New Rules for UK Passports

On 1st October 2009 the passport service for British nationals in Denmark was moved from Copenhagen to Dusseldorf. To renew your passport, use the internet. See:

http://ukindenmark.fco.gov.uk/en/passports/   or:

http://ukindenmark.fco.gov.uk/en/passports/renewing-your-passport

Print out the necessary forms from the website and send the application and supporting documents and photos direct to the British Consulate General in Düsseldorf.

Passport Section
Adam Radcliffe, HM Consul
British Consulate-General
Yorck Strasse 19
DE- 40476 Düsseldorf
Germany

Once the passport is ready, after about 12 days, Düsseldorf will return the passport direct to you using a courier service. The cost of the passport will be same £124.50, plus €28 for courier.

All new, full UK passports are biometric. This means that they carry biological information about a person that links them to their passport, and your renewed passport will be biometric. Facial recognition maps various features on the face – e.g. the distances between eyes, nose, mouth and ears. The measurements are digitally coded and are used for comparison and verification purposes. Biometric technology is perfectly safe as facial biometrics can be taken from a good quality passport photograph.

The photograph standards required for biometric passports are higher than those needed for earlier types of passports. Because new UK passports use facial biometrics, you must make sure your passport photographs meet the required standards. Ensure this by checking the latest rules and information on the DirectGov website:

www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Passports/Applicationinformation/DG_174152.

Elizabethann Burke


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