HM Passport Office

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What we do

HM Passport Office is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office.

HM Passport Office is part of the Home Office.

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Documents

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Research and statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

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Our management

Director General, His Majesty's Passport Office
Registrar General for England and Wales

Contact HM Passport Office

General enquiries

HM Passport Office
PO Box 767
SOUTHPORT
PR8 9PW
United Kingdom

Telephone

0300 222 0000

Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), enquiries sent using our contact forms may be delayed. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused, and will try to answer queries as soon as possible.

Passports

Passport advice

0300 222 0000

The line is open from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, and from 9am to 5.30pm weekends and public holidays. Calls to 0300 numbers are charged at your network provider's standard national rate.

Birth, marriage and death certificates

General Register Office

0300 123 1837

The line is open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 4pm on Saturday.

Press enquiries

This service is for members of the media only. The Home Office press office handles all media enquiries for HM Passport Office.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of information requests

Parliamentary and diplomatic enquiries team
HM Passport Office Warehouse K2 Western Gateway
London
E16 1DR
United Kingdom

Please only use for freedom of information requests

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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