You can apply for your first British passport as soon as you have acquired the British nationality status due to your birth, naturalization , or registration. If the applicant is outside the UK, the applicant can apply for the first British passport from outside the UK using the application form OS online. An application for the first British passport from outside the UK can take up to 6 months for the first British passport to be issued to the applicant. 

If the applicant is inside the UK, the applicant can apply for his/her first British passport either online or using a paper form. A decision on the first British passport from inside the UK is normally made within 3 to 6 weeks.

If you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent and your child is born outside the UK, your child will be a British citizen by descent. You can apply for the first British passport of your child from outside the UK by showing that you are a British citizen otherwise than by descent and your child has become British by descent because you automatically passed on your British citizenship to your child born outside the UK.

You can apply for your first adult British passport after naturalization as a British Citizen. It normally takes up to 6 weeks for Her Magesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) to process the application for the first adult British passport after naturalization as a British Citizen.

You can apply for the renewal of your British passport before or after the expiry of your British passport. If you are resident abroad, you can apply for a renewal of your British passport from outside the UK. If you are living in the UK, you can apply for a renewal of your British passport from inside the UK. You can track your passport application immediately if you apply online or after 3 weeks if you apply by post. 

You can apply online to renew, replace or update your passport. 

You can also pick up passport application forms from your local Post Office and apply by post, or use the Post Office Check and Send service. 

It is cheaper to apply for a passport online than by post. 

It takes up to 3 weeks to renew or replace a passport online. It may take longer for a first adult passport. You may be able to get a passport urgently to travel for compassionate reasons or work, or to prove your identity.

We can represent you in your application for a British passport and carry out all the work on your application until a decision is made by the HM Passport Office (HMPO) on your British passport application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration team s in relation to your application for a British passport will entail the following: 

• Assessing your eligibility for a British passport by considering your nationality status;
• Advising you on the relevant laws, procedures, and requirements for an application for a British passport;
• Advising you on the relevant documents to be submitted in support of your British passport application;
• Completing the relevant application form for British passport application;

Preparing a cover letter in support of your British passport application explaining in detail your eligibility for a British passport;