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Home office uk passport. Eligibility fees applying renewing and updating. Hm passport office is part of the home office. You must be aged 16 or over or turning 16 in the next 3 weeks if you want an adult. Identity and passport service became her majesty s passport office in may 2013.
Hm passport office is the sole issuer of uk passports and responsible for civil registration services through the general register office. Passports travel and living abroad. This includes england wales scotland and northern ireland. Passports travel and living abroad.
Uk passport services are available to any residence and citizen of the great britain region. Includes tax state pension benefits and uk government services abroad. In 2007 the ninety british diplomatic missions that issued passports were consolidated into seven regional passport processing centres rppcs based in. Includes tax state pension benefits and uk government services abroad.
This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the uk visa customers outside of the uk and british nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions. The home office is a government branch of the united kingdom that handles passport services. Eligibility fees applying renewing and updating. The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure.
It costs 75 50 to renew or replace your passport if you apply online or 85 if you fill out a paper form. The identity and passport service was established on 1 april 2006 following the passing of the identity cards act 2006 which merged the uk passport service with the home office s identity cards programme to form the new executive agency.