Guidance

Authorisation and consent needed to issue a passport

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 8 January 2024
• Last updated: 3 June 2025 — See all updates

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Details

The guidance explains:

• when we need official authorisation to issue a passport
• when we need consent to process a customer’s request (for example, to cancel a passport) or their passport application
• when we need additional consent to process the customer’s application or request
• when we will not ask for additional consent to process the customer’s request

Published 8 January 2024

Last updated 3 June 2025 + show all updates

1. 3 June 2025

   Guidance updated to show examiners must check the person giving consent to the passport application has parental responsibility in the country where the child is habitually resident and not where the child is born.

2. 8 January 2024

   First published.