Talk:British passport

The list of endorsements is not meant to include immigration stamps in the visa pages, whether from the UK or elsewhere - they can be distinguished from endorsements that are printed in the official observations page of the passport when it is issued by UKPA / overseas missions. Andrew Yong 07:32, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monarchs

The British Monarch does not possess a passport, and nor does the U.S. Secretary of State apparently. What about:

monarchs of other countries (eg Spain)
other heads of state (eg the U.S. President)
a Governor-General (eg Australian passports are issued in the name of the Governor-General)
the British Foreign Secretary JAJ 11:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Governors-General/Governors/Lieutenant-Governors issue passports in the name of the Queen, not themselves. They hold passports.

The US President travels on an official passport.[1]

Mauls 15:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neee jathi Galis badacow nee jathi guddan denga........... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.16.1.220 (talk) 08:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well the reason that they do not hold passports is because passports in these places are issued in the name of whoever. eg, in the UK, passports are issued in the name of the Queen, so the Queen does not need a passport, the same goes for the Commonwealth Realms. In the case of Australia, the Governer-General is issuing the passports in the name of the Queen, so presumably the Governer-General would still need a passport. The rule-of-thumb is that if passports are issued in their name, they don't need one, as technically, they could write something down on a piece of paper and it would legally be a passport (though may not fall under the UN's definitions) as it was issued by them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicksname (talk • contribs) 06:09, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interviews

Is there no mention about having to have interviews when applying in the future? Skinnyweed 20:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also noticed this (as I'm trying to apply at the moment). I think it starts this August and applies to anyone who hasn't had an adult passport before, but I'm not sure and there is absolutely nothing on their website about it.

Off topic: Has anyone tried top use their online passport application form (that is supposed to give you a printout to post to them--sophisticated!) which I though might be easier? It breaks all the time and resets itself so I've given up. Also http://passport.gov.uk (without www.) results in an IIS under-construction message.

Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley _talk _contrib 11:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Passport colour

Are there two classes of passport? I was issued a passport in December 2005 but it's not the standard burdgundy, its a sort of navy-blue. Anybody know the difference? Mark83 21:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Never heard of such a thing. Can you upload an image? Andrew Yong 22:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two passports?

I actually thought it was possible to apply for two British passports, in case you want to travel to a country that would object to certain other countries' stamps in your passport, but I see no mention of this on the passport service website. Was this ever possible, and if so, when/why was it changed? 217.155.20.163 18:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can have 2 British Passports if you were:

BDTC/BOTCs and were subsequently given British Citizen status and thus 2 passports derive from 2 different status

You acquired a British status (ie. BN(O) or BOC) and have naturalized as British Citizen and again, derive 2 passports from 2 different status. This will not be the case if one is a British subject or BPP since they will lose that status upon acquiring another nationality.

Otherwise, you can't have 2 passports of the same nationality in any country for that matter. --Cahk 02:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Persons with Israeli stamps in their passport are allowed to have a second passport if they are doing to a country that does NOT allow passports with Israeli stamps in them. i.e. saudi and Iran and other arab countries --92.104.255.38 (talk) 12:09, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Entry Rights / Visa-Free Travel

This is a very handy list, but I 'promoted' the {{fact}} from the first sentence of this to a general {{verify}}, as the entire section needs references for each period quoted - idaelly from official government immigration sites from each location. --Salvadors 13:59, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I also renamed it to "Entry Rights" as many of the countries listed do actually require visas (although most issue them on arrival). Feel free to rename again to something better. --Salvadors 14:33, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BN(O)

I deleted the line where it saids BN(O) are legally ENTITLED to such British Passport. It should be noted that ALL British nationalities have the right to a passport but the Government can request the Queen to invoke her Royal Prerogative power to refuse a passport.

Lookalike passports

A British passport endorse no British citizenship is still a British passport, not "lookalike". I suggest to use the word "Other British passports" instead. --Noblesham 06:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is the term used by the UK Passport Service: [2] Andrew Yong 20:38, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Travel on an expired passport?

However, like expired passports, passports without blank pages that have not been cancelled are still valid ID, and therefore can be used as such in the UK and for travel in the EU.

Does this mean that an expired passport can be used for travel within the EU, or just that it can be used as ID whilst travelling in the EU on a current passport? boffy_b 11:38, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No it means that if a passport is full but is not expired, it can be used to travel throughout the EU, as no stamps are required if traveling to the EU. Nicksname (talk) 07:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Visa requirements

Why is there no Russia in any of the lists? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.126.209.1 (talk) 09:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More importantly, is a table of visa requirements really appropriate for an encyclopedia? JAJ (talk) 21:46, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"All foreign nationals are required to have entry visas to travel to the Russian Federation" [3], since there's no visa-free entry, then obviously it won't be on any of the lists.--Cahk (talk) 19:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bahrain VOA for BNO

I changed the listing to pre-arrival visa required, as http://www.evisa.gov.bh/VisaBhr3En.html only lists Hong Kong SAR passports, and while BNO is are not listed as seperate nationality, all citizens who are citizens solely of territories like the Cayman Islands, need a pre-arrival visa. Passportguy (talk) 13:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On a similar note : According to TimaticQatar only accepts passports that denote the bearer as being a "British Citizen" (as opposed to the earlier distinct between citizen and subject) for visa free travel, likely to mean full British citzien, not British Nationals Overseas. Unless someone can provide a source that lists BNO as among the visa-on-arrival nationalities, I'll change that in the table as well. Passportguy (talk) 14:16, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

Does the nationality section in UK citizen passports say "United Kingdom" or their respective countries ie "Wales" or "Scotland"?Nicksname (talk) 07:11, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It lists the type of UK citizenship, e.g. "British citizen". Passportguy (talk) 12:50, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Russia access rights

There is no Russia listing under the access rights coloured tables section.

Russia is normally listed under Europe (non-EU) since although most of it is "in" Asia, Moscow is considered to be Europe. Is Russia missing because a full VISA is needed unlike all these other countries which allow Brit passport holders in without or arrange them on the spot.

Surely it should still be listed even if the row is to be totally red. Are other countries missing too and is this deliberate?

--81.105.243.17 (talk) 23:07, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]