IPS 3 or 6 week standard service by post not guaranteed

Available only via Visa World or an accredited agent.

Apply and
return by post

Fast Track
return by post

 Read the Daily Mail report ~
The True Cost of a Passport

Fast Track
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Premium
Same Day

Apply and Return by post.  3 or 6 weeks.
Not guaranteed

Lodge by Visa World.  IPS return by post.  One week service

Lodge & Collect by Visa World Courier.
Up to 1 week service 

Lodge & Collect by Visa World Courier. 
Same day or Next day

Adult Fee £77.50

Adult Fee + £35

ADULT aged 16 & over

Adult Fee + £47

Adult Fee + £52

6 week service
77.50

not available

First adult passport subject to interview
~ allow up to six weeks for processing

not available

not available

3 week service
77.50

1 week service
112.50

Renewal of an existing adult passport

up to 1 week service 124.50

same day or next day 129.50

77.50

112.50

Replacement for a Lost, Stolen, Missing or Damaged passport

124.50

not available

77.50

112.50

First adult passport when deleting name of applicant (child) from adult passport

124.50

not available

free

35.00

If born before 3^rd September 1929

147.00

152.00

77.50

112.50

Second passport in addition to an existing valid passport (if needed)

124.50

129.50

77.50

112.50

Third or Fourth additional passport (we can advise on criteria and requirements)

124.50

129.50

77.50

112.50

Amendment/s to a valid adult passport (photo, name change, marriage, etc.)

124.50

129.50

free

free

Extension of restricted validity passport

free

not available

77.50

112.50

Extension of passport issued overseas

124.50

129.50

free

free

Deleting name from valid adult passport when child getting their own passport

free

free

+£13 = Jumbo Fee
90.50

Jumbo Fee + £30
120.50

Jumbo 48 page passport (not available for a first passport or a child passport)

Jumbo Fee + £34
124.50

Jumbo Fee + £48
138.50

Child Fee £49

Child Fee + £47.50

CHILD under age 16

Child Fee + £57.50

Child Fee + £60.50

49.00

96.50

First child passport or a Replacement for a Lost, Stolen or Damaged passport

106.50

not available

49.00

96.50

First child passport when deleting name of applicant (child) from adult passport

106.50

109.50
if issuance possible

49.00

96.50

Renewal of an existing child passport

106.50

109.50

49.00

96.50

Amendment/s to a valid child passport (photo, name change, etc.)

106.50

109.50

free

free

Extension of a child's passport to full validity if issued before 26.03.98

free

not available

49.00

96.50

Extension of passport issued overseas

106.50

109.50

free

free

Deleting child name from valid adult passport when obtaining own passport

free

free

DETAILS  of  SERVICE

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• Visa World are an accredited agent of the Identity & Passport Service (IPS) London Passport Office.
  They are committed to provide you with a speedy, friendly and personal service on an individual basis and they can also process any visa application which you may require to visit certain countries.

• Your application for a Full British Passport will be tracked and traceable from the moment it is received by Visa World, whilst it is being processed at the Passport Office and until you receive
  your completed order. This maintains control, which is the basis of reliable delivery on time.
   
• A Visa World Specialist Passport Processing Agent will contact you personally by telephone
  on the same day that your order or application is received, should there be any query.
   
• Each application is checked for minimum requirements before submission.
   
• Time is actually budgeted to allow for a skilled examination of all the important sections that are known to be problematic if any of the content or its presentation are not both exactly as required.
   
• A Visa World Courier will then lodge your application by hand at the Visa World special agency
  section in the London Passport Office.  A passport officer will then check it again before it is accepted. 
   
• When your application has been processed, a Visa World Courier will then collect your completed documents from the IPS London Passport Office and return them by hand to the Visa World offices.

Applying for a passport is not what it used to be

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• Passport applications are not straightforward ~ which is why there is a 24 page booklet
  of notes, instructions and guidelines that accompanies each 4 page passport application form.
   
• Using the services of Visa World will avoid the unnecessary delays that are caused by submitting applications:~
  ~ which are incomplete;
  ~ where the answers do not satisfy at least the minimum requirements;
  ~ where the answers given have not been expressed or presented exactly as required;
  ~ where other information supplied has not been expressed or presented exactly as required;
  ~ where the supporting and back-up documents do not satisfy at least the minimum requirements.
   
• Visa World will also save you any concern about the safety of sending off your old passport and/or
  your application for a new one and you will avoid the anxiety of having your important supporting documents returned to you by ordinary second-class post and wondering when (and if) your new passport will arrive and whether or not it will arrive in time. 
  Unfortunately there are regular occurrences of passports being lost or stolen in the ordinary post.
   
• You will also save the considerable inconvenience of having to go yourself in person to apply
  for your passport and having to go again yourself in person to collect your passport.
  > The London Passport Office will not hand over your new passport to any family member or any      representative you may appoint or to a third party unless special arrangements have been made.
  >> The special arrangements also have to be communicated successfully to the IPS collection office.

Same Day passports

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The Visa World Service Charge is the same for any service
except for
Same Day passports
(if required and if available)
~ prior arrangement is advisable ~
For Same Day please allow up to four hours for Waiting Time
and (if required or if necessary) a Dedicated Courier
in addition to the standard service charge.
 

HOW  to  ORDER
a  Full  British  Passport

The following are required:

(1).  One passport application form fully completed as appropriate.
######Passport application forms are obtainable from Visa World or from most main post offices.
 ######~ If you want Visa World to provide the forms, please order as required by using the order form.
 ######~ You may order by post, fax, personal visit, telephone or online, as you prefer.
 ######~ A deposit will be required to start the order process and supply forms.

(2).  Two colour photographs which must comply with the latest passport office criteria.

(3).  All supporting documents as required and if necessary.
######If the need occurs and when required, Visa World can:
######~ obtain a Certified Copy of your Birth Certificate or Marriage Certificate;
######~ arrange for the translation of any document;
######~ arrange for the Legalization and/or Notarisation of documents;
######~ provide a specimen of a supporting letter showing the content, layout and presentation required.

(4).  One Authority to Collect Letter completed and signed as required by the IPS London Passport Office.

(5).  One completed Visa World Order Form which helps us to do a good job.

(6).  The correct payment to cover (a) ~ the relevant passport fee;
                                                           (b) ~ the relevant Visa World service charge; and
                                                           (c) ~ the relevant method of return dispatch you require.
                                                                    Make one total payment payable to “Visa World”
                                                                    ~ or ~
                                                                    complete the card payment facility on the Visa World Order Form.

Please send all of the above to Passport Office
                                                   Visa World
                                                   627 Watford Way
                                                   London
                                                   NW7 3JN
                                                   If you are posting important passport documents to us we
                                                   recommend that you use the Royal Mail Special Delivery
                                                   service which is available from any Post Office.  Keep the
                                                   Post Office receipt until you confirm we have safe delivery.

or you may visit us in person or arrange delivery to the Visa World Shop Counter
                                                   at the same address at Apex Corner in Mill Hill
                                                   (some maps refer to 'Northway Circus' instead of 'Apex Corner').
                                                   Please pre-complete the order form and bring it along with you.
                                                   The order form is a check-list component and an aid to our efficiency.
                                                   It will help us to give you better assistance and a speedier service. 

Please note:

1. For urgent orders, we require the applicant's full name and date of birth with your firm order, as soon as possible in advance, in order to schedule the application into our appointment slots.  At busy times, appointment slots are filled very quickly and it is not always possible to slip another one in. 
   We are unable to confirm an appointment slot until we receive a deposit or, if you are an account customer, a non-cancellable firm order.  
   Please complete our order form and fax it to us with your card details or you may telephone us if you prefer ~ 020 8959 6161.  If you have some of the details of the previous passport, this may be helpful.
    
2. The facility for Same Day passports is not always available so prior arrangement is always advisable.
   If required and when available, please allow for up to four hours Waiting Time plus, if also required or     if it is necessary, a Dedicated Courier, in addition to our standard service charge.
3. Visa World do not charge extra for Next Day passports unless a Dedicated Courier is required.
4. Visa World can advise you on the criteria and requirements necessary to obtain a ‘Second Passport’ or a further additional passport, if needed.  Many clients of Visa World have more than one passport.
5. Make all payments to “Visa World” and not to the Identity and Passport Service.  They will not accept your cheque unless it is signed in their presence and supported by a cheque guarantee card.
    
6. Do not send passport wallets.  The Passport Office does not like them and there is a risk of loss.
    
7. Please enclose a self-addressed envelope. 
   This eliminates any misreading of individual addresses and any confusion as to whether the completed documents are to be returned direct to the traveller or to the travel agent or to the
   company address.  The envelope does not have to be stamped or postage paid.
    
8. Once an order is received, a Job No. is generated for reference and tracking purposes. 
   It is most important that this Job No. is quoted on every communication and especially when
   you are SENDING DOCUMENTS to us.  For fast-track attention it is best to also quote the
   Job No. at the bottom left corner of the envelope.
   
   Failure to quote the Job No. WILL CAUSE DELAY and may also result in double job processing  caused by the creation of a duplicate file with a different Job No. (very dangerous) and charging
   twice in error, which will in turn incur extra costs. 
   
   Also, when you make a telephone enquiry, we will be able to update you quicker if the Job No.
   can be mentioned if we need to ask for it.
    
9. A Full British Passport is normally valid for ten years for an adult aged 16 years and over, and for five years for a child under age 16.  There are occasions when a passport is issued with restricted validity. The validity and issuance of a British passport is at the discretion of the Identity and Passport Service.

   POINTS  to  REMEMBER                         

               1.  Travel arrangements should not be confirmed until the required passport,
                         visa or travel authority is obtained.
   
               2.  Most countries require a passport valid for not less than six months
                         beyond the intended stay.
   
               3.  Many embassies are unable to issue a visa unless there are two facing
                          blank pages available in the passport.
   
               4.  Visa World have 24 hour telephone, fax and mobile contact numbers
                         available if needed in an emergency or for any reason in connection
                         with a job in progress.