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Application for United Kingdom Passport for Applicants 16 and over

Use this form if you are applying for a United Kingdom passport and are a British citizen, British

Overseas Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British subject or British protected person.

The fee for the passport is payable in local currency at the time of application. A consular premium

is included in the fee to provide consular assistance to distressed British nationals. 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.

Dual nationality: if you possess the nationality or citizenship of another country, you may lose this

when you acquire a British passport. Please check with the authorities of the other country before

making your application.

☺ 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. If you enter a Date

of Travel above we will try to issue the passport before then.

There is a separate sheet of Notes to help you complete the form. Please refer to these whenever the form tells you to, and follow symbols,

e.g. # to INTERPRETATION for deﬁnitions at the back of the form. 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 complete Passport Holder’s name (and use ink and capital letters, if handwriting)

Initials

Family name

Date of Travel ☺

NB. You must be in the country where this application is being made.

If you do not complete all of the sections as indicated, your

application will likely be refused

THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Issue Status

BNA 1981

BNA 1948

IA 1971

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Observations

Type of service required

If you have one you should submit your previous British passport with this application.

Please tick the following box(es) as appropriate. This is:

A your ﬁrst standard UK passport or a replacement for a standard UK passport that is lost or otherwise unavailable

.........................................................................................................................First Passport.... Lost/Unavailable ..................

B the renewal of your existing standard UK passport..........................................................................................................................

C a change of personal particulars or extension..................................New Name .......... New Photo...............................

Extending the validity period....................................

Do you wish to pay for a 48 page passport? ................................................................................................................................... (See Note 9)

Please

initial here

Application for United Kingdom

Passport for applicants 16 and over

Do NOT use this form if

you are under 16 – use Form C2;

you are a British National

(Overseas) through having a

connection with Hong Kong–use

Form BNO-A.

(Forms obtainable from any British

Consulate or High Commission)

Read this section

before you

complete the form

For Ofﬁcial Use

Passport Number

....................................................................

See Notes 2 and 3 and then complete this section

Father’s# details

His full name, family name ﬁrst

His town and country of birth

His date of birth

His citizenship at the time of your birth, and if he was not a British

citizen, his immigration status in the United Kingdom*

If he has a British passport give:

Number of passport

Place and date of issue

If he became a British subject, citizen of the United Kingdom and

colonies, British citizen, British Dependent/Overseas Territories

citizen, British Overseas citizen or British protected person by

naturalisation or registration give:

Number of his citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Mother’s details

Her full name, family name ﬁrst

Her town and country of birth

Her date of birth

Her citizenship at the time of your birth, and if she was not a British

citizen, her immigration status in the United Kingdom*

If she has a British passport give:

Number of passport

Place and date of issue

If she became a British subject, citizen of the United Kingdom and

colonies, British citizen, British Dependent/Overseas Territories

citizen, British Overseas citizen or British protected person by

naturalisation or registration give:

Number of her citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Parents’ marriage

Date of marriage

Place of marriage

If neither parent was born in the United Kingdom* or a qualifying

territory

or naturalised/registered as a British national, please

give town, country and date of birth of all four grandparents in

Section 7 and then return to Section 3.

Go to Section 3

Were you born after 31 December 1982,

or outside the United Kingdom* or a

qualifying territory

Yes No

Please use ink and capital letters, if handwriting

Write all dates using the format dd/mm/yy

To be completed by all applicants

Tick box(es) as appropriate

Your details

Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other (Please state)

Family name

Christian or given names

Maiden surname (if applicable)

Married Single Widowed Divorced Separated

Age last birthday Sex: Male Female

Permanent address (if return address is different please enter in Section 7)

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?

Were you born in a foreign country and your

birth registered at a British Consulate?

Yes No

Name of British Consulate

Date of registration

See Note 1 and then complete details of citizenship documents

Number of document

Place of issue

Date of issue

Go to Section 2

Were you naturalised or registered as a

British subject, citizen of the United

Kingdom and Colonies, British citizen,

British Dependent/Overseas Territories

citizen, British Overseas citizen or British

protected person?

Yes No

Please

initial here

See Note 4 then complete this section

Town and country of marriage

Date of marriage

Husband’s details (includes former or late husband)

His full name, family name ﬁrst

His town and country of birth

His date of birth His nationality

If applicable

Date of divorce Date of death

Did he become a British subject, by his own naturalisation or

registration?

Yes No

Number of his citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Did he become a British subject, by descent through his father?#

Yes No

Father’s# full name, family name ﬁrst

Father’s# town and country of birth

Father’s# date of birth

Did his father# acquire his British nationality by naturalisation or

registration?

Yes No

Number of father’s# citizenship document

Place and date of issue

Have you been married more than once?

Yes No

Please give details, as above, in respect of each of your husbands in

Section 7 and then return to Section 4

Are you a married, widowed or divorced

woman whose claim to British nationality is

through marriage to a British man before

1 January 1949?

Yes No

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 previous passport or travel

document attached? Yes No

Previous passport number

Go to Section 6

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

When the loss was reported to the police,

and where

Have you lost a British passport before? Yes No

Please give details in Section 7 and then return to Section 6

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

Postcode

Tel. number Relationship (if any)

Name

Address

Postcode

Tel. number Relationship (if any)

Go to Section 8

Give details of previous passport which has

been lost or is not available. You also need

to complete an LSO1 form.

See Note 6

To be completed by all applicants

Please

initial here

Previous Passport

See Note 5

I, (full name of parent/guardian).....................................................................................

declare that my rights in respect of

.........................................................................................................(insert name of child)

have not been limited in any way by the order of any court having

jurisdiction over him/her.

Signature of parent/guardian Date

Relationship to child (e.g. Father#, Mother)

Address

Go to Section 9

Printed in the United Kingdom for SPSL 004733 08/03

I, the undersigned, declare that

1 I have not previously held a passport of any description, or been

included in one, other than that stated above.

2 I have made no other application for a passport, other than that

stated above.

3 I am, today, in the country of application and will be at the time

of issue.

4 (delete if not appropriate) If the passport mentioned in Section 5

comes again into my possession, I will return it immediately to a British

passport issuing authority.

5 I do not owe money to Her Majesty’s Government for repatriation or

similar relief.

6 I have not been adopted outside the United Kingdom* or a qualifying

territory

, except as mentioned in Section 7.

7 I am a; British citizen or

British Overseas Territories citizen or

British Overseas citizen or

British subject or

British protected person

and I have not lost or renounced this status.

8 All information given in this application is correct to the best of my

knowledge and belief.

IMPORTANT - KEEP WITHIN BORDER.

Failure to comply with this instruction will invalidate the application.

Go to Section 10

Countersignature. THIS SECTION MUST BE

COMPLETED BY THE COUNTERSIGNATORY

See Note 8

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 Complete the following in ink and capital letters.

I, (insert your full name)

certify that the applicant (whose signature appears in Section 9) 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 British citizen/citizen of (insert country)

SIGN

Profession (and professional

qualiﬁcations)

Name of ﬁrm, business address

or ofﬁcial stamp (if applicable)

Current British passport number (if applicable)

Daytime telephone number Date

Checklist

When you have completed the form

Please check that you have enclosed all of the following:-

Photographs (one certiﬁed on back)–See Note 10 .........

Fee–See Note 11.......................................................................

Documents–See Note 12 ........................................................

and remember to sign the form at Section 9 ‘Declaration’ and if you

are 16 or 17, a parent/guardian should sign Section 8 ‘Declaration of

parent (or guardian)’

It is IMPORTANT that all applicants read notes

Declaration of parent (or guardian)

(If applicant is 16 or 17 years of age, otherwise go to

Section 9) See Note 7

CAUTION

You are warned that the making of an untrue statement for the

purpose of procuring a passport is a criminal offence. A check

may be made on the authenticity of countersignatories. The

application should not be countersigned until the form has been

completed, signed and dated by the applicant.

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Other information

Declaration

To be signed by all applicants

Note 1 - Birth after 31 December 1982 in the

United Kingdom

Tick “Yes” if you were born after 31 December 1982 in the

United Kingdom.

Because birth in the United Kingdom after 31 December 1982 does not

automatically confer British citizenship, additional information is required to

establish your national status under the provisions of the British Nationality

Act 1981, which came into effect on 1 January 1983. Section 2 should

therefore be completed if you were born after 31 December 1982.

Section 2 need not be completed if you obtained your citizenship by

registration or naturalisation from the Immigration and Nationality

Directorate of the Home Office in the United Kingdom.

Note 2

Section 3 should be filled in if you became a British subject or citizen of the

United Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation or registration before 1

January 1983, or if you have become a British citizen, British Dependent

Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British protected person or

British subject by naturalisation or registration on or after that date. You

should forward your citizenship document(s) with the completed form.

Note 3

Section 4 should be filled in if you were born outside England, Scotland,

Wales and Northern Ireland. But it need not be filled in if you became a

British subject, citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, British citizen,

British Dependent Territories citizen, or British Overseas citizen by

naturalisation or by registration at the Home Office, London.

If you were born in a foreign country, in the Republic of Ireland, or in a part

of the Commonwealth other than a place which is still a dependent territory

you may be able to claim British citizenship, British Dependent Territories

citizenship or British Overseas citizenship through your father if he was a

British subject and citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies. But if your

father also was born outside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,

you should give in section 8 the town, country and date of birth, or claim to

British nationality of your paternal grandfather (your father’s father) in case

you have a claim to British nationality by descent from him (although this

situation is rare).

Note 4

Part A should be filled in unless you are returning a standard British

passport which was issued in your present name and you were not born

outside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

If you have been married more than once, details of any previous marriage(s)

– i.e. former husband’s full names, his nationality, his town, country and date

of birth, date of marriage, date of divorce (if applicable), date of former

husband’s death (if applicable) – should be given in section 5a.

Part B should also be filled in if your husband was born outside England,

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and if his father was born outside

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the town, country and date

of birth or claim to British nationality of your husband’s paternal grandfather

(his father’s father) should be given in section 5b.

Note 5

Please give as much information as you can. A new passport can be issued

only after extensive enquiries.

Note 6

Section 10 should be filled in and signed by a parent if the applicant is

under 18 years of age, except where the applicant is married, (in which

case the marriage certificate should be produced) or is enlisted in HM

Forces. If the parent is not available to sign the form, he/she must write a

letter of consent. The letter should be sent in with the application. If the

applicant is illegitimate, consent should be given by the mother.

Note 7

When you have completed the form, section 12 should be completed and

signed by a British citizen, or other Commonwealth citizen, who has known

you personally for at least two years and who is a Member of Parliament,

Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, Bank Officer, Established Civil

Servant, professionally qualified person, e.g. Lawyer, Engineer, Doctor,

School Teacher, Police Officer or a person of similar standing.

If you do not know a British citizen or other Commonwealth citizen locally

with these qualifications, the form may be completed and signed by a citizen

of the country in which you are residing, provided he/she has a similar

standing in that country and the Consul considers his/her signature to be

acceptable. A member of your family should not countersign. (See also

note 11, ‘Photographs’.) In certain cases you may be asked to produce

further documentary evidence of identity.

United Kingdom

Passport Application

❊ Notes for FORM C1

Please keep these Notes until you receive

your passport

Note 8

A standard United Kingdom passport of 32 pages is adequate for most

travellers and is valid for 10 years.

However, a passport of 48 pages is available for people who travel

frequently and quickly fill the visa pages of a standard passport. This

passport is also valid for a maximum of 10 years.

When you apply for a new passport, you must give up any previous passport

for cancellation. A new passport may not be post-dated to the date of expiry

of a previous passport.

Note 9

DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED

Photocopies of birth, marriage or naturalisation certificates or

registration documents are NOT acceptable for passport purposes.

These tables show which documents you should produce with your

application. Please read all the sections that apply to you and make sure

that you submit the right documents.

Documents are not normally needed if you are surrendering an unrestricted

British passport issued after 1 January 1983 and all the details are the same.

Because birth in the United Kingdom after 31 December 1982 does not

automatically confer British citizenship, in some cases you may be asked for

additional information and documentation to establish national status under

the provisions of the British Nationality Act 1981 which came into effect on

1 January 1983.

TABLE 1

BIRTH OR ADOPTION BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983

A. If you were born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,

the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a place which is still a

Dependent Territory.

All applicants

Full birth or adoption certificate. If in doubt, read note i, ‘Birth certificate’

Women who are or have been married and married men under 18

Marriage certificate or divorce documents showing details of the marriage.

If in doubt, read note ii, ‘Marriage certificate’

B. If you were born outside England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the

Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and a place which is still a Dependent

Territory, of a father who was a British subject and citizen of the United

Kingdom and Colonies, and who became, or but for his death would have

become, a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a

British Overseas citizen under the provisions of the British Nationality Act

1981, OR

if you were born before 1 January 1949 in a Protectorate, Protected

State or Trust Territory of a British father.

All applicants

Consular birth certificate and evidence of father’s citizenship of the United

Kingdom and Colonies if this is not shown on the consular birth certificate

(see note i) OR

Full local or High Commission or Forces birth certificate showing parents’

names; parents’ marriage certificate, and father’s birth certificate, naturali-

sation or registration document, or other evidence of father’s national status

(see note i).

Women who are or have been married and married men under 18

Marriage certificate or divorce documents showing details of the marriage.

Evidence of termination of previous marriage if either parent has been mar-

ried before (see note ii).

C. If you are a British subject, a British citizen, a British Dependent

Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen or citizen of the United

Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation or registration.

All applicants

Documents of naturalisation or registration.

Women who are or have been married and married men under 18

Marriage certificate or divorce documents showing details of the marriage

(see note ii).

D. If you were a British subject before 1st January 1949, through your own

or your father’s birth or naturalisation in British India or in the Republic of

Ireland and have remained a British subject.

All applicants

Documentary evidence of your birth or naturalisation in British India or in the

Republic of Ireland or documentary evidence of legitimate descent from a

father born or naturalised in those territories (see note i).

Women who are married or have been married

Marriage certificate showing details of the marriage (see note ii).

E. If you were born outside England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the

Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and a place which is still a Dependent

Territory, and you acquired citizenship of the United Kingdom and

Colonies by adoption in the United Kingdom between 1st January 1950

and 31 December 1982, inclusive.

Adoption overseas does NOT by itself confer British nationality.

If adopted outside the United Kingdom or a place which is still a dependent

territory, you should state the place and date of adoption, and nationality of

adoptive parents, in section 8 or consult the nearest British

Embassy/Consulate/High Commission.

All applicants

Full adoption certificate showing names of adoptive parent(s) and documen-

tary evidence that the adoptive parent was a British subject and citizen of

the United Kingdom and Colonies (see note i).

Women who are or have been married and married men under 18

Marriage certificate showing details of the marriage (see note ii).

F. If you acquired British nationality by marriage before 1st January 1949

All applicants

Birth certificate (or previous standard blue British passport). Marriage

certificate showing details of the marriage. Documents establishing your

husband’s (or former husband’s) nationality as at a, b, c or d above (see

note ii).

TABLE 2

If name has been changed otherwise than by marriage or adoption

Documents as in Table 1 AND

Documentary evidence (e.g. deed poll, statutory declaration) that your name

has been changed for all purposes.

Note i. Birth certificate

If you were born in England or Wales you can obtain a birth certificate from

the General Register Office, Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Birkdale,

Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2HH. The despatch of certificates may be

expedited if when you write you state full particulars of yourself, date and

place of birth (full address) and full names of parents including mother’s

maiden name.

For births which occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Irish Republic

you can apply respectively to the Registrar-General, New Register House,

Edinburgh EH1 3YT; the Registrar-General, Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester

Street, Belfast BT1 4HL; the Registrar-General, Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard

Street East, Dublin 2.

Postal applications for certificates from the Adopted Children Register (from

1 January 1927) should be addressed to the General Register Office,

Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 2HH,

with the envelope marked clearly for the adoption section.

For children adopted in Scotland, copies of certificates from the Adopted

Children Registrar are obtainable only from New Register House.

For children adopted in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland you can

apply respectively to the Registrar-General, Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester

Street, Belfast BT1, or the Registrar-General, Joyce House, 8-11 Lombard

Street East, Dublin 2.

Note ii. Marriage certificate

A married (or widowed, or divorced woman) applying for a separate

passport is not normally required to produce her marriage certificate if she

is surrendering her previous United Kingdom Passport in the same married

name, or if she can produce a previous United Kingdom family passport in

the same name.

Note 10

Fee

The fee for a United Kingdom Passport is payable in local currency at the

time of the application.

Note 11

Photographs

Please send two identical copies of a RECENT photograph of yourself.

The photographs should be in colour and taken full face without a hat, and

must have a white background. The size should be 45 mm by 35 mm (1.77

inches by 1.38 inches). They should be printed on normal thin photographic

paper and be unmounted.

The person who countersigns your application (see note 7) should also

write on the back of ONE photograph the words ‘I certify that this is a true

likeness of ...’ and add his/her signature and the date.

Note 12

How to submit your application

Wherever possible please submit your application at least four weeks before

you need your passport.

Having filled in and signed the form, please complete the checklist

on the back of the form.

British Nationality Act 1981

The British Nationality Act 1981 created three new citizenship categories to

take the place of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies. These

are:–

A. British citizenship for those persons with a close connection with the

United Kingdom;

B. British Dependent Territories citizenship for those persons with a close

connection with a British Dependent Territory; and

C. British Overseas citizenship for those citizens of the United Kingdom and

Colonies who have no close connection with the United Kingdom or an

existing British Dependent Territory.

From 1 January 1983 no endorsement about immigration status is

necessary on passports issued to British citizens as they are automatically

exempt from United Kingdom immigration control and have the right to take

up employment or to establish themselves in business or other self-

employed activity in another member state of the European Union.*‡

However, it will continue to be necessary to determine the immigration

status under the Immigration Act 1971 of all applicants for passports.

Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies born before 1 January 1983

will normally have become British citizens if they had the right of abode in

the United Kingdom. Passports issued to British Overseas citizens, British

subjects or British protected persons will continue to be endorsed to show

their immigration status under that act. British subjects, with a parent born

in Southern Ireland before 31 March 1922, also have the right of abode in

the United Kingdom. Their passports will continue to bear the endorsement

“Holder has the right of abode in the United Kingdom” and this endorsement

will secure for the holders the right to benefit from the EU provisions relating

to the free movement of persons.

A. you or your father†: were born in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern

Ireland, the Channel Islands‡ or the Isle of Man‡, or before 31 March,

1922 in Southern Ireland, or

B. you or your father†: were naturalised in England, Scotland, Wales,

Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands‡ or the Isle of Man‡, or before 31

March, 1922 in Southern Ireland, or

C. you or your father†: became a citizen of the United Kingdom and

Colonies by adoption or registration§ in England, Scotland, Wales,

Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands‡ or the Isle of Man‡.

Your immigration status will be apparent from the passport application and

no separate action is necessary, although in certain circumstances you may

be asked for additional information in order to determine that status. If you

do not fall within the categories mentioned above, please ask for an

additional form and submit it with the application.

Footnotes

*The relevant Member States of the EU are AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK,

FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, IRISH REPUBLIC, ITALY, LUXEM-

BOURG, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SPAIN and SWEDEN.

†”Father” does not for this purpose include the father of an

illegitimate child.

‡The EU provisions relating to the free movement of labour and the right of

establishment do not apply to Channel Islanders and Manxmen unless they

can show that they have a close connection with the United Kingdom itself

through birth, descent, adoption, naturalisation, registration or residence.

They may, therefore, be asked for information to determine whether such a

connection exists, where it does not the passport will be endorsed to the

effect that the holder is not entitled to benefit from EU provisions relating to

employment or establishment.

§ Acquisition of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies by registration:

A. includes registration by a United Kingdom High Commissioner in a

Commonwealth country except the registration of a minor effected after

27 October, 1971.

B. does not include registration in a territory which was at the time a

colony, protectorate, protected state or United Kingdom trust territory.

C. does not include registration of a woman by virtue of marriage to a

citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies where the marriage took

place after 27 October, 1971.