FIRST TIME AND RENEWAL
PASSPORTS
Complete the
passport application form and note the following instructions:
Original Birth Certificate or Adoption Certificate MUST be presented with your expired or
current passport (with twelve months validity or less).
Two (2) identical COLOUR
photographs one (1) of which should be certified by the same Certifying
Official (listed at 4.1) who signs Section F.
Features in photographs must not be too dark or light.
There should be no shadows in background or glare in face. Both ears must be
visible. A side profile is unacceptable. No head covering or headbands, unless
for religious purposes. No tinted lenses.
No machine photographs
Marriage Certificate where applicable (even if you are
applying in your maiden name). Decree Absolute where applicable, Death
Certificate of spouse where applicable.
Certificate of citizenship or
naturalisation or registration document, if you were born abroad.
Please submit four (4) photographs if certification
application is being submitted at the same time (two should then be certified).
In the case of a minor (17 years and below), the
parent or guardian must provide their passport and residence care order or
letter of consent with copy of first five pages of passport of parent,
witnessed/certified by a Notary Public or a Justice of the Peace.
Renewal applicants can send in their application by
registered mail. Incomplete applications
will be returned at a cost of £5. Address is Jamaican High Commission,
1-2 Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ. Opening hours are Mondays to Fridays ,
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Telephone No. is 020 7823 9911. Applicants residing in
the West Midlands may attend the Birmingham surgery on the first Thursday of
every month. Address is Afro-Caribbean
Resource Centre, 235 Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 4EJ. Tel. No. 012 1455 6382.
All first time applicants must
attend in person. Processing time is 10 weeks. The application form must be
certified and completed in full.
Adult Fee: £65 cash OR postal orders for £50 made payable to the
Ministry of National Security and £15 (cash or postal orders) for the Jamaican
High Commission. If overseas, £14 for
the Jamaican High Commission.
Minor Fee: £45
cash OR postal orders for £30 made payable to the Ministry of National
Security and £15 (cash or postal orders) for the Jamaican High Commission. If overseas, £14 for the Jamaican High
Commission.
Passports
will be delivered to all applicants within the UK by DHL and overseas by
registered mail, once received from Jamaica.
Complete the passport application form and note the
following instructions:
Submit a written report from your nearest police
station or a Home Office Letter regarding the loss of your passport at their
offices. If your passport has been
damaged or destroyed, you must submit an explanation in writing.
Original Birth Certificate or Adoption certificate
must be presented with other supporting documentary evidence
Photographic
ID (not your photographs)
Two (2) identical COLOUR
photographs, one (1) of which should be certified by the same Certifying
Official (listed at 4.1) who signs Section F.
Features in Photographs
must not be too dark or light. There
should be no shadows in background or glare in face. Both ears must be visible.
A side profile is unacceptable.
No tinted lenses. No machine
photos.
Marriage Certificate where applicable (even if you are
applying in your maiden name), Death Certificate of spouse where applicable,
Decree Absolute where applicable.
YOU
MUST APPLY IN PERSON
Certificate of Citizenship or naturalization or
registration document, if you were born abroad
In the case of a minor (17 years and below), the
Parent or guardian must provide their passport and residence care order or
letter of consent with first five pages of parent’s passport
witnessed/certified by a Notary Public or a Justice of the Peace.
Photographic IDs which may be produced:
Jamaican
driver’s licence, Cancelled passport, National voter’s identification card, Identification indicating permanent
residency, Passport from country of residence, Citizenship Certificate from
country of residence, Driver’s licence from country of residence, Provisional
driver’s licence, Identification from a school or workplace.
Adult Fee: £115 cash OR postal orders for £100 made payable to the
Ministry of National Security and £15 (cash or postal orders) for the Jamaican
High Commission. If overseas, £14 for
the Jamaican High Commission.
Minor Fee: £65
cash OR postal orders for £50 made payable to the Ministry of National
Security and £15 (cash or postal orders) for the Jamaican High Commission. If overseas, £14 for the Jamaican High
Commission.
Passports will be
delivered to all applicants within the UK by DHL and overseas by registered
mail, once received from Jamaica.
9 July 2003
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