Guidance

British overseas citizens: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from customers who hold British overseas citizenship.

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers holding British overseas citizen (BOC) status.

Only examiners with the correct level of training must deal with BOC cases.

Updates to this page

Published 13 September 2021
Last updated 13 June 2025 show all updates
  1. Guidance updated - a full list of changes is in the 'changes from the last version of this guidance' section.

  2. Updated the First BOC passport: customer is in the UK section and references to the sovereign.

  3. Accessible version added.

  4. First published.

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