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[hamalt66]

We're about to apply for our first British passports, would appreciate your answers and feedbacks on the following:

1) can we apply online for our first passports?

2) how will the countersignature sign online, or is like the citizenship application we download a form to be signed by the referee?

3) my understanding is that the needed documents are 2 photos, filled passport forms, countersignature by a professional who knows us for at least 2 years, and our original passports that we used to enter the UK. Is there any thing else?

Thanks in advance

[zimba]

1) can we apply online for our first passports?

Yes

2) how will the countersignature sign online, or is like the citizenship application we download a form to be signed by the referee?

No. You enter their email address on the from, they get an Email from the system and then they do it digitally. It is only after that you can send your application.

3) my understanding is that the needed documents are 2 photos, filled passport forms, countersignature by a professional who knows us for at least 2 years, and our original passports that we used to enter the UK. Is there any thing else?

Photo is uploaded digitally only. You need to send your certificate and passports to HMPO

[hamalt66]

Photo is uploaded digitally only. You need to send your certificate and passports to HMPO

Thanks Zimaba for your kind reply.

Do we send these straight away as soon as the online application was sent?

Also please correct me if I am wrong, I have read somewhere that a special envelope or box will be sent to us to use! Or should I just send in my own envelope, via guaranteed signed for mail?

[zimba]

Do we send these straight away as soon as the online application was sent?

As soon as your referee confirms your identity

Also please correct me if I am wrong, I have read somewhere that a special envelope or box will be sent to us to use! Or should I just send in my own envelope, via guaranteed signed for mail?

You must post it yourself. You can pay for an extra fee so that your documents are posted back via secure delivery. The passport is always delivered separately via secure delivery

[hamalt66]

You must post it yourself. You can pay for an extra fee so that your documents are posted back via secure delivery. The passport is always delivered separately via secure delivery

Is this extra fee payed when paying for the passport?

[zimba]

Yes

[hamalt66]

Yes

Thank you very much Zimpa. Your feedback and advice are very much appreciated indeed.

[hamalt66]

Dear respected members and moderators, we (my family and I), wish to apply for our first British Passport-online. I was looking at the requirements on the gov website and would like to make sure that I only send the required documents.

As we're born outside the UK (according to the quoted paragraph below), we only need to supply the passports we used to enter into the UK along with our Citizenship Certificates (and our digital photos of course). Am I correct in presuming that we do not need to send birth certificates or any other documents?

PARAGRAPH FROM WEBSITE:

You were born outside the UK
What documents you need depend on your circumstances.

You have a certificate of naturalisation or registration

You’ll need both:

• your naturalisation or registration certificate
• the passport you used to come into the UK or the foreign passport you’re included on

[zimba]

Correct. No need to send non UK birth certificates

[hamalt66]

Correct. No need to send non UK birth certificates

Thank you Zimba.

I have just finished applying and paying for our passports online, however I have made a mistake, not sure how grave is it. When filling in my details, the website asked if my mother (who is not UK citizen) had a passport and asked for it's number and date of issue. After submitting and filling my application and filling my mothers foreign passport details, and started the second application I discovered that they asked for the mother's UK passport not the foreign one!

Is there a way to contact the passport office to let them know that the details of my mothers foreign passport were entered by mistake and I should have selected No instead of yes? Or should I instead include a cover letter with our Citizenship Certificates and passports to explain my mistake?

[zimba]

The details of your NON-British parents are not important. Those details are often used to establish your identity if you have British parents only

[hamalt66]

The details of your NON-British parents are not important. Those details are often used to establish your identity if you have British parents only

Ok thanks, it's good to know. But does that mean I shouldn't include a cover letter with my documents that will be sent to HMPassport Office to explain the inclusion of my these details?

[zimba]

NO need

[hamalt66]

We (my wife and I) are applying for our children's passports at the same time, we have been instructed to send the following documents (see below). Should we ignore number 4 and 5 in the list, or should we still send a consent letter for children under 16?


Applicant’s documents (Children)
Send the following:

1. naturalisation or registration certificate

2. the passport used to enter the UK

3. any current or expired passports from other countries that haven’t been cancelled

4. any court orders (for example that describe parental responsibility or residency arrangements)

If you don’t have parental responsibility, also send the following:

5. a signed and dated letter from the mother (or other person with parental responsibility) giving consent for the issue of the child’s new passport

[Plotoder]

4. any court orders (for example that describe parental responsibility or residency arrangements)

If you don’t have parental responsibility, also send the following:

5. a signed and dated letter from the mother (or other person with parental responsibility) giving consent for the issue of the child’s new passport[/i]

Presuming that there is no court order against parental responsibility. If there is, you obviously have to share it.

I applied for the passport as a father for my newborn and didn’t send any consent letter from the mother. The passport arrived without any questions asked.

[hamalt66]

4. any court orders (for example that describe parental responsibility or residency arrangements)

If you don’t have parental responsibility, also send the following:

5. a signed and dated letter from the mother (or other person with parental responsibility) giving consent for the issue of the child’s new passport[/i]

Presuming that there is no court order against parental responsibility. If there is, you obviously have to share it.

I applied for the passport as a father for my newborn and didn’t send any consent letter from the mother. The passport arrived without any questions asked.

Yes that's how I understood it. Thank you for your input

[hamalt66]

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