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Change description : 2026-01-16 16:44:00: Updated the passport printing and dispatch guidance, a full list of the changes can be found in the guide. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Passport printing:printing and dispatch: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process to print a passport, the differences between central print and local print and how to collect printed passports.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
23 August 2021
Last updated
2016 MarchJanuary 20252026 — See all updates

Documents

Passport printing (accessible)and dispatch

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Passport printing

PDF, 144 KB, 6 pages

Details

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to print a passport, the differences between central print and local print and how to collect printed passports.

Updates to this page

Published 23 August 2021

Last updated 2016 MarchJanuary 20252026 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

  2. This guidance has been updated to show that Royal Mail will deliver new passport collected from central print Thales; remove references to FedEx as a secure delivery provider; show frequent traveller e-Passports contain 54 pages; and show HM Passport does not always offer an upgrade service.

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Update history

2026-01-16 16:44
Updated the passport printing and dispatch guidance, a full list of the changes can be found in the guide.

2025-03-20 09:07
This guidance has been updated to show that Royal Mail will deliver new passport collected from central print Thales; remove references to FedEx as a secure delivery provider; show frequent traveller e-Passports contain 54 pages; and show HM Passport does not always offer an upgrade service.

2022-11-10 16:55
Updated guidance published.

2022-09-29 15:52
Accessible version added.