the boxes in section 4, use the boxes at section 8 to include extra information.

Holders surname at the time it was issued

First and middle names

How the passport was lost, or why it is not available

Date of loss (DD/MM/YYYY)

Place of loss

Parents’ details

If both parents named below were born after 31st December 1982 OR were born outside the UK, we will also need the full name, town, country, date of birth and date of marriage of your grandparents (or details of your parents claim to British nationality). Write these details in Section 8, or on a separate piece of paper.

Mother’s or Parent 1’s full name (surname first)

Town and country of birth

Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY)

Nationality and citizenship at the time of the applicant’s birth

If they have a British passport, give the number.

Date of issue (DD/MM/YYYY)

Date of marriage or civil partnership to the father or second parent of the person named in section 2 (if this applies).

Father’s or Parent 2’s full name (surname first)

Town and country of birth

Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY)

Nationality and citizenship at the time of the applicant’s birth

If they have a British passport, give the number.

Date of issue (DD/MM/YYYY)

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Documents produced

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OB/EX

PT

OB/EX

PT

OB/EX Other documents - specify

FBC

PPT

Nat Cert

SBC

MC

Photos

Post opener number

Y N

BOEF

Block Application

Payment

Payment type

Chq

PO

Csh

Cr/

Db

Partner Reference

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Please read the notes on applications for children. Section 9 must be signed by a person with parental responsibility for the child.

Certificate of registration or naturalisation

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Has the person named in section 2 been granted a certificate of registration or naturalisation?

Cross (X) the box.

Date DD/MM/YYYY

No

Yes

Give the date of issue here

and details below.

Certificate number

Place of issue

Children aged 12-15

If the person named in section 2 is aged 12 to 15, they must sign and date this section

Children’s signature.

Applications will only be valid if you:

-Sign the white signature box below using black biro

-Keep within these marks

- Put date in date box to the right					Date DD/MM/YYYY

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This area is intentionally blank, please do not write in this area

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More information If you need more space, please see the information on section 8 in the guidance notes at www.gov.uk

Office use only

Ofice use only

Notes

Type of passport
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If a parent or guardian is signing section 9, they must have parental responsibility and should give their relationship to the child. If the parents are not married, the father will not normally have parental responsibility. Please see the guidance notes for more details.

Declaration This must be filled in by the person named in section 2. If under 16, their parent or guardian must fill this in instead. OS/01/04

It is a criminal offence to make a false statement to get a passport. If you have made a false statement on this form, you could be prosecuted and could go to prison. Our work includes checking that the countersignature in section 10 is genuine.

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

1I will return a lost passport to a UK passport office if it comes into my possession;

2I, or the person named in section 2 of this application (if different), am a British national and have not lost or given up my national status;

3 I have stated if the person named in section 2 was born of a surrogacy arrangement; 4 I do not owe any money to the UK Government for repatriation or similar relief;

5 this application does not break the terms of any court order

	to which I, and the person named in section 2 (if different)			Signature
	am subject;
				Before signing, please read the guidance booklet
6	as far as I know all the information I have given in this
				Applications are only valid if you:
	application is correct;
				- Sign the white signature box below using black biro
7	if the application is for a child, I have parental responsibility
				- Keep within these		marks
	and I have enclosed any court orders that relate to the child’s
	residence, contact or removal from the UK/country of residence;
8	I, or the person named in section 2 of this application (if
	different), understand that by voluntarily applying for a British
	passport, I may lose my citizenship of another country; and
9	I have read both the guidance notes and the caution above
	and fully understand the consequences of my actions in
	applying for a passport.

Name, if signing on behalf of a child (title, first name and surname)

Relationship to child

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The person acting as the countersignatory must sign section 10.

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Please enclose two photos that meet the photo guidance.

On the back of only one photo, the countersignatory must write “I certify that this is a true likeness of...”giving the full name and title of the person named in section 2. The countersignatory must sign and date this endorsement.

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Please use the boxes at Section 8 to tell us which country’s passport your countersignatory holds, and his or her email address.

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To avoid unnecessary delays, please do not use a label or stamp on this form.

Countersignatory

Caution It is a criminal offence to make a false statement to help someone get a passport. Check the form properly before you fill in this section. If you have made any false statements on this form, or if you know that the person applying has made any false statements on this form, you could be prosecuted and could go to prison.

Our work includes checking that your details are genuine. As a result, we may need to contact you. You should not sign this form if you are a relative of the person applying.

IMPORTANT If the application is for a child, you are confirming the identity of the adult signing in section 9. You must also be able to identify the child in order to certify the photograph.

Fill in the following in CAPITAL LETTERS and black biro. (cross (X) box Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, or write your title)

Mr Mrs Miss Ms or title

First and middle names

Surname

I confirm that I have known the person named in section 2, or in the case of a child, the adult filling in section 9 (insert their name)

for (insert years) as (please say how - for example, employer, colleague, friend and so on). yrs

As far as I know, the information on this form is correct. I hold either a full current British, Irish, other EU, US or Commonwealth passport (delete as appropriate). I have read the caution and I understa nd it.

Profession, professional qualifications or position in the community

Your employer’s name and the address you work at (or your private address if this does not apply)

Postcode	Mobile phone number
Current passport number	Alternative phone number

Date

DD/MM/YYYY

Countersignatures will only be

valid if you:

- Sign the white signature box

By countersigning this application, you

using black biro

agree to us checking passport records

- Keep within these

marks

to confirm your countersignature.

- Put date in date box to the left