Guidance

Collective passport: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with the collective passport process.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 23 August 2021
• Last updated: 3 June 2026
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  1. 3 June 2026

     This guidance has been updated to remove France from the list of countries who will accept a collective passport.

  2. 27 October 2025

     Published version 8.0 of the collective passport guidance, a full list of changes can be found in the guide.

  3. 8 August 2023

     The 'Collective Passports' guidance has been updated.

  4. 18 November 2022

     This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.

  5. 9 June 2022

     Updated: the countries that accept collective passports / the countries that do not accept collective passports / what to do if we are unsure a country will accept collective passports.

  6. 23 August 2021

     First published.

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Collective passport guidance

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Details

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff:

• what a collective passport is
• how a group applies for a collective passport
• how we deal with an application for a collective passport