All news on the topic: Passport Office

Brits claim they have escaped the tyranny of being stuck in the long, slow moving passport lines reserved for non-EU travel document holders following the UK's departure from the bloc

Lisa Cutler has stage four breast cancer and had planned to go to Nessebar in Bulgaria yesterday with her best friend to scatter her late mum's ashes, she is praying she will be well enough to go after her next chemo cycle instead

Angela Jones, 23, applied for a passport for the first time along with her younger brother but her application was rejected despite being born and raised in south London

The UK's Passport Office recommends leaving ten weeks for a new passport to arrive, meaning parents should make their applications now as the school summer holiday's approach

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) has announced staff at 106 government departments today voted ‘Yes’ for industrial action lasting until November

Separated parents looking to apply for a new passport ahead of the summer holidays, or simply planning a trip with their kids, need to be aware of strict laws around the travel documents

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute has said it had seen a number of texts and emails offering speedy passport renewals, warning that victims could lose personal data to fraudsters as well as money

The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has issued advice about important passports check you should make if you are looking to go away on holiday this year

A wet, gloomy Met Office forecast for the week ahead could deter some from travelling, and families flying abroad could face axed flights due to strikes at airports in Britain and in Europe

On April 28 as many as 15,000 Border Force workers represented by PCS Union could walk out at airports and ports across the UK, potentially leading to chaos at travel hubs

Consumer rights expert Martyn James explains everything you need to know when you have to sort out your passport and highlights the issues you could possibly face when doing so

Passport delays and strikes in April could cause havoc for Brits planning Easter holidays - and one travel expert has warned holidaymakers to make 4 key passport checks now

Latest passport rules for Brits as a a planned five week strike by workers at the Passport Office has made applying for a new passport a bit more difficult

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union announced the 'significant' escalation in industrial action. It also accused the Government of failing to engage in 'meaningful' talks.

The UAE has new visa-free travel privileges and no income tax, making its passports the most valuable, unlike the US where taxation is very high

Chris Briggs, senior president of identity at document verification company Mitek, has said digital IDs will soon be a reality, following an intervention by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Conservative chief William Hague

The Home Office is warning that Brits should still leave ten weeks for a new passport to arrive, potentially causing issues for trips abroad during the summer holidays

Suella Braverman told MPs on Monday that the 10-week turnaround time for passports would remain, after it was introduced during the coronavirus pandemic amid a backlog

News of the deadline came after the Home Office hiked the price of passport applications, with the fee for a standard online application made from within the UK rising from £75.50 to £82.50 for adults and £49 to £53.50 for children

The document price has increased for those who require a new passport and it is the first time prices have risen in five years. Those with six months left on passports should apply as soon as possible

There are plenty of money changes coming up in February that could impact your wallet - from inflation and interest rate announcements to changes to Universal Credit

Those hoping to avoid the increased fees, particularly families with multiple passports which need renewing at once, still have a bit of time to get in under the net

The same fees for a passport apply regardless of whether you're applying for your first passport, for a renewal or to replace a lost, stolen or damaged passport

Cody Candee, CEO, and founder of luggage storage and travel company Bounce, has detailed some of the most common passport mistakes people regularly make when travelling

The fee for a standard online application made from within the UK will rise from £75.50 to £82.50 for adults and £49 to £53.50 for children, the Government has announced