SECOND BRITISH PASSPORT AUTHORISATION LETTER REQUIREMENTS

Your personal letter of authorisation entitles you to have someone else lodge your application documents with His Majesty's Passport Office as well as pick your travel passport so you don't have to.

When applying with Rapid British Passports, your authorisation letter and all supporting documents for your application need to be sent together. To help you through this sometimes complicated process, we have created a simple template for you that you will have access to as soon as you fill out your order form.

Your Rapid British Passports' agent will provide photographic proof of identity at the passport office so that everything can be properly verified.

Please note that applicants can only hold a maximum 2 passports at a time, regardless of whether they have expired or not. If you have any undeclared second passports, then you must state these with our team members upon contact and application.

Your authorisation letter of authorisation should be addressed to His Majesty's Passport Office and contain within the document the following information:

• Your unique, personal and verifiable information (your first name and surname, the address where you live, your unique handwritten signature, and the date of the application).
• British Passport's agency information, which shall include the name of the agent who will apply on your behalf and pick up your passport personally.
• A statement of certification, as follows:

“This is to certify that I _____________________________________ (applicant's name) authorise my agent, whose signature is verified below, to lodge my application for a _______________________ passport and to collect my new passport on my behalf.”

The Letter Contains

The authorisation letter will need to be addressed to His Majesty's Passport Office and contain:

1. Information concerning your person :

• All of your names (first, middle and surname)
• You're handwritten, unique signature and the date you provide your signature.

Your agent at Rapid British Passports is required to demonstrate original photographic proof of their identity in order for this document to be verified.

2. The statement:

“This is to certify that I _____________________________________ (applicant's name) authorise my agent, whose signature is verified below, to lodge my application for a _______________________ passport and to collect my new passport on my behalf.”

Please ensure you use the template below when putting together your Authorisation Letter, as this will enable us to lodge your application for you. Complete the parts which are underlined and your agent at Rapid British Passports will fill out the rest.

To:
His Majesty's Passport Office
London
SW1V 1PN

Date: ______________________________

“This is to certify that I _____________________________________ (applicant's name) authorise my agent, whose signature is verified below, to lodge my application for a _______________________ passport and to collect my new passport on my behalf.”


___________________________________________________________ (Applicant's signature)