British Nationals Abroad: Passports

(asked on 22nd May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily extending passports for UK citizens overseas who are unable to return safely to the UK before their passports need to be renewed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 4th June 2020

Since 10 April, foreign governments have been engaged regarding the acceptance of British passports which expired on or after 1 January 2020, or which have less than six months validity remaining, as evidence of the holder’s British nationality until 31 December 2021. The countries where this will apply will be published in due course.

Where a British passport holder living overseas needs to travel and is unable to renew their passport due to Covid-19, they will need to apply for an Emergency Travel Document (ETD) through the existing route.

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