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Documents for first British passport

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:17 am
by Enzo2995
Hi all,

Apologies if this has been answered before.

My question is, do I need to send them my current foreign passport when I apply for my first British passport or only my old passport which I used to come to the UK?

I'm asking because my current passport is with the Ireland embassy as I applied for a visa a couple of weeks ago and still waiting for my passport to be sent back to me.

I would appreciate your thoughts.


Regards

Re: Documents for first British passport

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:20 am
by CR001
You need to send your current and all uncancelled passports. They are mandatory documents.

Re: Documents for first British passport

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:24 am
by Enzo2995
CR001 wrote:
Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:20 am
You need to send your current and all uncancelled passports. They are mandatory documents.
Thanks. So I don't need to send my old/expired passports, only the current one.

Re: Documents for first British passport

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:30 am
by CR001
You need to send all passports that have not been cancelled (usually stamped cancelled) and clipped on the corners, this is different to just an expired passport, in addition to your current passport.

Re: Documents for first British passport

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:31 am
by Enzo2995
CR001 wrote:
Tue Jul 02, 2024 9:30 am
You need to send all passports that have not been cancelled (usually stamped cancelled) and clipped on the corners, this is different to just an expired passport, in addition to your current passport.
Thanks very much for your help.