Guidance

Cancelling British passportspassports: caseworker guidance

InformationTells for HM Passport Office operational staff about how to physically and electronically cancel a British passport.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
13 January 2012
Last updated
915 NovemberOctober 20222024 — See all updates

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Cancelling British passports (accessible)

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Cancelling British passports

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Details

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to:

  • physically cancel all types of British passports
  • electronically cancel a passport record on Main Index

Updates to this page

Published 13 January 2012
Last updated 915 NovemberOctober 20222024 + show all updates

  1. This guidance has been updated. A full list of the changes is available in the document.

  2. Updated guidance.

  3. Accessible version added.

  4. This guidance has been updated to tell you when you need to manually cancel passports on Main Index.

  5. First published.

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