Guidance

HM Armed Forces passport applications: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff about the procedure for passport applications received from HM armed forces personnel.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 1 December 2009
• Last updated: 7 August 2024
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  1. 7 August 2024

     This guidance has been updated to clarify how to identify an application from HM Armed Forces.

  2. 1 December 2022

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

  3. 20 March 2018

     Guidance updated.

  4. 1 December 2009

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 15 September 2026

Withdrawn as this guidance is no longer in use.

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HM Armed Forces passport applications

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about standard and urgent applications from HM Forces personnel (and those subject to service law) in the UK or overseas and explains how they should be dealt with.