Guidance

Cancelling British passports: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to physically and electronically cancel a British passport.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
13 January 2012
Last updated
9 November 2022 — See all updates

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Cancelling British passports (accessible)

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Cancelling British passports

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to:

  • physically cancel all types of British passports
  • electronically cancel a passport record on Main Index
Published 13 January 2012
Last updated 9 November 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance.

  2. Accessible version added.

  3. This guidance has been updated to tell you when you need to manually cancel passports on Main Index.

  4. First published.

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