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Do NOT use this form if you are under 16 – use form C2

Application for United Kingdom Passport
Read this section before you fill in the form
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.

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.

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 Please initial here (*see note 8)

D the extension of your current standard UK passport to full validity? ..................................................................... Do you wish to pay for a 48 page passport?....................................................................................................

THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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Issue (Status)

Observations

Immigration status

Please write in CAPITALS and in ink. Refer to separate Notes as directed by ❊
To be filled in by all applicants
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 Your surname Christian names or forenames ❊ See note 2 then complete details of citizenship documents Number Maiden surname (if applicable) Place of issue Tick correct box Married Single Age last birthday Present address Widowed Divorced Separated Date of issue No

Tick correct box Mr

Mrs

Miss

Ms

or title

Postcode Daytime telephone no. (we may need to get in touch with you urgently) Town of birth

Were you born outside the United Kingdom? Yes No

❊ See note 3 then complete this section Country of birth What is your father’s full name? Date of birth Have you changed your name other than by marriage or adoption? Yes His town and country of birth His date of birth What was your previous name? His date and place of marriage His nationality (and citizenship) when you were born Were you born after 31 December 1982 in the UK? *Read note 1. No (Go to Section 3) Yes fill in following details 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 His town of birth Your mother’s full name Country and date of birth His nationality and citizenship at the time of your birth Her town and country of birth Her date of birth If he has a British passport give number, place and date of issue Her nationality Mother’s full name, surname first Date of issue

No

Father’s full name, surname first

Was your birth registered at a British Consulate?

Yes

No

Her town of birth Country and date of birth Her nationality and citizenship at the time of your birth

Please give date of registration Name of British Consulate

If she has a British passport give number, place and date of issue

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 Please initial here

Date and place of parents marriage

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

To be filled in by all applicants

Have you had any sort of passport or travel document before or been included in one? ❊ See note 4 then complete this section Is the passport or travel document attached?

Yes

No

Town and country of marriage Date of marriage And these details of your husband (or late husband or former husband) His full name

Yes

No
Please complete section 7

Previous passport number

His town and country of birth His date of birth Date of divorce His nationality Date of death (if applicable) Yes No Number

Details of previous passport which has been lost or is not available.
❊ See note 5 issued at in (year) Your name at the time of issue

Have you been married more than once?

Please give details of previous marriage in section 9 Was your husband born outside the United Kingdom? Yes No Date and place of loss (i) Were you born outside the United Kingdom? If loss was reported to the police, say where and when Yes No How the passport was lost, or why it is not available

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

Have you lost a British passport before? (If yes please give details in section 9).

To be filled in by all applicants

No

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

Please give details of documents Number Place of issue Date of Issue

Address Tel. number Name Relationship (if any)

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

Address Tel. number Relationship (if any)

Other information
Please give details of documents Number Place of issue Date of Issue

Please initial here

Declaration of parent
(If applicant is under 18 years) ❊ See note 6 I, (full name of parent) 1 2

Countersignature THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE COUNTERSIGNATORY
❊ See note 7 Please read the CAUTION below 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 Fill in the following in capital letters and in ink

declare that my rights in respect of (insert names of children)

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I (insert your full name) have not been limited in any way by the order of any court having jurisdiction over him/her/them. Signature Relationship to child Address Date 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)

Go to section 11 Daytime telephone no. Date

Declaration
To be signed by all applicants

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.

I the undersigned, declare that 1 2 3 I have made no other application for a passport, other than that stated above. I am in the country of application. (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. I do not owe money to Her Majesty’s Government for repatriation or similar relief. I have not been adopted outside the United Kingdom or dependent territories, except as mentioned in Section 9. 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. All information in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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

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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Sign

Date

IMPORTANT - KEEP WITHIN BORDER. Failure to comply with this instruction will invalidate the application.

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