Guidance

Multiple British passports and nationality statuses: caseworker guidance

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about customers who have multiple British passports or multiple British nationality statuses.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 9 October 2026

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Multiple British passports and nationality statuses: caseworker guidance

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about customers who have multiple British passports or multiple British nationality statuses. It explains:

• who can hold multiple British passports
• what multiple British nationality status is
• how the passport issuing system identifies a customer who holds multiple British passports (in any status)
• how to process applications for customers holding multiple British passports or British nationality statuses

For guidance about customers holding British nationality and the nationality of another country at the same time, see Dual nationality: caseworker guidance.