Isle Of Man - Renew an Adult Passport

ProcedureEdit

Applicants must complete and sign the application form. Applicants will need someone to countersign their application (if required), someone who will act as a witness and who has known the applicant for at least two years.
Applicants need to complete section 4 of the form if they were born, adopted, registered or naturalised in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. Applicants who have a link with the UK through a parent or grandparent born, adopted, naturalised or registered in the UK, need to provide as much information as possible. Applicants only need to provide details of one parent or grandparent, not all.
Submit the application form along with two recent, identical photographs that meet the standard of the passport office (all passport application forms come with detailed guidelines on what is and is not acceptable). Present all supporting documents needed in the procedure.
Pay the application fee.
The old passport will be cancelled when a new one is issued. You will not be able to use the old passport, but it will be returned to you unless it has been defaced or altered. In these cases it will be destroyed and not returned to you.

Notes:

It is advisable for applicants not to book any travel arrangements until they have actually received their passport. The Passport Office will not accept responsibility for any travel the applicant booked before the passport was received.
Passport holders do not have to wait until their passport expires. The passport can be renewed at any time.
If there is any time left on the old passport, it can be carried over up to nine months validity to the new passport. No refund can be given for any unexpired time above nine months left in the old passport.

Required DocumentsEdit

Completed application form
Two recent, identical photographs that meet the standard of the passport office (all passport application forms come with detailed guidelines on what is and is not acceptable).
The passport to be renewed
If your name has changed or is about to change:
- You may need to supply extra documents

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Isle of Man Passport, Immigration and Nationality Office
Ground Floor
Government Office
Buck's Road
Douglas
IM1 3PN
Phone: +44 1624 685208
Fax: +44 1624 685210

EligibilityEdit

For those who are living in Isle of Man, or were born in Isle of Man and are currently in the UK, you may apply to renew your British passport through Isle of Man Passport, Immigration and Nationality Office.

Those who were not born in Isle of Man and are living in the UK, you must apply through the UK Passport Offices.

If you are living abroad, you must apply through the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Embassy, Consulate or High Commission of the country you are in.

FeesEdit

Passport fees:

Renew or amend an existing adult passport:

Standard service: 72.50
Five days express service: 103.00
Same day service: 128.00

Payment methods:

Standard service:

Public counter : Payments can be in the form of a cheque, debit card, postal order or cash
Post : Payments can be in the form of a cheque or postal order

Note: All cheques should be made payable to 'Isle of Man Government'.

Express service

Public counter: Payments can be in the form of a debit card, postal order and cash only.
Post : Payments can be in the form of a postal order only.

Note: The Passport Office strongly advise that an express service application is made in person at their public counter. Any applications that are made using the wrong payment method will be returned to the applicant without being processed. The Passport Office will apply the express service from the time the application is encoded in their system and not when the application was posted.

ValidityEdit

An adult passport is valid for a period of 10 years.

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Processing TimeEdit

Standard service

It takes about 5 working days to process a passport application using the standard service. The amount of time to process an application may increase further during busy periods, particularly around school holidays.

The demand for the express passport services of 1 and 5 working days take priority, and consequently the service delivery time for standard applications increases making it difficult to give an exact delivery time on the standard service. Therefore applicants are advised to check the progress of their application with the Passport Office at least 5 working days before travel. This provides the opportunity to opt for the 5 day express service if necessary, rather than having to use the more expensive 1 day service.

Express Service

Applications submitted under the express service will be given priority.

Two express services are available:

Same day service: Applications received before 12:00 pm will be available for collection after 3:30 pm on the same day. Any applications received after 12:00 pm will not be available for collection until after 3:30 pm on the following day.
Five working days service: Applications will be available for collection after 3:30 pm on the fifth working day, example: if the application is submitted on a Monday it will be ready for collection from our office on the following Monday after 3:30 pm.

You cannot avail of the express service if:

You are an adult applying for a first time passport
You are applying to replace a lost or stolen passport
There is a mistake or missing information on your form
The Isle of Man passport office needs more time to consider a complex application
Circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Isle of Man passport office

To know more about the express service: link

After you have submitted your application to obtain your first British passport, you should allow 6 weeks for your passport application to be processed as you may have to attend an interview.

InstructionsEdit

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Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

A passport is a document, issued by the national government. It certifies the identity and nationality of the holder for travel abroad. It contains information about the holder; like name, gender, date and place of birth.

This document does not in itself entitle the passport holder entry into another country, nor consular protection while abroad nor any other privileges. However, it does normally allows the passport holder to return to the country where the passport was issued.

Rights to consular protection arises from international treaties, while the holder's return to the issuing country depends on the laws prevailing in that country.

Parents can no longer register their minor children under their name. Children must have their own passport.

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The person countersigning the application form must:

Be a professional person (including those who are retired) or a person of standing in the community (for example, bank or building-society officials, police officers, civil servants, ministers of religion and people with professional qualifications teachers, accountants, engineers, solicitors and so on) General practitioners or dentists cannot sign application forms for patients.
Have known the applicant personally for at least two years. Where the application is for a child under 16 they must have known the person who completes section 8 for at least two years and also have personal knowledge of the child, this means they must be able to identify the photograph they are certifying as the person named at section 1 of the application form.
Live in the UK, Isle of Man or Channel Islands
Hold a current British or Irish passport
Complete section 7 of the application form, giving his or her passport number
Give their business address and contact details
Certify one (not both) of your photographs by writing I certify that this is a true likeness of (your full name including title) on it and also signing and dating it.

They must not:

Work for the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) or the Chief Secretarys Office External Relations Division;
Be related to the applicant (by birth or marriage). This includes partners, in-laws and step-parents.
Be in a personal relationship with the applicant (this include

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