You can apply for a British passport if you are already a British citizen by birth, naturalisation or registration. You can apply for a British passport both from inside and outside the UK if you are a British Citizen, whether by descent or otherwise than by descent. Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert legal advice and representations for your application for a British passport.
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Free Immigration Advice For British Passport Application
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide one-off free immigration advice online regarding your application for a British passport. Ask a question online to our specialist team of immigration solicitors for free immigration advice online, or book an appointment online for detailed immigration advice and consultation with one of our immigration solicitors regarding your application for a British passport.
How Much Does British Passport Application Cost?
Our fixed fees for an application for a British passport are given in the fee table below. However, depending on the volume of work and complexity of the matter, we may charge an additional fee of £300 to £600 in some cases.
| Application Type | Our Fixed Fees | Passport Application Fee |
| Adult (16 and over) standard 34-page passport | £1,000 |
£82.50 if you apply online £93.00 if you apply by paper form |
| Adult (16 and over) 50-page frequent traveller passport | £1,000 |
£93.50 if you apply online £104.00 if you apply by paper form |
| Child (under 16) standard 34-page passport | £1,000 |
£53.50 if you apply online £64.00 if you apply by paper form |
| Child (under 16) 50-page frequent traveller passport | £1,000 |
£64.50 if you apply online £75.00 if you apply by paper form |
| Passport for people born on or before 2 September 1929 | £1,000 |
Free |
Application For First British Passport
You can apply for your first British passport as soon as you have acquired British nationality status due to your birth, naturalisation or registration. If the applicant is outside the UK, the applicant can apply for a first British passport from outside the UK using the application form OS online. An application for the first British passport from outside the UK can take up to 6 months for the first British passport to be issued to the applicant.
If the applicant is inside the UK, he/she can apply for his/her first British passport either online or using a paper form. A decision on the first British passport from inside the UK is normally made within 3 to 6 weeks.
Application For First British Passport Of A British Child Born Outside The UK
If you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent and your child is born outside the UK, your child will be a British citizen by descent. You can apply for your child's first British passport from outside the UK by showing that you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent and your child has become British by descent because you automatically passed on your British citizenship to your child born outside the UK.
Application For First British Passport After Naturalisation
You can apply for your first adult British passport after naturalisation as a British Citizen. It normally takes up to 6 weeks for Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) to process the application.
Application For Renewal Of British Passport
You can apply to renew your British passport before or after its expiry. If you are resident abroad, you can apply from outside the UK. If you are living in the UK, you can apply from inside the UK. You can track your passport application immediately if you apply online or after 3 weeks if you apply by post.
How To Apply For Renewal of British Passport?
You can apply online to renew, replace or update your passport. You can also pick up passport application forms from your local Post Office and apply by post, or use the Post Office Check and Send service. It is cheaper to apply for a passport online than by post.
How Long It Takes To Renew British Passport?
It takes up to 3 weeks to renew or replace a passport online. It may take longer for a first adult passport. However, you may be able to get a passport urgently to travel for compassionate reasons, work, or to prove your identity.
What Is Urgent Service For British Passport Application?
You can pay to get your passport sooner if you’ve not already applied and you think the standard service will take too long. You need to book a passport office appointment and pay online. You can book an appointment up to 3 weeks in advance.
You can apply for a faster service if both:
- you are in the UK
- you need to renew, replace or update a passport, or get a first-child passport
You cannot use urgent service in the following circumstances:
- If you are outside the UK, apply for an emergency travel document.
- If you are applying for a first adult passport, you should use the standard service.
- If you have already applied for a passport and have not received it yet, do not pay for an urgent passport - you will not get your passport sooner.
How To Apply British Passport Using Urgent Service?
There are 2 ways to apply for an urgent passport. You’ll need to attend an appointment at your nearest passport office as part of the application.
1-Week Fast Track: Under the 1-Week Fast Track Service, your new passport is delivered to your home within 7 days of your appointment (excluding bank holidays). Someone might need to be in to sign for it.
You can use the 1 Week Fast Track Service to:
- renew an adult or child passport
- change your name on your passport (for example with a marriage certificate or deed poll)
- make changes to your personal details on your passport (for example, your gender)
- replace a lost, stolen or damaged passport
- apply for a first child passport
How Can We Help With British Passport Application?
We can represent you in your application for a British passport and carry out all the work on your application until a decision is made by the HM Passport Office (HMPO) on your British passport application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your application for a British passport will entail the following:
- Assessing your eligibility for a British passport by considering your nationality status;
- Advising you on the relevant laws, procedures and requirements for an application for a British passport;
- Advising you on the relevant documents to be submitted in support of your British passport application;
- Completing the relevant application form for British passport application;
- Preparing a cover letter in support of your British passport application explaining in detail your eligibility for a British passport;
- Submitting the application for British passport to HM Passport Office (HMPO) and liaising with the HM Passport Office until decision is made by the HM Passport Office on your British passport application.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) For British Passport Application
Following are the various Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about an application for a British passport:
If you are outside the UK, you can apply for your British passport online.
You can apply for your first British passport if you are either British Citizen by birth or after you have naturalised or registered as a British Citizen.
If you are inside the UK, you can apply for your first British passport online or in paper form.
If you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent and your child is born outside the UK, your child will be British citizen by descent. You can apply for the first British passport of your child from outside the UK by showing that you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent and your child has become British by descent becuase you automatically passed on your British citizenship to your child born outside the UK.
A decision on the first British passport from inside the UK is normally made within 3 to 6 weeks.
An application for a first British passport from outside the UK can take up to 6 months for the passport to be issued to the applicant.
You can apply for your first adult British passport after naturalisation as a British Citizen. It normally takes up to 6 weeks for Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) to process the application.
You can apply to renew your British passport before or after its expiry. If you are resident abroad, you can apply from outside the UK. If you are living in the UK, you can apply from inside the UK. You can track your passport application immediately if you apply online or after 3 weeks if you apply by post.
You can apply online to renew, replace or update your passport.
You can also pick up passport application forms from your local Post Office and apply by post, or use the Post Office Check and Send service.
It is cheaper to apply for a passport online than by post.
It takes up to 3 weeks to renew or replace a passport online.
Your countersignatory must either:
- work in (or be retired from) a recognised profession
- be a person of good standing in their community
Recognised Professions
Examples of recognised professions include:
- accountant
- airline pilot
- articled clerk of a limited company
- assurance agent of a recognised company
- bank or building society official
- barrister
- chairman or director of a limited company
- chiropodist
- commissioner for oaths
- councillor, for example, local or county
- civil servant (permanent)
- dentist
- director, manager or personnel officer of a VAT-registered company
- engineer with professional qualifications
- financial services intermediary, for example, a stockbroker or insurance broker
- fire service official
- funeral director
- insurance agent (full-time) of a recognised company
- journalist
- Justice of the Peace
- legal secretary (fellow or associate member of the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs)
- licensee of a public house
- local government officer
- manager or personnel officer of a limited company
- member, associate or fellow of a professional body
- Member of Parliament
- Merchant Navy officer
- minister of a recognised religion (including Christian Science)
- nurse (RGN or RMN)
- officer of the armed services
- optician
- paralegal (certified paralegal, qualified paralegal or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals)
- a person with honours, for example, an OBE or MBE
- pharmacist
- photographer (professional)
- police officer
- Post Office official
- president or secretary of a recognised organisation
- Salvation Army officer
- social worker
- solicitor
- surveyor
- teacher or lecturer
- trade union officer
- travel agent (qualified)
- valuer or auctioneer (fellow or associate members of the incorporated society)
- Warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers
Professions That Are Not Accepted
Your countersignatory cannot:
- work for HM Passport Office
- be a doctor, unless they state that they know you well (for example they’re a good friend) and that they recognise you easily from your photo
