British Passport, UK Passport, U.K. Passport for Adults (Over Age 16)

To apply for a British Passport please submit the following:
Requirements for First Time Applicants
  • You must send a full original birth certificate showing full details of both parents.
• If you were born outside the United Kingdom, you must also send documentary evidence of your parents' claim to British nationality i.e., their original birth or registration certificates and their marriage certificate showing the marital status of both parties at the time of the marriage (with evidence of termination of previous marriage(s) if applicable). The same is required for any person born in the UK after 31 December 1982. If neither parent is a British Citizen you must include both parents' passports covering the time of your birth and the passport on which you entered the US. If your birth was registered at a British Consulate or the Home Office, the original certificate is all that is required.
• If you were not born in the US you must send the passport or travel document that you originally traveled on to enter the US.
• If you are renewing your passport You must send your old passport (it will be returned to you.) No other documents are normally required.
• A parent's signature is required on a C1 application at Section 9, if the child is aged 16 or 17, as well as the applicant's signature at section 10.
• For additional identification purposes, please send your US passport or an enlarged clear copy (front and back) of your US Alien Registration Card and any other photographic identification.

PLEASE NOTE: No other documents besides your old British Passport are usually required to renew your british passport.
Instructions: 
1 - Completed and Signed Application Form C-1
 
  Click here to download Application Form C-1.

Click here to download the notes for Form C-1

Please note that after completing the application, the countersignatory, someone who has known you personally for at least two years should complete and sign Section 10 of the application form C-1, and the back of one of the photographs. The Countersignatory can be a Minister of Religion, Bank Officer, Established Civil Servant, or a professionally qualified person e.g. Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, School Teacher, Police Officer or a person of similar standing. A Notary Public is not an acceptable Countersignatory.

If you have lost your passport and are applying for a new one you must also complete and sign Form LS01 (Lost Passport Notification Form)

Applicants should send a Police Report along with the completed Lost/Stolen Passport Notification Form.

Click here to download Form LS01.
2 - Two Recent Professional Passport Size Photographs
  Please note, acceptable passport photos are:
• Photographs must be 2 x 2 inches in size, taken within the past 6 months.
• The image size from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head should be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches.
• The photographs must be in color
• They must be full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background. • Photographs should be taken without a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline.
• Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless required for medical reasons.
• Home made Digital photographs are not acceptable
• The countersignatory should sign the back of one (not both) of the photographs with the handwritten words, "I certify that this is a true likeness of (give full name of applicant)" and sign and date the endorsement.
3 - Completed and Signed Authorization Letter
  Please be sure to complete two copies of the Authorization Letter in Blue Ink.

Click here for Authorization Letter.
4 - Proof of the Departure Date from the USA is Required
  Copy of itinerary or air tickets confirming immediate international travel is required.

5 - Completed Ambassador Passport and Visa Services Cover Letter
  Click here for Cover Letter.
Fees - There Are a Total of 3 Fees: Government Fees, Our Fees, & Shipping Fees
  (1) UK Embassy Passport Fees:
C1/BNO(A) Adults over the age of 16
$265.00
C1/BNO(B) Children under the age of 16
$152.00
C1/C2/BNO Changes to a passport
$195.00
C1/C2/BNO Extension to a passport
(with restricted validity)
$0.00
C1/C2/BNO Referral for lost/stolen passport passports (issued outside the US)
$19.00

(2) Ambassador Passport and Visa Services Fees:
Regular Processing - 7 to 10 Business Days $140.00
Rush Processing - 4 to 5 Business Days $160.00

(3) Federal Express Fees (Continental USA Only)
 FedEx 2nd Business Day $18.00
FedEx Letter (Priority Overnight) $22.00
FedEx Letter (Saturday Delivery) $40.00
Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, USVI - FedEx Priority Overnight Letter (No Saturday Delivery) $48.00

Please Forward All The Above Documents and Requirements To:
Ambassador Passport and Visa Services, Inc.
2811 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 720
Santa Monica, California, 90403
(310) 828-7878