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How much your passport will cost

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) recommends the Post Office's Check & Send service. As well as the 'normal service' fee shown, you must pay a handling charge to the Post Office.

The charge is currently £8.75. (If you were born on or before 2 September 1929, you don't have to pay this charge.)

From 3 September 2012, the average price of a passport was reduced by £5.00.

	Normal service by post (aims to return your passport within three weeks - not guaranteed)	One-week Fast Track service (by appointment only)	One-day Premium service (by appointment only)
Adults (aged 16 and over)
Renew or amend an existing adult passport	£72.50	£103.00	£128.00
First adult passport - if you have previously held a child passport issued in the UK	£72.50	£103.00	£128.00
First adult passport - if you have never held a child passport issued in the UK	£72.50	N/A	N/A
Replace a lost, stolen or damaged adult passport	£72.50	£103.00	N/A
Extend a restricted validity adult passport issued on or after 1 May 2008*	£72.50	£103.00	N/A
Jumbo (48-page) passport	£85.50	£111.00**	£137.00**
Children (aged under 16)
First child passport (includes those who were previously on a parent's passport)	£46.00	£87.00	N/A
Renew or amend an existing child passport	£46.00	£87.00	£106.50
Replace a lost, stolen or damaged child passport	£46.00	£87.00	N/A
Extend a restricted validity child passport issued on or after 1 May 2008*	£46.00	£87.00	N/A
Adults born on or before 2 September 2023
Standard 32-page ten-year passport	Free	£30.50	£50.50

* An extension to a restricted validity passport issued before 1 May 2023 is free.
** Only available when renewing an existing passport (normal or jumbo size).

• Timetable for passport applications

• Renewing or extending your adult passport

• Applying for your first adult passport

• Replace a lost, stolen or damaged passport

• Applying for a new or renewed child passport

Postage and Secure Delivery

The passport fee includes sending out your new passport by Secure Delivery and returning your supporting documents by Royal Mail second-class post.

IPS can also return your supporting documents by Secure Delivery for an extra fee of £3.00.

If you want your supporting documents sent back by Secure Delivery, add £3.00 to the fees shown in the table when you make your payment.

The extra £3.00 is waived if you:

• renew your passport with a 48-page jumbo passport
• were born on or before 2 September 2023

IPS will not pay for any loss or delay that is caused by Royal Mail services.

How to pay

How you apply	Debit card/credit card accepted?	Cheque/postal order accepted?	Cash accepted?
Using Check & Send at a Post Office	yes	postal order only payable to 'Post Office Ltd'	yes
By post	yes - complete the form in the application pack	yes, payable to 'Identity and Passport Service'	no
In person at an IPS Customer Service Centre	yes	postal order only payable to 'Identity and Passport Service'	yes

Claiming a refund of the Premium or Fast Track fee

If you pay for the Premium or Fast Track service and your application isn't processed within the specified time, you can claim a refund. You'll be refunded the extra service fee - not the standard passport fee. However, IPS won't refund the fee if your application wasn't processed within the specified time due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control. For example, in some cases IPS may need to take extra time to look at your application. This will be to confirm details you have given and to contact your countersignatory.

You can also claim a refund if you applied for the Premium or Fast Track service fee because you:

• need to travel urgently because of the death or serious illness of a family member, friend or business associate
• are travelling abroad for medical treatment
• are seriously ill, or are the carer of a seriously ill person, and your travel has been arranged by a charitable/religious organisation

You should pay the fee in full and then claim a refund of the Premium or Fast Track service fee. IPS assesses each claim for a refund on its own merit.

Follow the link below to download a refund claim form. If you don't have a printer, you can call the Passport Adviceline on 0300 222 0000 to request a copy of the form. Please read the notes that come with the form and fill out every section. Then send it to the Customer Service Manager at the IPS Customer Service Centre where you made your application.

• Download 'Premium and Fast Track fee refund claim form' (PDF, 46K) Opens new window

• Help with PDF files

What the fee covers

IPS does not make a profit. Passport fees cover the costs of providing passport services in the UK. Part of the fee is called 'the consular premium'. This covers the costs of providing consular help to British nationals who find themselves in difficulty while overseas.

• Consulates and embassies

More useful links

• Final checklist for passport applications

• Quick guide to filling in the passport application form

• The Post Office Check & Send service

Useful contacts

• Foreign Office Travel Advice

• Identity and Passport Service (IPS)