Guidance

Restricted validity passports: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process for issuing restricted validity passports.

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Restricted validity passports (Word version)

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Details

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about passport validity, when we will issue a passport with restricted validity, and how to process an application when the customer sends us a restricted validity passport.

Updates to this page

Published 7 February 2012
Last updated 14 November 2022 + show all updates
  1. Updated to show when the Counter Fraud team will ask Enhanced Application Checking to issue a restricted validity passport (in the Restricted validity passports section).

  2. Accessible version added.

  3. Updated guidance.

  4. First published.

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