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In 1991, the service became an executive agency as the United Kingdom Passport Agency. The Identity and Passport Service was established on 1 April 2006, following the passing of the Identity Cards Act 2006, which merged the UK Passport Service with the Home Office's Identity Cards programme to form a new executive agency.
As part of the Press release the HM Passport Office said the new passport is the most secure in the world. The passport was released in December 2015. De La Rue has a 10-year contract with HM Passport Office designing and producing the British Passports starting in 2010 as well as the new 'Creative UK' passport in 2015. [19] [20]
Currently, all Five Nations passport holders have access to Australia and New Zealand's SmartGate system [6] and the UK's ePassport gates. [7] Similarly, British passport holders [a] have access to the US's Global Entry programme, while Canadians have access to the NEXUS programme. [8] Australia is also planning to participate in Global Entry. [9]
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The Chartered Gas Works of the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, on what is now the site of the Home Office at 2 Marsham Street, as indicated in the 1862 Edward Stanford map of London. 2 Marsham Street is an office building on Marsham Street in the City of Westminster, London, and headquarters of the Home Office and Ministry of Housing ...
The then Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced the abolition of the UK Border Agency on 26 March 2013, with the intention that its work would be returned to the Home Office. [1] The agency's executive agency status was removed, and internally it was split, with one division responsible for the visa system and the other for immigration ...
At peak times – including April – HM Passport Office can receive 250,000 applications per week. During the strike, I calculate that more than one million passport applications are likely.
The Anguillian passport is a British passport issued to British Overseas Territories citizens with a connection to Anguilla. From 2015, all Anguillian passports are issued by His Majesty's Passport Office in the United Kingdom.