Passport applications

You need to submit:

• Correctly completed application form
  
  
• 2 x passport photographs – must meet the criteria set out in the guidance notes available via downloadable documents
  
  
• A countersignatory is required
  
  
• Correct fee
  
  
• For those born after to 31 December 1982, please provide your original long form birth or adoption certificate. For those born on and prior to 31 December 1982, please provide either your original short form or long form birth or adoption certificate
  
  
• If the applicant’s name has changed since birth we will require the original certificate to state how it has been changed (i.e. marriage certificate, deed poll)
  
  
• First time adult applicants will need to attend an interview at the passport office. Applicants over 65 years of age do not have to attend an interview
  
  
• First time child (under 16 years of age) applicants must have their application form signed by a parent/guardian with Parental Responsibility
  
  
• Any other passport(s) relating to the applicant – if the applicant holds a foreign passport (i.e. holds dual citizenship) they must submit the foreign passport with the application, so as the Office can check that the names in both Passports match
  
  
• See supporting documentation table
  
  

You need to submit:

• The applicant’s current British passport
  
  
• Correctly completed application form
  
  
• 2 x passport photographs – must meet the criteria set out in the guidance notes available via downloadable documents
  
  
• A countersignatory (If the applicant is not easily recognisable from their previous passport). Applicants under 11 years of age must have their photos countersigned
  
  
• Correct fee
  
  
• Any other passport(s) relating to the applicant – if the applicant holds a foreign passport (i.e. holds dual citizenship) they must submit the foreign passport with the application, so as the Office can check that the names in both Passports match
  
  
• Child (under 16 years of age) applicants must have Section 8 of their application form signed by a parent/guardian with Parental Responsibility
  
  
• All applicants 12 years of age and over must sign Section 9 of the Application Form
  
  
• If the applicant's name has changed since birth, we will require the original certificate/documentation to state how it has been changed (i.e. marriage certificate, deed poll)

All mothers, whether married or unmarried, automatically have parental responsibility for any child born to them. However, prior to 1 November 2013 an unmarried father did not automatically gain parental responsibility for a child, even if they were registered as the father on the child's birth certificate. The Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2013 made an amendment to the Children and Young Persons Act 2001 that from 1 November 2013 an unmarried father would automatically gain parental responsibility by jointly registering the child's birth with the child's mother.

For a child born on or after 1 November 2013:

1. All mothers, whether married or unmarried, automatically acquire parental responsibility for any child born to them
   
   
2. Fathers, whether married or unmarried, automatically acquire parental responsibility by jointly registering the child's birth with the child's mother and the father’s name appears on the birth certificate

For a child born before the 1 November 2013:

1. All mothers, whether married or unmarried, automatically acquire parental responsibility for any child born to them
   
   
2. Unmarried fathers did not automatically gain parental responsibility, even if they were registered as the child's father. Parental responsibility could have been acquired with a parental responsibility agreement or court order. This must be submitted with the passport application
   
   
3. If a child's parents are married, both parents have parental responsibility and either parent can sign section 8, so long as their name appears on the birth certificate
   
   
4. If a child's parents are divorced but were either married at the time of the child's birth or subsequently married following the child's birth, both parents have parental responsibility and either parent can sign section 8, so long as their name appears on the birth certificate. Unless this has been amended by a court order

Please note: If you are applying for your child's first passport, the Isle of Man passport service must see evidence of parental responsibility if the father has signed the application form.

If a court has made an order regarding parental responsibility or ordering restrictions on the issuance of a passport, this must be submitted with the passport application.

If another adult is acting as a parent, we will need proof of this. If the child is in care or is living with foster parents, we may need permission from the local authority before we can issue a passport to the child.

Change your name 

You need to submit:

• The applicant’s current British passport
  
  
• Correctly completed application form
  
  
• 2 x passport photographs – must meet the criteria set out in the guidance notes available via downloadable documents
  
  
• A countersignatory (If the applicant is not easily recognisable from their previous passport)
  
  
• Correct fee
  
  
• Any other passport(s) relating to the applicant – if the applicant holds a foreign passport (i.e. holds dual citizenship) they must submit the foreign passport with the application, so as the Office can check that the names in both Passports match
  
  
• If the applicant's name has changed since birth, we will require the original certificate/documentation to state how it has been changed (i.e. marriage certificate, deed poll)

Change your photograph

Applicants must complete a full renewal as outlined above if they wish to change their photo. 

Replacing a damaged passport

You need to submit:

• The applicant’s previous passport – even if badly damaged it must be submitted
  
  
• Correctly completed application form
  
  
• 2 x passport photographs – must meet the criteria set out in the guidance notes available via downloadable documents
  
  
• A countersignatory is required
  
  
• Correct fee

Replacing a lost or stolen passport

You need to submit:

• Completed Lost & Stolen Notification – Form LS01
  
  
• Correctly completed application form
  
  
• 2 x passport photographs – must meet the criteria set out in the guidance notes available via downloadable documents
  
  
• A countersignatory is required
  
  
• Correct fee

If your passport has been lost or stolen abroad

• You should report all passport losses or thefts to the local police in the country you are in as soon as possible. You will need the crime reference details they provide for the lost or stolen notification Form LS01
  
  
• You should report the theft or loss to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Embassy, Consulate or High Commission of the country you are in. When you make a report to the FCO, they will give you a Form LS01 to complete and sign
  
  
• The FCO will record the loss or theft of your passport and forward the information to Her Majesty’s Passport Office who will then cancel your passport to reduce the risk of someone else using your identity
  
  
• You can find British Embassies, Consulates and High Commissions around the world on the FCO website
  
  
• Please note that if your passport is lost and handed to the Police or into our office it will not be returned to you and it will be destroyed
  
  

All applications made from outside the United Kingdom, Isle of Man or Channel Islands must be made through the UK Government online passport service.

You can usually apply for a British passport if you hold British nationality.

You may automatically be a British citizen, depending on:

• Where you were born
• When you were born
• Your parents' circumstances

You can check if you are already a British citizen by visiting the Home Office website.

The Isle of Man Passport Office can only issue British passports to British Citizens or British Subjects.

The Isle of Man Passport Office may request additional documents to verify an applicant is eligible to be issued with a British Passport, this may include, but is not limited to:

• Applicant's Birth Certificate
• Applicant's Parents' Passport(s) and/or Birth Certificate(s)
• Applicant's Parents' proof of settled status or Indefinite Leave to Remain

More information can be found in the Passport Guidance Notes.

Before submitting an application, an applicant should satisfy themselves that they are eligible to make a British Passport application.

If an applicant is unsure as to whether they are eligible, please contact the Office and we will assist where possible.