British overseas citizen passports
Information about how staff deal with passport applications for customers who hold British overseas citizen status.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office operational staff how to deal with passport applications for customers holding British overseas citizen (BOC) status.
Only examiners with the correct level of training must deal with BOC cases.
Last updated
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Updated the First BOC passport: customer is in the UK section and references to the sovereign.
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Accessible version added.
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First published.
Update history
2026-03-24 08:51
Updated the guidance to remove reference to Application Management System (AMS) and to tell examiners when they must deal with a British overseas citizen case as a first time application.
2025-06-13 16:16
Guidance updated – a full list of changes is in the ‘changes from the last version of this guidance’ section.
2022-11-07 15:16
Updated the First BOC passport: customer is in the UK section and references to the sovereign.
2022-09-23 12:56
Accessible version added.