Written Question·Home Office·UIN 5143

Passports: Republic of Ireland

Tabled: 10 September 2024

Answered: 7 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Colum Eastwood

Social Democratic & Labour Party — Foyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) elected representatives from Ireland and (b) other Irish passport holders to verify UK passport applications using the HM Passpor

Answer

Seema Malhotra

As part of the criteria for a person to act as a referee to a passport application, His Majesty’s Passport Office requires that the referee must hold a passport that it can validate to confirm that person’s identity. In addition to British passport holder...

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