Basic passport checks
To be used when checking passports for identification.
- From:
- HM Passport Office
- Published
- 9 February 2011
- Last updated
-
191MayDecember20222025 — See all updates
Applies to England and Wales
Documents


Basic passport checks
PDF, 4.165.13 MB, 2326 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a
version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternativeformats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
Details
This document is to be used when checking passports for identification.
It covers the important information of what to expect, plus additional notes for the 1988, 1998, 2006, 20102010, 2015, 2020 and 20152025 versions of the UK passport.
Updates to this page
Published 9 February 2011
Last updated 191 MayDecember 2022
+ show2025
href="#full-history">+ show all updates
-

Basic passport checks
PDF, 4.165.13 MB, 2326 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a
version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternativeformats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
PDF, 4.165.13 MB, 2326 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a
version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternativeformats@homeoffice.gov.uk.
Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
Details
This document is to be used when checking passports for identification.
It covers the important information of what to expect, plus additional notes for the 1988, 1998, 2006, 20102010, 2015, 2020 and 20152025 versions of the UK passport.
Updates to this page
Published 9 February 2011
Last updated 191 MayDecember 2022
+ show2025
href="#full-history">+ show all updates
-
Details
This document is to be used when checking passports for identification.
It covers the important information of what to expect, plus additional notes for the 1988, 1998, 2006, 20102010, 2015, 2020 and 20152025 versions of the UK passport.