bombards

Quick question for any duel citizens on here......

Just completed my on-line application form to renew my British passport.

In the document checklist section, it asks for any other uncancelled non-British passports relating to me. So do I need to send them my Canadian passport, or at least copies of it?

Has anyone else done this?

Also on page 3 ( the declaration form) there are 2 boxes asking for relationship of applicant to intended passport holder....can i leave them blank, as I am the applicant?

Many thanks

B

MarylandNed

See this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload..._Gp1_11.13.PDF

This appears at the bottom of page 2:
"② Uncancelled non-British passports: We strongly prefer to receive the passport. However in exceptional circumstances where you may need to retain the passport, we will accept a full colour photocopy of the entire passport (including visa pages).
We reserve the right to request the passport at a later stage as we examine your application. Please provide an explanation as to why you need to retain your passport"

Personally, I would not send in an original passport. I would simply provide a photocopy and explain that the original Canadian passport is not included because it is needed for travel purposes.

I have done this myself previously (except I just photocopied the photo page) but the wording above ("Uncancelled non-British passports: We strongly prefer to receive the passport...") seems to be new. I don't recall seeing it when I last renewed a UK passport for anyone in my family.

bombards

[QUOTE=MarylandNed;11149513]See this:

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload..._Gp1_11.13.PDF

This appears at the bottom of page 2:
"② Uncancelled non-British passports: We strongly prefer to receive the passport. However in exceptional circumstances where you may need to retain the passport, we will accept a full colour photocopy of the entire passport (including visa pages).
We reserve the right to request the passport at a later stage as we examine your application. Please provide an explanation as to why you need to retain your passport"

Personally, I would not send in an original passport. I would simply provide a photocopy and explain that the original Canadian passport is not included because it is needed for travel purposes.

I have done this myself previously (except I just photocopied the photo page) but the wording above ("Uncancelled non-British passports: We strongly prefer to receive the passport...") seems to be new. I don't recall seeing it when I last renewed a UK passport for anyone in my family.[/QUOTE

Thats the sheet I was referring to, so I guess that a colour photocopy will have to do, as I am not sending my shiny new Canadian passport off - I just wonder why they need this and if anyone else had actually sent off their Canadian passport too.

MarylandNed

There was a recent thread in the USA forum on this same topic:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=825438

See post #35: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...6&postcount=35

bombards

thanks, that was very useful.

Now I just have to find out if I can ignore the 2 boxes on the declaration form as I am the applicant and then its off to mail the whole thing!

Dashie

I would have thought that would be applicable to those applying in behalf of children/ people they have power of attorney for. Are there guidance notes? Always used to be

manjowithane

Hey bombards,

Did you leave the relationship of application fields blank in the end?

Thanks