Guidance: Damaged British passports

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to assess British machine readable passports for damage, wear and tear or fraudulent tampering and how to handle applications to replace these passports. Machine readable passports have a burgundy or dark blue (soft) cover.

This guidance does not cover Old Blue (hardback style) passports.

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Published 13 January 2012
Last updated 26 October 2022 +show all updates

26 October 2022
Added version 13.0 of guidance.
28 September 2022
Accessible version added.
30 July 2021
Updated guidance renamed as 'damaged British passports'.
10 November 2016
New guidance published.
13 January 2012
First published.

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