Application for United Kingdom Passport
Please fill in Passport Holder’s name. Please use ink and capital letters
Initials
Surname
Date of travel
Do NOT use this form if you are under 16 – use form C2
Use this form if you are applying for a United Kingdom passport and are a British citizen, British Dependent
Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British subject and British protected person.
The fee for the passport is payable in local currency at the time of application. Where the new passport is
to be sent to you by post, please send the appropriate postal charges (including registered post fee) with
the remittance. Citizens of another Commonwealth country should apply to the nearest representative of the
Commonwealth country concerned.
Read this section
before you fill in
the form
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Issue
(Status)
Immigration status
Form
Next action
Observations
Type of service required
If applicable you should submit your previous passport with this application.
A your first standard UK passport or a replacement for a standard UK passport that is lost or otherwise unavailable?
..............................................................................................New Passport Lost/Unavailable..............
B the renewal of your existing standard UK passport? ...........................................................................................
C changes to your current standard UK passport? New Name New Photo Change of Marital Status
D the extension of your current standard UK passport to full validity? .....................................................................
Do you wish to pay for a 48 page passport?.................................................................................................... (*see note 8)
Dual nationality: if you possess the nationality or citizenship of another country, you may lose this when you get a British passport.
Please check with the authorities of the other country before making your application.
DO NOT USE THIS FORM if you are a British National (Overseas) having a close connection with Hong Kong - use form BNO-A*.
*Obtainable from any British Consulate or High Commission.
How long does it take to get a passport?
Wherever possible, please submit the application, whether by post or in person, at least 4 weeks before you need the passport.
There is a separate sheet of Notes to help you complete the form. Please refer to the Notes whenever the form tells you to.
Information contained in this form and on the passport record to which this application relates may be passed to other government organisations and
law enforcement agencies for the purpose of checking your application and in the subsequent use of any passport issued as a result of this application.
Please
initial here
❊ See note 2 then complete details of citizenship documents
Number
Place of issue
Date of issue
Have you been naturalised or registered as a citizen of the
United Kingdom and Colonies, a British citizen, a British
Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen,
British protected person, or a British subject?
Yes No
Tick correct box Mr Mrs Miss Ms or title
Your surname
Christian names or forenames
Maiden surname (if applicable)
Tick correct box
Married Single Widowed Divorced Separated
Age last birthday
Present address
Postcode
Daytime telephone no.
(we may need to get in touch with you urgently)
Town of birth
Country of birth
Date of birth
Have you changed your name other than by
marriage or adoption? Yes No
What was your previous name?
Please write in CAPITALS and in ink.
Refer to separate Notes as directed by ❊
To be filled in by all applicants
❊ See note 3 then complete this section
What is your father’s full name?
His town and country of birth
His date of birth
His date and place of marriage
His nationality (and citizenship) when you were born
If your father became a British subject or citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies by naturalisation or registration, please give details of document.
Number
Place of issue Date of issue
Your mother’s full name
Her town and country of birth
Her date of birth
Her nationality
Was your birth registered at a British Consulate? Yes No
Please give date of registration
Name of British Consulate
If your father was not born in the United Kingdom, please give the town,
country and date of birth of your paternal grandfather (your father’s father),
or details of your paternal grandfather’s claim to British nationality, in
section 9
Father’s full name, surname first
His town of birth
Country and date of birth
His nationality and citizenship at the time of your birth
If he has a British passport give number, place and date of issue
Mother’s full name, surname first
Her town of birth
Country and date of birth
Her nationality and citizenship at the time of your birth
If she has a British passport give number, place and date of issue
Date and place of parents marriage
Were you born after 31 December 1982 in the UK? *Read note 1.
No (Go to Section 3) Yes fill in following details
Were you born outside the United Kingdom?
Yes No
Please
initial here
❊ See note 4 then complete this section
Town and country of marriage
Date of marriage
And these details of your husband (or late husband or former husband)
His full name
His town and country of birth
His date of birth His nationality
Date of divorce Date of death (if applicable)
Have you been married more than once? Yes No
Please give details of previous marriage in section 9
Are you a married (or widowed or divorced) woman applying
for your own passport whose claim to British nationality is
through marriage to a British man?
Yes No
(i) Were you born outside
the United Kingdom? Yes No
Full name of husband’s father
His town and country of birth
His date of birth
Did your husband become a British subject, British citizen,
British Dependent Territories citizen, British Overseas
citizen or citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies by naturalisation or registration? Yes No
Please give details of documents
Number
Place of issue Date of Issue
Did your husband become a British subject, British citizen, British Dependent
Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen or citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies because of his father’s naturalisation
or registration? Yes No
Please give details of documents
Number
Place of issue Date of Issue
Was your husband born outside the United Kingdom?
Yes No
Have you had any sort of passport or travel
document before or been included in one? Yes No
Is the passport or travel
document attached? Yes No
Previous passport number
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
Tel. number Relationship (if any)
Name
Address
Tel. number Relationship (if any)
Details of previous passport which has been
lost or is not available.
❊ See note 5
Number issued at
in (year)
Your name at the time of issue
How the passport was lost,
or why it is not available
Date and place of loss
If loss was reported to the police,
say where and when
Have you lost a British passport before?
(If yes please give details in section 9).
To be filled in by all applicants
Other information
Please
initial here
To be filled in by all applicants
Please
complete
section 7
Printed in the United Kingdom for SPSL 000740 300k 04/01
I the undersigned, declare that
1 I have made no other application for a passport, other than that
stated above.
2 I am in the country of application.
3 (delete if not appropriate) If the passport mentioned in section 7 comes
again into my possession, I will return it immediately to a British
passport issuing authority.
4 I do not owe money to Her Majesty’s Government for repatriation or
similar relief.
5 I have not been adopted outside the United Kingdom or dependent
territories, except as mentioned in Section 9.
6 I am a British citizen or
British Dependent Territories citizen or
British Overseas citizen or
British subject or
British protected person.
And I have not lost or renounced this status.
7 All information in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Sign Date
IMPORTANT - KEEP WITHIN BORDER.
Failure to comply with this instruction will invalidate the application.
Countersignature THIS SECTION MUST BE
COMPLETED BY THE COUNTERSIGNATORY
❊ See note 7
1 Please read the CAUTION below
2 Endorse 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
3 Fill in the following in capital letters and in ink
I (insert your full name)
certify that the applicant 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 Commonwealth citizen/citizen of
SIGN
Profession (and professional
qualifications, if applicable)
Name of firm, business address
or official stamp (if applicable)
Daytime telephone no. Date
Declaration
To be signed by all applicants
Checklist
When you have completed the form
Please check that you have enclosed all of the following:-
Documents–see note 9......................................
Fee–see note 10 ...............................................
Photographs (one certified on back)–see note 11
and remember to sign the form at section 11 ‘Declaration’ and if
appropriate, section 10.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL APPLICANTS READ NOTES 9 TO 12
I, (full name of parent)
declare that my rights in respect of
(insert names of children)
have not been limited in any way by the order of any court having
jurisdiction over him/her/them.
Signature
Relationship to child Date
Address
Go to section 11
Declaration of parent
(If applicant is under 18 years)
❊ See note 6
CAUTION
You are warned that the making of an untrue statement for the
purpose of procuring a passport is a criminal offence. The
application should not be countersigned until the form has been
completed, signed and dated by the applicant.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
