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Diplomatic passports are issued to British diplomats and high-ranking government officials and their dependents. Official passports are issued to other British government officials such as administrative and technical staff and their dependents. [79] King's Messenger passports were issued to diplomatic couriers who transport government ...
[1]: 8, 11 The King’s Messenger has the status of a diplomatic courier and cannot be detained by foreign governments. British diplomatic bags and King’s Messengers do not benefit from these immunities in the UK, and HMRC has the right to examine UK diplomatic bags. [2]
In 2007, the ninety British diplomatic missions that issued passports were consolidated into seven regional passport processing centres (RPPCs) based in Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, Pretoria, and Washington, D.C. and Wellington, with an additional centre in Dublin.
Certain passports do not, without additional endorsement, confer the right of abode anywhere and have varying international acceptance for travel: British National (Overseas) passport - GBN [2] is widely accepted for international travel; British Subject passport - GBS [3] is widely accepted for international travel
Clockwise, from top left: Dutch ordinary, Nepalese diplomatic, Chinese service, and Polish ordinary passports. A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that certifies a person's identity and nationality for international travel. [1]
As HM Passport Office insists you should allow 10 weeks for a renewal, a second passport could make all the difference – if you qualify
The remaining two-thirds are employed locally by one of nearly 270 British diplomatic missions abroad (such as embassies, consulates and high commissions). [1] The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is also the Head of the Diplomatic Service. [1] Entry into the Diplomatic Service is highly competitive.
The Passport Office’s pre-Brexit policy was to issue British travel documents valid for up to 10 years and nine months, taking account of the unspent time on a previous passport. That posed no ...