First-time applicants

Born before 01/01/1983 in the UK, you must include:

• your full UK birth certificate
• if you were previously included on a parent’s passport, we must either see it or have the issue details.
  

Born between 01/01/1983 and 30/06/2006 in the UK , you must include:

• your full UK birth certificate
• the full UK birth certificate of your mother or father. If you only send your father's birth certificate, you must also include the marriage certificate of your parents
• if you were previously included on a parent’s passport, we must either see it or have the issue details.

Born between 01/01/1983 and 30/06/2006 outside the UK , you must include:

• your original Consular birth registration certificate, OR
• your original local birth certificate (or equivalent) AND either
  i. your mother’s full UK birth certificate, or
  ii. your father’s full UK birth certificate AND
  
• your mother and father’s marriage certificate.
  
• if you were previously included on a parent’s passport, we must either see it or have the issue details.

Children born after 01/07/2006 in the UK, you must include:

• the child’s original birth certificate and either the mother’s or the father’s full UK birth certificate.

Children born after 01/07/2006 outside the UK, you must include:

• the original Consular birth registration certificate, OR
• the original local birth certificate (or equivalent) AND
  
• either the mother’s or the father's full UK birth certificate. 

If child's parents are not married

If the parents of the child are not married and it is the father who is applying on behalf of the child, the mother must provide her written consent to the issue of the passport.  This is policy both in the UK and abroad.  We suggest that the mother provide a photocopy of her passport or photographic ID, including the following text: “I, ----------------, as mother of the minor -----------, give my consent to the issue of a UK passport to him/her”.  This should then be signed and dated and included with the application.

Birth certificates

• for applicants in Spain, birth certificates should be certificado literal issued by the Registro Civil
• for applicants in Portugal, birth certificates must be accompanied by the declaração from the hospital which states exactly where the child was born.

For further information on the kinds of birth certificates that are acceptable, and how to obtain replacements, see our page on birth certificates. We will return all documents submitted in support of your application.