Applying for your first adult passport in 3 easy steps (accessible)
Updated 14 June 2024
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1. You will need a digital passport photo
Guidance on photos is available.
2. Fill in your personal information
Fill in your personal information.
Pay securely using a credit or debit card and provide details of someone who can confirm your identity.
2.1 Information you’ll need
You will need:
- your personal details
- your parents’ details
- dates of birth and marriage (if applicable)
- their passport details (if applicable)
- details and email address of someone who can confirm your identity online Identity confirmation guidance
3. Send supporting documents
Once your identity is confirmed, an email will ask you to send supporting documents.
This information is for general guidance. To confirm the latest formal requirements for all passport applications, visit www.gov.uk and search passport.
If your parents were born after 1982 or outside the UK, your grandparents’ details will also be required.