HM Passport Office

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  2. Buy birth, death or marriage certificates
  3. Privacy policy

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New Director General appointed to HMPO and UKVI

Abi Tierney has been appointed as the new Director General of Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

The Home Secretary holding a blue passport.

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Iconic blue passports return next month

The first new blue passports will be issued from March 2020.

Latest from the HM Passport Office

  1. Places of worship registered for marriage
    • Guidance
  2. Adoption certificate application form
    • Form
  3. Customer service operations data: May 2020
    • Transparency

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What the HM Passport Office does

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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Services

  1. Apply online for a UK passport
  2. Renew or replace your adult passport
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Guidance and regulation

  1. How to apply for a British National Overseas passport from Hong Kong
    • Guidance
  2. HMPO privacy information notice
    • Guidance
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. New Director General appointed to HMPO and UKVI
    • News story
  2. Iconic blue passports return next month
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. HMPO performance data 2012 to 2013
    • Official statistics
  2. IPS performance data 2009 to 2010
    • Official statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Digital Economy Act, part 5: data sharing codes and regulations
    • Consultation outcome
  2. Passport fees: impact assessment
    • Impact assessment
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Customer service operations data: May 2020
    • Transparency
  2. HMPO transparency data: May 2020
    • Transparency
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our management

Abi Tierney
Abi Tierney
Director General, Her Majesty's Passport Office
Mark Thomson
Registrar General for England and Wales

Contact HM Passport Office

General enquiries

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

Contact Form: General enquiries

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

Contact Form: 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

For journalists only

020 7035 3535

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

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  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
Her Majesty's Passport Office
Globe House
89 Eccleston Square
London
SW1V 1PN
United Kingdom

Email

FOI@hmpo.gov.uk

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