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Guidance

Decide if an application is a UK or overseas submission: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to decide if an application is a United Kingdom or overseas application.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
29 March 2021
Last updated
1017 March 20262025 — See all updates

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How to decide if an application is a UK or overseas submission (accessible)

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How to decide if an application is a UK or overseas submission

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Details

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff, what we consider:

  • a UK application (submission)
  • an overseas application (submission)
  • why it’s important to correctly treat an application as a UK or overseas submission

It also tells staff what to consider when changing:

  • a UK submission to an overseas submission
  • an overseas submission to a UK submission

Updates to this page

Published 29 March 2021

Last updated 1017 March 20262025 + show hide all updates" href="#full-history">+ show all updates

  1. This guidance has been updated to change product terminology from overseas to international when referring to applications, customers and addresses and to remove references to the Application Management System.

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Update history

2026-03-10 16:46
This guidance has been updated to change product terminology from overseas to international when referring to applications, customers and addresses and to remove references to the Application Management System.

2025-03-17 14:05
Updated the HTML and pdf attachments of the Decide if an application is a UK or overseas submission: caseworker guidance. This version (v15.0) of the guidance contains updated information about when to use the option Cannot change application from UK to abroad.

2024-11-07 15:42
This guidance has been updated to remove references to transferring an application from Digital Application Processing (DAP) to Application Management System (AMS).

2024-07-31 14:45
Added a link to confirming identity checks.

2022-11-18 14:49
Updated guidance published.

2022-09-28 15:52
Accessible version added.