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Downloadable letters explaining UK laws and services abroad for passports and visas. Sometimes called information notes.

• Updated: 9 July 2025

Horses, ponies, asses, donkeys and zebras must have a horse passport and it must be with the animal at all times

• When you need a horse passport

  You must have a horse passport (sometimes called an ‘equine passport’) for…

• Apply for a horse passport

  If you own the horse or related animal, you must get a passport for it…

• Update or replace a passport

  You need to: update the passport’s details if they change, for example if…

• Import or export a horse or related animal

  What you need to do depends on whether you’re importing or exporting the…

• Get help

  Contact the Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO) that issued the horse…

How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.

• Updated: 25 July 2024

HM Passport Office is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office. HM Passport Office is part of the Home Office .

• Updated: 17 July 2024

Use this form to apply for a replacement cattle passport from the British Cattle Movement Service.

How to send a deceased person's passport back to His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).

British passport eligibility - types of British nationality, eligibility by marriage or civil partnership, who to contact if you're not sure

Check the status of your passport after applying for a new passport or to renew or replace an existing passport

Identity and Passport Service became Her Majesty’s Passport Office in May 2013.

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes