Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restricted-validity-passports

Change description : 2025-03-24 15:04:00: This guidance has been updated to tell DAP (Digital Application Processing) examiners issuing a restricted validity (RV) passport to add an OBTU observation to the passport and to send the customer a letter 101 using Comms Builder. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Restricted validity passports passports: caseworker guidance

Policy Tells settingHM outPassport Office staff about the process for issuing restricted validity passports.

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HM Passport Office
Published
7 February 2012
Last updated
1424 NovemberMarch 20222025 — See all updates

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office examinersstaff about passport validity, when we will issue a passport with restricted validity, and how to process an application when the customer sends us a restricted validity passport.

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Published 7 February 2012
Last updated 1424 NovemberMarch 2022 2025 + show all updates

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Update history

2026-06-10 17:24
Updated the guidance throughout; a full list of the changes can be found in the ‘Changes from last version of this guidance’ section.

2025-08-27 12:11
Changes to the guidance can be found within the ‘Changes from last version of this guidance’ within the document.

2025-03-24 15:04
This guidance has been updated to tell DAP (Digital Application Processing) examiners issuing a restricted validity (RV) passport to add an OBTU observation to the passport and to send the customer a letter 101 using Comms Builder.

2022-11-14 16:34
Updated to show when the Counter Fraud team will ask Enhanced Application Checking to issue a restricted validity passport (in the Restricted validity passports section).

2022-10-03 09:48
Accessible version added.