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The government will introduce new passport fees for all applications on 11 April 2024.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A people smuggler has been jailed for conspiring to bring 16 Albanian migrants to the UK with fake EU passports and fraudulent airline bookings.
New British passports will now bear the title 'His Majesty' for the first time since 1952.
The government will introduce new passport fees for all applications on 2 February 2023.
There has recently been considerable press coverage of people facing holiday cancellations or travel disruption due to waiting times for passports.
People are urged not leave their application to the last minute, with demand at an all-time high.
New electronic system to modernise the way marriages are registered.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Customers encouraged to not leave their application to the last minute.
Immediate changes to help those who urgently require a passport to travel.
Abi Tierney has been appointed as the new Director General of Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).
The first new blue passports will be issued from March 2020.
A million text messages will be sent to passport holders who may be affected by new passport validity rules in a no deal Brexit.
Her Majesty’s Passport Office has teamed up with Action Fraud to raise awareness of the need to report lost and stolen passports.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Gemalto UK Ltd have been awarded the UK passport manufacturing and personalisation contract by Her Majesty’s Passport Office today.
The Home Office has outlined plans to introduce different passport fees for online and postal applications.
The cover of the UK passport will be returning to blue after the UK leaves the European Union, the Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis has announced.
Passport holders aged 16 years or over can now use the latest, most convenient way to renew their passport online, Her Majesty’s Passport Office announced today.
HM Passport Office has launched a new online passport renewal service as part of its drive to improve customer services.
Students and young people are being urged to leave their passports at home when socialising on nights out in a new drive to prevent identity fraud.
Robert Goodwill unveiled the new site, which is Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s largest office.
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