Passport FAQs
Frequently asked passport questions.
Topics
- Countersigning
- Renewing a child's passport
- UK passports - biometric passports
- Fees
- General
- Documentation
- lost or stolen passport
- Renewing
Countersigning
- Who can countersign my form if this is needed ?
- Does my application form need to be countersigned ?
- What if I don't know a suitable counter-signatory ?
Renewing a child's passport
- Do I need to bring my child when renewing his/her passport ?
- Do children need to sign their application form ?
- I am applying for a passport for my child. Whose details do I put in section 1, my own or the child's ?
- Can I renew my child's passport if he or she is currently outside their normal country of residence?
UK passports - biometric passports
Fees
General
- I am a British Overseas Territories Citizen - how do I apply for my passport?
- What are the requirements for the photographs ?
- Will my child born outside of the United Kingdom be a British Citizen?
- What public holidays will the UK Passport Service for the Americas and Caribbean?
- Can I apply for a second passport?
- Can I still obtain a free extension to my passport
- I am a British dual national with a foreign passport. Can I also hold a UK passport?
- Will the country I intend to visit insist my passport should be valid for a longer period than my proposed stay ?
- Can I apply for a passport while visiting the UK ?
- I have a current visas in my passport. Will these be valid when I get a new passport ?
- What will you do with my old passport ?
- Am I eligible for a British Passport
- Am I eligible for a free (gratis) passport ?
- If I become a US Citizen will I have to give up my British Citizenship?
- What should I do with the passport of someone who has died?
Documentation
- How do I obtain a copy of my UK/USA or Canadian birth or marriage certificate?
- What do I do if any of my supporting documents are from a country other than the UK/US/Canada ?
- Can I send photocopies of documents with my passport application ?
- My birth/marriage/home office registration certificate is laminated- can I use it to apply for a passport ?
lost or stolen passport
- What do I do if my passport has been lost or stolen ?
- What if I find a passport that I earlier reported as lost or stolen ?
Renewing
- Can I apply for my first British passport in the USA
- Can I renew my passport in the USA
- Do I need to come in person to renew my passport ?
- If I come in person, will my passport be issued the same day ?
- Why was my application to renew my passport returned to me with my child's first time application when there is nothing wrong with my application ?
- Can I renew my old blue British passport, even though it expired long ago ?
- How long will it take to issue my passport ?
