Guidance

Treaty rights passport applications: supporting documents (accessible)

Updated 30 June 2023

This checklist is for those applying for a British passport who:

• were born in the UK between 1 January 1983 and 30 June 2021

• have a parent who is a European Economic Area (EEA) national

• have never held a British passport

• have not been naturalised or registered as a British national

You should apply for a first British passport in the normal way, but you must provide additional supporting documents with your application. If you don’t, your application will be delayed. You can’t apply using our Fast Track or Premium service.

You must use the following tables to find out what documents you need to send. Please provide as many relevant documents as possible.

Once we’ve received your application we may still need to contact you for more information and documents.

Table A

Use this table to find out what documents you’ll need to send with the application if the applicant’s parent(s) have not been granted any of the following:

• British citizenship

• a Permanent Residence Card before the applicant’s birth

• a Document Certifying Permanent Residence before the applicant’s birth

• indefinite leave to enter before the applicant’s birth

• indefinite leave to remain before the applicant’s birth

• no time limit before the applicant’s birth

Applicant	2 recent identical photos	Full birth certificate	Any other uncancelled passports relating to you	Parents’ documents	Change of name documents	Other requirements
Born in the UK between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	Evidence of parents’ nationality and evidence parent exercised Treaty rights at the time of the applicant’s birth (see table B).	Check table C	Check table D
Born in the UK between 2 October 2000 and 29 April 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes	Evidence that at the time of the applicant’s birth, parents held: • indefinite leave to remain • indefinite leave to enter • no time limit	Check table C	Check table D
Born in the UK between 30 April 2006 and 30 June 2021	Yes	Yes	Yes	Evidence of parents’ nationality and evidence parent has been resident in the UK and exercised Treaty rights for a minimum continuous period of 5 years before to the applicant was born (see table B).	Check table C	Check table D

Table B

If the applicant was born in the UK between 30 April 2006 and 30 June 2021, please provide the following evidence to confirm their parents exercised Treaty rights for 5 years before the applicant’s birth.

If the applicant was born between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000, please provide evidence their parents exercised Treaty rights at the time of the applicant’s birth (5 years’ evidence is not required in these cases).

Parents status	Evidence
Worker	Send any of the following for the relevant dates: • Pay slips or P60s • HMRC employment history statements showing employment start and end dates, pay and tax • letters from an employer or a contract of employment that show employment start and end dates, together with payslips or P60s If parents are from Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and were working in the UK between 1 May 2004 and 30 April 2009, you must also send a WRS Certificate and WRS Card as evidence they registered in the Workers Registration Scheme (unless they were exempt). If parents are from Bulgaria or Romania and were working in the UK between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2013 or from Croatia and were working between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2018, you must also send a Work Card as evidence they had permission to work in the UK (unless they were exempt).
Jobseeker	Send both of the following for the relevant dates: • evidence of actively looking for employment, such as: • job application forms or letters sent to employers or employment agencies • job invitations letters or emails • job rejection letters or emails • Job Centre letters or emails • evidence of any UK social assistance funds (also known as public funds or benefits) received including Jobseekers allowance, or evidence none were received
Business person or self-employed person	Send any of the following for the relevant dates: • HMRC SA302 tax calculations showing declared income • HMRC tax returns showing declared income • full tax calculations showing income from self-employed (from HMRC’s personal tax account) • business accounts showing declared income • invoice or receipts for work or services carried out
Self-sufficient person (only application for applications born on or after 30 June 1992)	Send all of the following for the relevant dates: • evidence you (and any dependant family members) had sufficient resources, such as: • bank statements showing income received • statements showing income from pensions or investments • evidence of any UK social assistance funds (also known as public funds or benefits), or evidence none were received • evidence you (and any dependant family members) had comprehensive sickness insurance
Students (only applicable for applicants born on or after 30 June 1992)	Send all of the following for the relevant dates: • evidence of being a student, such as: • enrolment letters from schools, colleges or universities confirming attendance • letters from a schools, colleges or universities confirming attendance • a statement showing payment of course fees • evidence of any UK social assistance funds (also known as public funds or benefits), or evidence none were received • evidence you (and any dependant family members) had sufficient resources, such as: • statements showing income from pensions or investments • bank statements showing income received • evidence you (and any dependant family members) had comprehensive sickness insurance or an EEA registration certificate issued to you on or before 8 July 2010 on the basis of being a student
Family member	If the applicant’s parent is the family member of an EEA national, send all of the following: • evidence from the categories above to show the EEA national exercised Treaty rights • evidence of their relationship to EEA national • evidence they live with the EEA national or are dependent on them

Table C

If you have changed your name then you’ll also need to provide the following evidence.

Change of name evidence

Please provide at least one of the following for each change of name that has taken place:

• Marriage certificate
• Civil Partnership certificate
• Gender Recognition certificate
• Enrolled deed poll
• Change of name deed signed in both your old and new names
• Statutory declaration or affidavit signed in your new name
• Birth certificate (upon re-registration)
• Certificate from the Court of the Lord Lyon of Scotland
• HM Passport Office form PD2 for those about to marry or form a civil partnership

If you are going back to your maiden or unmarried name, we also need all of the following:

• your birth certificate
• a decree absolute showing both names
• a marriage certificate showing both names
• a signed statement saying that you now use your maiden name for all purposes

If you are changing the spelling of your name slightly (for example, Bryan to Brian), changing the order in which your forenames appear in your passport or dropping a forename, we also accept one of the following:

• a letter from a council or government department
• a driving license
• a bank statement
• a baptismal or confirmation certificate

Table D

Other information

We may need more information for the following:

For children if:

• a court order is in a place relating to their care
• the child is looked after by social services
• the applicant is not their natural or adoptive parent

Or when:

• you want to have your title shown in your passport
• you are changing the gender on your passport

Unable to sign? A person who fills in the form on behalf of the applicant because they cannot sign the declaration must provide a letter explaining the reason for this.

Further Treaty Rights Guidance can be found via this link: Treaty rights: caseworker guidance