Guidance

Royal Prerogative: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff about the Royal Prerogative in relation to passport applications.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 13 January 2012
• Last updated: 13 October 2025
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  1. 13 October 2025

     Guidance updated to remove references to Application Management System (AMS).

  2. 24 November 2022

     Updated guidance.

  3. 3 October 2022

     Accessible version added.

  4. 16 June 2021

     Updated guidance.

  5. 13 January 2012

     First published.

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about the Royal Prerogative in relation to passport applications.

The Royal Prerogative is the means by which some of the executive powers of government, possessed by and vested in a monarch, are carried out.