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Click here to visit the UK Passport Office website
Most information about passports is obvious.
Make sure your passport is valid for your travel dates.
Don't leave it at home, bring it with you and keep it safe.
Passport photos should be taken on a white background.
Samples of acceptable and unacceptable passport photos |
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It is recommended that your passport has at least six months validity when you travel. This is not necessary for all destinations. To check out the minimum passport validity for your destination, go to the Registration section of the website access the Visa Search facility and input your details. You will be advised of the minimum passport validity for your nationality to the destination of your choice. Remember if you are visiting more than one country check the requirement for each, it may be different.
What condition is your passport in?
If the film has separated from Photo page (biographical page) of your passport, then this will be regarded as damaged. You will need to apply for a new passport and include a birth certificate as proof of identity.
If your passport with your clothes has been laundered in the washing machine, you will need to apply for a new passport. It will be damaged and not accepted by any Immigration Authority. When you apply for a new passport include a birth certificate as proof of identity.
Update on Biometric Passports in the UK
What are biometric passports?
Biometric passports use technology to read the uniquie biological features of each person. This is the most advanced way of verifying an individuals identity. Biometric identifiers include facial recognition, fingerprints and iris recognition. Biometric data can be scanned and matched against information stored on a chip in a passport.
When will the UK passport Service is biometric passports?
The UKPS will start full production of biometric passports between February and July 2006.
A machine readable passport (MRP) has 2 lines of characters across the bottom of the photograph page. All current passports which were issued in the UK are machine readable. Some passports issued by British consular posts abroad have a blank space instead of these characters and are not machine readable. From 26 October 2004, only travellers with machine readable passports will be able to enter the USA without a visa. Children, whose names are included on an adult's passport, even if that passport is machine readable, will need visas to enter the USA.
Click here to visit the UK Passport Office website |
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Passports & Visas
10 Leake Street
London
SE1 7NN
Tel: +44(0)870 990 6029
Fax: +44(0)870 990 6901
E-mail: visas@atpi.com |
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