How to Apply for a New Passport in London (for Locals)

Instructions

• 1

  How to get application form

  
  

  There are four ways by which you can get an application form.

  
  

  A) You can complete an online application form available on the official website of the IPS. After you complete the application form, IPS will print it and send to you on your given postal address to ask you to sign and return with the supporting documents. IPS use second class post and therefore you should wait at least one week for delivery.

  
  

  Visit IPS Online Application Form Website

  
  

  B) You can also get an application form from the specific post office branch which offers passport check and send service. You can locate your nearest post officein London.

  
  

  C) You can request an application form online and you will get in the next five working days on the postal address that you provide to IPS.

  
  

  D) You can call to Passport Advice line  and ask IPS to send you up to four passport application forms. IPS use second class postal service so allow at least one week for delivery.

  
  

  Contact: +44 300 222 0000
• 2

  Get your Fees ready
  

  If you are applying for Normal Service by post which takes about three to six weeks you will have accompany £77.50. There are one-week Fast Track service and one-day premium service available but you cannot avail this services because you must have to attend the interview for your first adult passport.
• 3

  Complete Required Supporting Documents
  

  In order to get a proof that you are British National, IPS demands original documents only. If you were born in UK before 1983, IPS will see your birth certificate as a proof of Nationality. But If were born after 1 January 1983, IPS will ask you to present the birth certificate of your mother or father, their home office registration certificate or his or her passport that was valid at the time of your birth.

  
  

  You will provide two photographs. One of which should be signed by an over 18, reputable person in the community. This person should write on the back of one picture “I certify that this is a true likeness of [your title and full name]” and must sign and write date on the statement.
• 4

  Get your Application Form Countersigned
  
  Once you have completed your application form, you will need to sign it personally and have countersigned on the section 10 of the form by over 18-year-old reputable person in community. This person should also hold the British or Irish valid passport and known you at least for the last two years. Here is a list of persons that would be suitable for countersignatures:
  
  accountant
  airline pilot
  articled clerk of a limited company
  assurance agent of recognised company
  bank/building society official
  barrister
  chairman/director of limited company
  chiropodist
  commissioner of oaths
  councillor (local or county)
  civil servant (permanent), but not someone who works for IPS
  dentist
  director/manager of a VAT-registered charity
  director/manager/personnel officer of a VAT-registered company
  engineer (with professional qualifications)
  financial services intermediary (eg a stockbroker or insurance broker)
  fire service official
  funeral director
  insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company
  journalist
  Justice of the Peace
  legal secretary (fellow or associate member of the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs)
  licensee of public house
  local government officer
  manager/personnel officer (of a limited company)
  member, associate or fellow of a professional body
  Member of Parliament
  Merchant Navy officer
  minister of a recognised religion (including Christian Science)
  nurse (RGN and RMN)
  officer of the armed services (active or retired)
  optician
  paralegal (certified paralegal, qualified paralegal or associate member of the Institute of Paralegals)
  person with honours (an OBE or MBE, for example)
  pharmacist
  photographer (professional)
  police officer
  Post Office official
  president/secretary of a recognised organisation
  Salvation Army officer
  social worker
  solicitor
  surveyor
  teacher, lecturer
  trade union officer
  travel agent (qualified)
  valuer or auctioneer (fellows and associate members of the incorporated society)
  Warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers.
  
• 5

  Post the completed application form
  

  After completing the application form, send it back to IPS using your nearest post office. Your envelope should have completed application form, photographs, supporting documents and fee.

  
  

  Visit Post Office Finder to search your nearest post office in London.
• 6

  Wait for Interview Call
  

  Now IPS also conduct interview of those applicants who had never a British passport in their own name. However, if you had own child passport, you will not be interviewed because in this way your application will be treated as renewal. IPS conduct interviews in regional interview offices.

  
  

  It will be a friendly mannered 30 minutes interview to confirm facts about you. These are the facts that someone can use to steal your identity. You can find the nearest Interview office near you. You need to enter your post code or street town to locate your nearest interview office.

  
  Find out Interview office in London.
• 7

  Track Your Application
  

  If you want to track the progress of your application, make sure to note the bar code number before posting it to the Identity and Passport Service. It is ten digit code on the top of the front page. You can find out the progress of your application by filling online applicationtracker form. You can also contact Passport Advice Line to get information about your application.

  
  Contact: +44 300 222 0000
  Visit Application Form Tracker
• 8

  Receive your Passport
  

  After specified amount of time your passport will be posted to you on the address that you mentioned in your application form.