{"id":483122,"date":"2026-03-19T00:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483122\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T00:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:55:19","slug":"cost-of-online-passport-application-could-rise-to-over-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/483122\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of online passport application could rise to over \u00a3100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under the plans, adults applying via post in the UK can expect fees to rise from \u00a3107 to \u00a3115.50, and \u00a374 to \u00a380 for children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For the one-day premium service method, prices will hike from \u00a3222 to \u00a3239.50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For overseas applications, passports applied for online will cost \u00a3116.50 for adults up from \u00a3108, and \u00a375.50 for children up from \u00a370. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Adults submitting paper documents from abroad will be charged \u00a3130 up from \u00a3120.50. For children, the price will rise from \u00a382.50 to \u00a389.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Home Office said the proposed fees &#8220;contribute to the cost of processing passport applications, consular support overseas, including for lost or stolen passports, and the cost of processing British citizens at UK borders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It added that customers are advised to apply in good time before travelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The price of passports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-68778006\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously increased by 7% in 2024 and 9% in 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The passport renewal process could take up to three weeks in the UK, but it can take longer during periods of high demand, such as before school holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under the plans, adults applying via post in the UK can expect fees to rise from \u00a3107 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-483122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}