Specimen passports: caseworker guidance
This guidance explains what a specimen passport is and how His Majesty’s Passport Office deals with requests for specimen passports.
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This guidance tells His Majesty’s Passport Office staff about specimen passports and who can get one. It also tells staff working in the Specimen Passport team how we process specimen passports used in film and theatre for entertainment purposes.
A specimen passport is a passport issued to:
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other UK government departments
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foreign governments (foreign governments request it through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
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entertainment production companies
Government departments use specimen passports for training or for fraud detection. Entertainment production companies use specimen passports as props during theatre or filming.
Updates to this page
Published 23 June 2023Last updated 30 May 2024 + show all updates
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Updated guidance to remove how we issue specimen passports for entertainment purposes, as we no longer provide this service.
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