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British passport
The front cover of a British citizen biometric passport issued since 2006
The data page of the 2015 version of the British biometric passport
Date first issued
1915 (first 'modern' passport)
6 February 2006 (biometric passport)
7 October 2015 (current version)
Issued by
United Kingdom
—HM Passport Office
—CSRO (Gibraltar)
—Crown dependencies
—Overseas Territories
Type of document
Passport
Purpose
Identification
Eligibility requirements
British citizenship or any of the various other forms of British nationality
Expiration
10 years (16 or older)
5 years (under 16)
Cost
Adult [1][show]
Standard (32 pages): £85.00
Jumbo (48 pages): £95.00
Free if born before 2 September 1929
Child (under 16) [1][show]
£58.50
British passports are passports issued by the United Kingdom to those holding any form of British nationality. There are different types of British nationality, and different types of British passports as a result. A British passport enables the bearer to travel worldwide and serves as proof of citizenship. It also facilitates access to consular assistance from British embassies around the world, or if also a citizen of the European Union, any embassy of another European Union member state. Passports are issued using royal prerogative, which are exercised by Her Majesty's Government.
British citizen passports have been issued by Her Majesty's Passport Office in the UK since 2006. British citizens can use their passport as evidence of right of abode in the United Kingdom and EU citizenship. All passports issued in the UK since 2006 have been biometric.
In 2018, British citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 175 countries and territories, ranking the British citizen passport 3rd in terms of travel freedom (tied with Danish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and Swedish passports) according to the Visa Restrictions Index for travel.[2]
In 1988, the UK Government changed the colour of the passport to burgundy red, in line with most EU passports - the only exception being Croatia which is blue. The UK Government announced plans in December 2017 to return to the dark blue cover passport after Brexit.[3]
Contents
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1 Types of British passports
1.1 British citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British protected person, British national (overseas)
1.2 Gibraltar
1.3 EU citizenship
1.4 Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
1.5 Special British passports
2 History
2.1 Historical passports
2.2 Timeline
2.3 The pre-1988 passport
2.4 The British visitor's passport
2.5 European format passports
2.6 Change to blue passport
3 Physical appearance
3.1 Generic design
3.1.1 Front cover
3.1.2 Passport note
3.1.3 Information page
3.1.4 Function-related passports
3.2 Passports issued to residents of the Crown dependencies and Gibraltar
3.3 Passports issued to residents of certain British Overseas Territories
4 Multiple passports
5 Endorsements
6 Abandoned plans for "next generation" biometric passports and national identity registration
7 Monarch
8 Visa requirements
9 Foreign travel statistics
10 Gallery of British passports
11 See also
12 References
Types of British passports[edit]
Owing to the many different categories in British nationality law, there are different types of passports for each class of British nationality. All categories of British passports are issued by Her Majesty's Government under royal prerogative.[4] Since all British passports are issued in the name of the Crown, the reigning monarch does not require a passport.[5] The following table shows the number of valid British passports on the last day of 2017 and shows the different categories eligible to hold a British passport:[6]
Category
Country code
Valid passports
as at 31 Dec 2017
Issuing authority
Note
British citizens GBR 49,728,584 In the UK: HM Passport Office (HMPO)
In Gibraltar: Civil Status and Registration Office (CSRO)
Individual Crown dependencies
British Overseas Territories Citizens of Gibraltar GBD 2,202 CSRO formerly British Dependent Territories Citizens
British Overseas Territories Citizens of other British Overseas Territories 30,252 Individual Overseas Territory[7]
HMPO
British Overseas citizens GBO 13,379 HMPO
British subjects with right of abode in UK GBS 36,029 HMPO
British subjects without right of abode in UK 869 HMPO
British protected persons GBP 1,408 HMPO
British Nationals (Overseas) GBN 158,107 HMPO
A British passport issued by Guernsey
British citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British protected person, British national (overseas)[edit]
British citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British protected person and British national (overseas) passports are issued by HM Passport Office in the UK. British nationals of these categories applying for passports outside the UK can apply for their passport online from HMPO. British passports were previously issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in British embassies around the world. However, in 2009, this was stopped and British citizen passports can now only be issued by the Passport Office in the UK. The FCO says: "In their 2006 report on consular services, the National Audit Office recommended limiting passport production to fewer locations to increase security and reduce expenditure."[8]
Gibraltar[edit]
British citizens and British Overseas Territory citizens of Gibraltar can apply for their passport in Gibraltar, where it will be issued by the Gibraltar Civil Status and Registration Office.
EU citizenship[edit]
British citizens, British Overseas Territory citizens of Gibraltar and British subjects with right of abode are considered to be UK nationals for the purpose of EU law. They are therefore considered to be EU citizens, allowing them to move freely within the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
Other types of British nationals are not considered to be EU citizens, but may nevertheless enjoy visa-free travel to the European Union as tourists.
Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories[edit]
British passports in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are issued in the name of the Lieutenant-Governor of the respective Crown Dependencies on behalf of the States of Jersey, States of Guernsey and the Government of the Isle of Man respectively. Meanwhile, in British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territories Citizen passports are issued in the name of the respective territory's governor.
British emergency passport with its cream cover
Special British passports[edit]
Diplomatic passports are issued in the UK by HMPO. They are issued to British diplomats and high-ranking government officials to facilitate travel abroad.
Official passports are issued to those travelling abroad on official state business.
Queen's Messenger passports are issued to diplomatic couriers who transport documents on behalf of HM Government.
Emergency passports are issued by British embassies across the world. Emergency passports may be issued to any person holding British nationality. Commonwealth citizens are also eligible to receive British emergency passports in countries where their country of nationality is unrepresented. Under a reciprocal agreement, British emergency passports may also be issued to EU citizens in countries where their own country does not have a diplomatic mission or is otherwise unable to assist.
History[edit]
Safe conduct documents, usually notes signed by the monarch, were issued to foreigners as well as English subjects in medieval times. They were first mentioned in an Act of Parliament, the Safe Conducts Act in 1414. Between 1540 and 1685, the Privy Council issued passports, although they were still signed by the monarch until the reign of Charles II when the Secretary of State could sign them instead. The Secretary of State signed all passports in place of the monarch from 1794 onwards, at which time formal records started to be kept.[9]
Passports were written in Latin or English until 1772, when French was used instead. From about 1855 English was used, with some sections translated into French for many years.
In 1855 passports became a standardised document issued solely to British nationals. They were a simple single-sheet paper document, and by 1914 included a photograph of the holder.
The British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 was passed on the outbreak of World War I. A new format was introduced in 1915: a single sheet folded into eight with a cardboard cover. It included a description of the holder as well as a photograph, and had to be renewed after two years.
Historical passports[edit]
Some duplicate passports and passport records are available at the British Library; for example IOR: L/P&J/11 contain a few surviving passports of travelling ayahs for the 1930s.[10] A passport issued on 18 June 1641 and signed by King Charles I still exists.[11]
Timeline[edit]
Various changes to the design were made over the years:[11]
In 1927, the country name changed from "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" to "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (alternatively the name of the colony appeared here)
In 1954, the name of the Secretary of State was removed.
In 1968 the validity was extended from five years renewable up to ten, to ten years non-renewable.
At the end of 1972, several modifications were made. A special blue watermarked paper was introduced to make alteration and forgery more difficult. The number of pages was reduced from 32 to 30, and the holder's eye colour and the maiden name of a married woman were removed.
In May 1973, an optional 94-page passport was made available which provided many more pages for immigration stamps and visas for frequent travellers.
In 1975, lamination over the bearer's photograph was introduced to make alteration harder. Overprinting of the laminate was added in 1981 to make removal easier to spot.
In 1979, UK exchange controls were abolished, and the foreign exchange page was removed.
In 1982, the holder's occupation and country of residence were removed.
In July 1988, changes were made to ease the introduction of machine-readable passports later in the year. Joint passports were no longer issued and the descriptions of distinguishing features and height were removed.
In August 1988, the old style started to be replaced by the burgundy passport, which included the first-ever printed mention of the European Community on the cover and granted automatic free movement of labour to British citizens in the other 9 EEC countries (at the time), and reciprocally provided access for those nation's workers into the UK economy.[12] Some offices issued the remaining stock of old-style passports until as late as 1993.[13]
1998: Digital facial image rather than a laminated photograph, and intaglio or raised printing on the inside of the covers. Children under 16 are no longer included on new adult passports.[14]
2006: Biometric passports (also called ePassports) comply with the US Visa Waiver Program.
2010: The Identity & Passport Service announced that the British passport was to be redesigned. Pages of the passport will contain well-known UK scenes including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula, Ben Nevis and the Giant's Causeway. There will also be new security features, namely moving the chip which stores the holder's details to the inside of the passport cover where it will no longer be visible (this gives additional physical protection as well as making it much harder to replace the chip without damage to the passport cover being spotted), a secondary image of the holder printed onto the observations page, new designs now stretching across two pages and a new transparent covering which includes several holograms to protect the holder's personal details.[15]
2015: HM Passport Office unveiled the design and theme of the new passport as 'Creative United Kingdom' at Shakespeare's Globe, London on November. The design features British cultural icons such as William Shakespeare, John Harrison, John Constable, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Antony Gormley, Elisabeth Scott and Anish Kapoor; iconic British innovations such as the Penny Black and the London Underground; and UK landmark structures like the Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Edinburgh Castle, the Pierhead Building in Cardiff, Titanic Belfast and the Royal Observatory Greenwich. As part of the Press release the HM Passport Office said the new passport is the most secure in the world. The passport was released in December 2015. De La Rue has got a 10-year contract with HM Passport Office designing and producing the British Passports starting in 2010 as well as the new 'Creative UK' passport in 2015.[16][17]
The pre-1988 passport[edit]
UK passport 1924
UK Passport from the final design before the change to Burgundy. (Issued 1991)
A 32-page passport with a dark cover, commonly known as the old blue style,[18] came into use in 1920 with the formation of the Passport Service following international agreement [19] on a standard format for passports, and remained in use until replaced by the European Union-style machine-readable passport in late 1988. As with many documents worldwide and all booklet-format documents, details were handwritten into the passport and (as of 1955) included: number, holder's name, "accompanied by his wife" and her maiden name, "and" (number) "children", national status. For both bearer and wife: profession, place and date of birth, country of residence, height, eye and hair colour, special peculiarities, signature and photograph. Names, birth dates, and sexes of children, list of countries for which valid, issue place and date, expiry date, a page for renewals and, at the back, details of the amount of foreign exchange for travel expenses (a limited amount of sterling, typically £50 but increasing with inflation, could be taken out of the country).[20] The bearer's sex was not explicitly stated, although the name was written in with title ("Mr John Smith"). Descriptive text was printed in both English and French (a practice which still[update] continues), e.g., "Accompanied by his wife (Maiden name)/Accompagné de sa femme (Née)". Changed details were struck out and rewritten, with a rubber-stamped note confirming the change.
If details and photograph of a man's wife and details of children were entered (this was not compulsory), the passport could be used by the bearer, wife, and children under 16, if together; separate passports were required for the wife or children to travel independently.[21] The passport was valid for five years, renewable for another five, after which it had to be replaced.[22]
The passport had a printed list of countries for which it was valid, which was added to manually as validity increased. A passport of 1955 was valid for the British Commonwealth, USA, and all countries in Europe "including the USSR, Turkey, Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Iceland, and Madeira";[23] during its period of validity restrictions eased and it was endorsed "and for all other foreign countries".[24]
The British visitor's passport[edit]
Cardboard identity card issued under arrangements regarding collective passports by the UK Passport Service in 2005
A new simplified type, the British Visitor's Passport, was introduced in 1961. It was a single-page cardboard document valid for one year obtainable for many years from Employment Exchanges, as agents of the Passport Office, and then from a Post Office. It was accepted for travel by most west European countries (excluding surface travel to West Berlin), but was dropped in 1995 since it did not identify the holder's nationality or meet new security standards.
European format passports[edit]
On 15 August 1988, the Glasgow passport office became the first to issue burgundy-coloured machine-readable passports. They followed a common format agreed amongst member states of the European Community, and had the words 'European Community' on the cover, changed to 'European Union' in 1997. The passport has 32 pages; a 48-page version is available with more space for stamps and visas. There are two lines of machine-readable text printed in a format agreed amongst members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and a section in which relevant terms ("surname", "date of issue", etc.) are translated into the official EU languages. Passports issued overseas did not all have a Machine Readable Zone but these was introduced gradually as appropriate equipment was made available overseas.
In 1998[25] the first digital image passport was introduced with photographs being replaced with images printed directly on the bio-data page which was moved from the cover to an inside page to reduce the ease of fraud. These documents were all issued with machine readable zones and had a hologram over the photograph, which was the first time that British passports had been protected by an optically variable safeguard. These documents were issued until 2006 when the biometric passport was introduced. The bio-data page is printed with a finely detailed background including a drawing of a red grouse (a native British bird), and the entire page is protected from modification by a laminate which incorporates a holographic image of the kingfisher; visa pages are numbered and printed with detailed backgrounds including drawings of other birds: a merlin, curlew, avocet, and red kite. An RFID chip and antenna are located on the obverse of the data page and hold the same visual information as is printed, including a digital copy of the photograph with biometric information for use with facial recognition systems. The Welsh and Scottish Gaelic languages were included in all British passports for the first time in 2005,[26] and appear on the titles page replacing the official languages of the EU, although the EU languages still appear faintly as part of the background design. Welsh and Scottish Gaelic precede the official EU languages in the translations section.
Change to blue passport[edit]
Mockup released by HM Government showing what the new design could look like
There was speculation regarding re-introduction of the old-style passport following completion of Britain's exit from the European Union[27] but the government denied any immediate plans.[28] Such a change was supported by some due to its symbolic value, including Brexit Secretary David Davis,[29] while others thought the undue weight put on such a trivial change raises the question of whether the government is able to prioritise its order of business ahead of Brexit.[30][non-primary source needed] On 2 April 2017, Michael Fabricant MP said that security printing and banknote manufacturer De La Rue, who hold the current £400 million contract with HM Passport Office, had stated that the crest would "contrast better on navy blue than it currently does on the maroon passports"[31] as part of their pre-tender discussions with the government.[32][33] The Sun newspaper launched a campaign in August 2016,[34] and a question was put to Home Secretary Amber Rudd in the House of Commons.[35][not in citation given][28]
In December 2017, the Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis announced that the blue passport would "return" after the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.[3] The announcement led to controversy regarding the actual colour of the pre-1988 passport, with Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson calling the campaign "baffling" as she "always thought [the old passports] were black", and Channel 4 political journalist Michael Crick saying that "any witness would describe [the passport as black] in court".[36] The previous blue passport spotted the words “British Passport” above the crest, with the words “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” below it. The Home Office mock-up does not contain the word “British” at all.
Physical appearance[edit]
British passports are, until 2019, burgundy, with the coat of arms of the United Kingdom emblazoned in the centre of the front cover.
With the sole exception of emergency passports which are printed and issued by the British diplomatic missions, all other types British passports have been printed and issued by Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) in the United Kingdom since May 2015, although some British Overseas Territories, such as Bermuda, did not start forwarding the applications to HMPO until June 2016 when its own passport book stock was depleted.[37]
There are three types of covers among British passports. Passports with the generic cover are issued to British citizens not residing in the Crown dependencies and Gibraltar, and persons holding all other types of British nationality. Passports issued to residents of the Crown dependencies and Gibraltar has a slightly variated cover. Passports issued to British Overseas Territories citizens residing in certain territories has a completely different cover, albeit with the same interior design.[38]
Generic design[edit]
See also: British National (Overseas) passport
Front cover[edit]
The words "UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND" are inscribed above the coat of arms, whilst the word "PASSPORT" is inscribed below. The biometric passport symbol appears at the bottom of the front cover under the word "PASSPORT".
The words "EUROPEAN UNION" are printed at the top of British passports issued to British nationals who are considered "United Kingdom nationals for European Community purposes"[39] (i.e. British Citizens, British Subjects with the right of abode[40] in the UK and British Overseas Territories Citizens connected with Gibraltar).[41] It is not included at the top of other British passports (i.e. passports issued to British Nationals (Overseas), British Overseas Citizens, British Protected Persons, non-Gibraltarian British Overseas Territories Citizens and British Subjects without the right of abode in the UK)
Passport note[edit]
Generic British passports contain on their inside cover the following words in English only:
Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State Requests and requires in the Name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
In older passports, more specific reference was made to "Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs", originally including the name of the incumbent.
Information page[edit]
British passports issued by HM Passport Office include the following data on the information page:
Photograph of the owner/holder (digital image printed on page)
Type (P)
Code of issuing state (GBR)
Passport number
Surname (see note below regarding titles)
Given names
Nationality (the class of British nationality, such as "British Citizen" or "British Overseas Citizen", or if issued on behalf of a Commonwealth country, "Commonwealth Citizen"[42])
Date of birth
Sex (Gender)
Place of birth (only the city or town is listed, even if born outside the UK; places of birth in Wales are entered in Welsh upon request [43])
Date of issue
Authority
Date of expiry
Holder's signature (digital image printed on page)
Machine Readable Zone starting with P<GBR
The items are identified by text in English and French (e.g., "Date of birth/Date de naissance"); there is a section in which all this text is translated into all official EU languages, as well as Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.[44]
According to the UK government, the current policy of using titles on passports requires that the applicant provides evidence that the Lord Lyon has recognised a feudal barony, or the title is included in Burke's Peerage. If accepted (and if the applicant wishes to include the title), the correct form is for the applicant to include the territorial designation as part of their surname (Surname of territorial designation e.g. Smith of Inverglen). The Observation would then show the holder's full name, followed by their feudal title e.g. The holder is John Smith, Baron of Inverglen.
Function-related passports[edit]
Besides the ordinary passports described above, special passports are issued to government officials from which diplomatic status may (diplomatic passport) or may not (official passport) be conferred by the text on the cover. A special passport is available for the Queen's Messenger. The latter passport contains the text QUEEN’S MESSENGER – COURRIER DIPLOMATIQUE below the coat of arms, and the text "BRITISH PASSPORT" above it.[45]
Passports issued to residents of the Crown dependencies and Gibraltar[edit]
See also: Gibraltar passport, Guernsey passport, Jersey passport, and Manx passport
The front cover of a Gibraltar-issued biometric passport
British passports issued directly by the Crown dependencies as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar are slightly different from those issued by HMPO to residents of the United Kingdom and to British nationals abroad. The words EUROPEAN UNION still appear across the front of their passports, signifying their citizenship of the EU.
Passports for British citizens connected to the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man do not carry the words "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on the front cover. In their place, these passports feature the words BRITISH ISLANDS — BAILIWICK OF JERSEY or BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY or ISLE OF MAN, as appropriate.
Gibraltar passport covers are virtually identical to British passports issued by Her Majesty's Passport Office, except that they feature the word GIBRALTAR directly above the coat of arms and below the words "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
In passports issued by the Crown dependencies, the passport note request is slightly different from those issued by the UK, coming from the Lieutenant Governor of the respective island. This difference results from the Crown dependencies owing allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II rather than the Government of the United Kingdom.
In Gibraltar passports, the "request" in the passport note is made by the Governor of Gibraltar instead of "Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State".
The issuing of a British Passport by the authorities in the Crown Dependencies cannot be inferred from the machine readable zone as the issuing country code and citizenship code (both GBR) is identical to passports issued by the United Kingdom for British Citizens.
Passports issued to residents of certain British Overseas Territories[edit]
See also: British passport (Anguilla), British passport (Bermuda), British passport (British Virgin Islands), British passport (Cayman Islands), British passport (Montserrat), British passport (Saint Helena), and British passport (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Traditionally, British passports issued to BOTCs residing in certain British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, St. Helena, and Turks & Caicos Islands) bear a different design, even when the HMPO assumed the responsibility of the manufacturing process of these passports in 2015.
Passports issued to BOTCs of those territories do not bear the words "UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND", but instead have the words "BRITISH PASSPORT" above the royal coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth II and the name of the British Overseas Territory below it (e.g. "TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS"). The only exception is the design of Bermudian passports, which bears the wordings "GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA" under the royal coat of arms.[46]
The nationality reads "British Overseas Territories citizen" regardless of the residence of the bearer. Previously, in the machine-readable zone, the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the territory is given in the field of the code of issuing state, while GBD (British Overseas Territories citizens, formerly British Dependent Territories citizens) is shown in the nationality field. Either of these features enabled automatic distinction between BOTCs related to different territories. Ever since the HMPO assumed the responsibility of the issuance of BOTC passports in 2015, however, the code of issuing state is changed to GBD for all territories, thus making it impossible to identify the holder's domicile without the aid of other features, such as the passport cover.[47]
Similar to passports issued to Crown dependencies and Gibraltar residents, the passport note request is made by the Governor of the British Overseas Territory on behalf of "Her Majesty's Secretary of State".[48]
Multiple passports[edit]
People who have valid reasons may be allowed to hold more than one passport booklet. This applies usually to people who travel frequently on business, and may need to have a passport booklet to travel on while the other is awaiting a visa for another country. Some Muslim-majority countries including Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen do not issue visas to visitors if their passports bear a stamp or visa issued by Israel, as a result of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In that case, a person can apply for a second passport[49] to avoid travel issues. Reasons and supporting documentation (such as a letter from an employer) must be provided.[50]
In addition, a person who has dual British citizenship and British Overseas Territories citizenship are allowed to hold two British passports under different statuses at the same time. Persons who acquired their BOTC status with a connection to Gibraltar or Falkland Islands, however, are not eligible due to differences in regulations, and their BOTC passports will be cancelled when their British citizen passports are issued even when they possess both citizenships.[51]
Endorsements[edit]
Certain British passports are issued with printed endorsements on the Official Observations page, usually in upper case (capital letters). They form part of the passport when it is issued, as distinct from immigration stamps subsequently entered in the visa pages. Some examples are:[52][51]
The Holder is not entitled to benefit from European Union provisions relating to employment or establishment
British citizens from Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man without a qualifying connection to the United Kingdom by descent or residency for more than five years have this endorsement in their passports.
The Holder of this passport has Hong Kong permanent identity card no XXXXXXXX which states that the holder has the right of abode in Hong Kong
British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s) have this endorsement in their passports, as registration as a BN(O) before 1997 required the applicant to hold a valid Hong Kong permanent identity card, which guaranteed the holder's right of abode in Hong Kong. Such persons would continue to have right of abode or right to land in Hong Kong after the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997 under the Immigration Ordinance. This endorsement is also found in a British citizen passport when the holder has both British citizenship and BN(O) status.[51]
The Holder is entitled to right of abode in the United Kingdom
British Subjects with the right of abode (usually from Ireland) have this endorsement in their passports.
The Holder is entitled to readmission in the United Kingdom
British Overseas Citizens, British Subjects and British Protected Persons without the right of abode who have been granted indefinite leave to enter or remain retain this entitlement for life,[53] and their passports are accordingly issued with this endorsement.
The Holder is subject to control under the Immigration Act 1971
British nationals without the right of abode in the UK will have this endorsements in their passports unless they have been granted indefinite leave to enter or remain. However, even though a BN(O) passport does not entitle the holder the right of abode in the UK, this endorsement is not found in BN(O) passports (1999 and biometric versions).
In accordance with the United Kingdom immigration rules the holder of this passport does not require an entry certificate or visa to visit the United Kingdom
This endorsement is found in BN(O) passports, and accordingly holders of BN(O) passports are allowed to enter the UK as a visitor without an entry certificate or visa for up to six months per entry.
The Holder is also a British National (Overseas)
British citizens who also possess BN(O) status will have this endorsement in their passports to signify their additional status, as the two passports cannot be held at the same time.[51]
The Holder is or The Holder is also known as ...
This endorsement is found in passports where the holder uses or retains another professional, stage or religious name and is known by it "for all purposes", or has a recognised form of address, academic, feudal or legal title (e.g. Doctor, Judge, Queen's Counsel, Professor, Minister of Religion) regarded as important identifiers of an individual.[52] The styling 'Dr ...', 'Professor ...' or similar is recorded here, or the alternative professional/stage/religious name, usually on request by the passport holder.[52] For example, Cliff Richard's birth name was Harry Webb, and the passport Observations page would read:
"The Holder is also known as Cliff Richard"
This endorsement is also found if the passport holder's name is too long to fit within the 30-character limits (including spaces) on the passport information page; applies to each line reserved for the surname and the first given name including any middle name(s).[54] In this scenario the holder's full name will be written out in full on the Observations page.[54] According to the UK passport agency guidelines, a person with a long or multiple given name, which cannot fit within the 30-character passport information page limits, should enter as much of the first given name, followed by the initials of all middle names (if any).[54] The same advice applies to a long or multiple surname. The holder's full name is then shown printed out in its entirety on the passport Observations page.[52][54] For example, Kiefer Sutherland's birth name would read on the passport information page:
Surname: "Sutherland"
Given names: "Kiefer W F D G R"
Observations page:
"The Holder is Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland"
The holder's name in Chinese Commercial Code: XXXX XXXX XXXX
This endorsement was found in BN(O)[citation needed] and Hong Kong British Dependent Territories Citizen passports held by BN(O)s and British Dependent Territories Citizens with a connection to Hong Kong who have a Chinese name recognised by the Hong Kong Immigration Department before the handover. After the handover, British passport issued in Hong Kong can only be issued at the British Consulate-General, and this endorsement is no longer in use. (See also: Chinese commercial code)
Holder is a dependant of a member of Her Britannic Majesty's Diplomatic Service
This endorsement is found in British passports held by people who are dependants or spouses of British diplomats.
Abandoned plans for "next generation" biometric passports and national identity registration[edit]
Main article: Identity Cards Act 2006
There had been plans, under the Identity Cards Act 2006, to link passports to the Identity Cards scheme. However, in the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement that followed the 2010 General Election, the new government announced that they planned to scrap the ID card scheme, the National Identity Register, and the next generation of biometric passports, as part of their measures 'to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties under the Labour Government and roll back state intrusion.'[55][56]
The Identity Cards Act 2006 would have required any person applying for a passport to have their details entered into a centralised computer database, the National Identity Register, part of the National Identity Scheme associated with identity cards and passports. Once registered, they would also have been obliged to update any change to their address and personal details. The identity card was expected to cost up to £60 (with £30 going to the Government, and the remainder charged as processing fees by the companies that would be collecting the fingerprints and photographs).[57] In May 2005 the Government said that the cost for a combined identity card and passport would be £93 plus processing fees.[58]
The next generation of biometric passports, which would have contained chips holding facial images and fingerprints,[59] were to have been issued from 2012. Everyone applying for a passport from 2012 would have had their 10 fingerprints digitally scanned and stored on a database, although only two would have been recorded in the passport.[60]
Monarch[edit]
The Queen, Elizabeth II, does not have a passport because passports are issued in her name and on her authority, thus making it superfluous for her to hold one.[61] All other members of the royal family, however, including the Queen's husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and their son, heir apparent Charles, Prince of Wales, do have passports.[61]
Visa requirements[edit]
Visa requirements for British citizens
United Kingdom
Freedom of movement
Visa not required
Visa on arrival
eVisa
Visa available both on arrival or online
Visa required prior to arrival
Main article: Visa requirements for British citizens
See also: Visa requirements for British Overseas Territories Citizens
See also: Visa requirements for British Overseas Citizens
See also: Visa requirements for British Nationals (Overseas)
Visa requirements for British citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Kingdom. As of 1 January 2017, British citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 173 countries and territories, ranking the British passport 4th in terms of travel freedom (tied with Austrian, Belgian, Dutch, French, Luxembourgish, Norwegian and Singaporean passports) according to the Henley visa restrictions index.[2] Additionally, the World Tourism Organization also published a report on 15 January 2016 ranking the British passport 1st in the world (tied with Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Singapore) in terms of travel freedom, with a mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5, and traditional visa weighted by 0).[62]
Visa requirements for other categories of British nationals, namely British Nationals (Overseas), British Overseas Citizens, British Overseas Territories Citizens, British Protected Persons, and British Subjects, are different.
Foreign travel statistics[edit]
According to the Foreign travel advice provided by the British Government (unless otherwise noted) these are the numbers of British visitors to various countries per annum in 2015 (unless otherwise noted):[63]
[show]Foreign travel statistics
Country
Number of visitors
Albania[note 1] 80,000
American Samoa[note 2][64] 133
Angola[note 3][65] 14,267/12,319 ?
Andorra[note 2] 150,000
Angola[66] 12,319
Anguilla[note 2][67] 5,021
Antarctica[note 4][68] 3,915
Antigua and Barbuda[note 4][69] 70,701
Aruba[note 1][70] 10,447
Australia[note 4][71] 731,900
Austria[note 5][note 2][72] 919,500
Azerbaijan[note 2][73] 29,514
Bahamas[74] 28,022
Bangladesh[note 1] 150,000
Barbados[note 5][note 2][75] 218,638
Belarus[note 2] 6,000
Belgium[note 2][76] 868,173
Belize[note 2][note 5][77] 13,342
Bermuda[note 4][78] 41,348
Bhutan[note 2][79] 3,124
Bolivia[note 2][80] 17,528
Bosnia and Herzegovina[note 2][81] 10,223
Botswana[82] 41,011
Brazil[note 2][83] 202,671
Brunei[note 6][84] 18,222
Bulgaria[note 4][85] 352,054
Burkina Faso[note 1][86] 2,192
Cambodia[note 2][87] 159,489
Cameroon[note 1][note 5][88] 16,008
Canada[note 2][89] 850,841
Cape Verde[note 5][90] 126,685
Cayman Islands[note 4][note 7][91] 14,017
Chile[note 4][92] 54,714
China[93] 579,600
Colombia[94] 39,715
Congo[note 8][95] 6,115
Cook Islands[96] 2,568
Costa Rica[note 4][97] 76,173
Croatia[note 2][98] 596,444
Cuba[99] 155,802
Curacao[note 2][100] 2,806
Cyprus[note 4][101] 1,253,839
Czech Republic[note 5][note 4][102] 470,576
Denmark[note 1] 150,000
Dominica[103] 4,951
Dominican Republic[note 4][104] 177,534
Ecuador[note 1][105] 27,126
Egypt 865,000
Ethiopia[note 1] 20,000
Estonia[note 5][note 4][106] 58,402
Fiji[note 4][107] 16,925
Finland[note 5][note 4][108] 226,927
France[109] 12,235,713
French Polynesia[note 4][110] 2,840
Gambia[note 8][111] 60,424
Ghana[note 1] 90,000
Georgia[note 4][112] 26,852
Germany[note 2][113] 2,551,061
Greece[114] 2,397,169
Greenland[note 2][115] 1,595
Grenada[note 4][116] 25,351
Guadeloupe[note 1] <1,000
Hong Kong[note 4][117] 555,353
Hungary[note 5][note 2][118] 376,573
Iceland[note 4][119] 322,543
Indonesia[note 2][120] 352,017
India[note 2][121] 941,883
Ireland[122] 3,547,000
Israel[note 2][123] 197,100
Italy[note 2][124] 4,922,000
Jamaica[note 4][125] 217,647
Japan[note 4][126] 310,500
Jordan[note 2][127] 64,776
Kazakhstan[note 2][128] 20,166
Kiribati[note 1][129] 60
Kuwait[note 2] 7,000
Kenya[note 3] 100,000
Kyrgyzstan[note 2][130] 6,600
Laos[note 2][131] 39,170
Latvia[note 5][note 2][132] 85,139
Lebanon[note 2][133] 61,994
Lesotho[note 9][134] 2,380
Liechtenstein[note 1] 2,200
Lithuania[note 2][135] 58,200
Luxembourg[note 2][note 5][136] 69,350
Macau[note 4][137] 57,121
Macedonia[note 2][note 5][138] 8,856
Madagascar[139] 3,167
Malaysia[note 4][140] 358,818
Malawi[note 10][141] 51,145
Maldives[note 4][142] 103,977
Malta[note 4][143] 560,893
Mali[note 1][144] 900
Mauritius[note 4][145] 149,807
Mexico[note 4][note 7][146] 563,099
Moldova[147] 7,820
Mongolia[note 4][148] 6,012
Montenegro[note 5][note 2][149] 37,464
Montserrat[note 11][150] 1,380
Morocco[151] 554,000
Myanmar[note 2][152] 51,051
Namibia[153] 27,365
Nepal[154] 29,730
Nigeria[note 1] 117,000
Niue[note 10][155] 47
Norway[note 1] 581,000
Netherlands[note 4][156] 2,195,000
New Zealand[note 4][157] 249,264
Nicaragua[note 2][158] 16,923
Oman[note 9][159] 133,529
Pakistan[note 10][160] 275,400
Palau[note 2][161] 852
Panama[162] 16,338
Papua New Guinea[note 2][163] 6,974
Peru[note 2][164] 69,302
Philippines[note 4][165] 182,708
Poland[note 2][166] 796,900
Portugal 2,600,000
Qatar[note 2][167] 132,301
Romania[note 2][168] 179,265
Russia[note 4][169] 193,522
Saba[note 1][note 7][170] 200
Saint Lucia[171] 68,175
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[172] 17,045
Samoa[173] 1,773
San Marino 5,750
São Tomé and Príncipe[note 12][174] 83
Serbia[note 4][note 5][175] 31,658
Seychelles[note 4][176] 21,906
Singapore[note 4][177] 518,903
Sint Eustatius[note 1][note 7][170] 200
Slovakia[note 2][note 5][178] 77,837
Slovenia[note 4][note 5][179] 118,508
Solomon Islands[180] 387
South Africa[181] 407,486
South Korea[note 4][182] 126,024
Spain[note 4][183] 18,779,466
Sri Lanka[note 4][184] 201,879
Suriname[185] 1,474
Swaziland[note 2][186] 15,503
Switzerland 709,925
Sweden[note 1][187] 603,000
Taiwan[note 4][188] 104,911
Tanzania[note 2][189] 67,742
Thailand[note 4][190] 994,468
Timor-Leste[note 1][note 7][191] 548
Tonga[192] 787
Trinidad and Tobago[note 1][193] 37,473
Turkey[note 4][194] 1,658,715
Turks and Caicos[195] 6,399
Tuvalu[note 2][196] 43
Uganda[note 9][197] 43,009
Uruguay[note 1] 20,000
Ukraine[note 4][198] 78,603
United Arab Emirates[note 4][199] 1,265,000
United States[note 2][note 13][200] 5,216,692
Uzbekistan[note 3][201] 1,800
Venezuela[note 9][202] 20,837
Vietnam[note 4][203] 283,537
Zambia[204] 36,997
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Gallery of British passports[edit]
Passport gallery
British National (Overseas) passport
Anguilla passport
Bermuda passport
Guernsey passport
Jersey passport
Manx passport
Saint Helena passport
Queen's Messenger passport
Turks and Caicos Islands passport
Virgin Islands passport
Passport gallery (defunct types and older versions)
1929 UK passport
Cypriot passport
1997 Hong Kong passport (British Dependent Territories Citizen)
British Indian passport
1949 New Zealand passport
1939 Mandatory Palestine passport
1959 Grenadian passport
Cardboard identity card issued under arrangements regarding collective passports by the UK Passport Agency in 2001
See also[edit]
United Kingdom portal
Visa requirements for British citizens
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Big Momma's House
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Big Momma's House
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Raja Gosnell
Produced by
David T. Friendly
Michael Green
Screenplay by
Darryl Quarles
Don Rhymer
Story by
Darryl Quarles
Starring
Martin Lawrence
Nia Long
Paul Giamatti
Terrence Howard
Music by
Richard Gibbs
Cinematography
Michael D. O'Shea
Edited by
Bruce Green
Kent Beyda
Production
company
Regency Enterprises
Runteldat Entertainment
Friendly Productions
Taurus Films
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
June 2, 2000 (2000-06-02)
Running time
98 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$30 million
Box office
$173 million
Big Momma's House is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, written by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer, and starring Martin Lawrence as FBI agent Malcolm Turner.[1] The majority of the film took place in Cartersville, Georgia, but the film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spots were Los Angeles and Orange County. The film is also notable for being one of only four titles to be released on the EVD video format. It is the first installment in a film series called Big Momma, which includes two sequels, Big Momma's House 2 and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.
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3 Reception
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The story begins in an illegal underground dog-fighting arena in Korea, where an undercover FBI agent, John Patterson, has been identified and is later ordered by a Korean mob boss to be killed. However, John is eventually rescued by his undercover partner and master of disguise, Malcolm Turner.
Meanwhile, a criminal named Lester Vesco, who was originally serving a life sentence in prison for murder and armed robbery, escapes from his cell by killing a doctor and stealing his car. The FBI assigns Malcolm and John to capture Lester by sending them to small-town Cartersville, Georgia to stake out the house of an overweight, elderly African American woman named Hattie Mae Pierce (who is suffering from stewed prunes), whom her friends call her Big Momma. Big Momma is the estranged Southern grandmother of Lester's ex-girlfriend, Sherry Pierce, a bank employee who supposedly aided Lester in his robbery by giving him the key to the vault. After Big Momma unexpectedly leaves town for two weeks to help an ill friend, Malcolm and John sneak into her house to plant security cameras and tap the phones. Sherry calls Big Momma's house, and Malcolm disguises his voice as Big Momma in order to lure Sherry to the house and possibly obtain a confession. The plan works, and Malcolm and John work together on a Big Momma disguise costume before Sherry's arrival.
The next day, Sherry arrives at Big Momma's house with her 10-year-old son, Trent. However, Malcolm's behaviour and sudden inexperience with cooking confuses Sherry. Malcolm also has to deal with Big Momma's lecherous boyfriend, Ben Rawley; act as midwife for a woman named Ritha, who has gone into labor; and attend self-defense classes under Ritha's older brother, a dim-witted security guard named Nolan, whom Malcolm handily defeats. After Malcolm almost damages the suit while sleeping, he tries to sneak back to the safe house where he and John are staying. However, Sherry captures Malcolm on the porch and he poses as Big Momma's handyman. Malcolm and John repair the suit. When Malcolm leaves with Sherry, John searches Trent and Sherry's belongings for clues, but to no avail. Malcolm bonds with Trent when he defends him against the two older boys who bullied Trent and kicked him off a basketball court so they could play. Malcolm and Trent eventually beat the boys at basketball, amazing Nolan and Trent. Malcolm also begins to bond with Sherry and Trent when he accompanies them on a fishing trip as himself. That night, Nolan discovers Malcolm and John's undercover operation and is reluctantly recruited to help them after he insists.
Malcolm accompanies Sherry and Trent to church, where the Reverend calls on Malcolm to give his testimony. Malcolm attempts to influence Sherry and Trent by giving them his testimony about the importance of not keeping secrets. When Malcolm, Sherry, and Trent return to Big Momma's house, they discover a surprise birthday party for Big Momma. During the party, the real Big Momma returns home prematurely, whom John tries to stall her. Malcolm accidentally finds the stolen money hidden in Trent's footlocker. Sherry tells Malcolm the real story: Lester had wooed Sherry so he could steal her keys to gain access to the bank vault; Sherry did not tell anyone about her stolen keys out of fear of getting fired. John quietly tells Nolan that the real Big Momma is back, at which point Nolan accidentally locks Malcolm out of the house, believing he is the real Big Momma. When Lester arrives after tracking down Sherry, Malcolm breaks through the window and fights Lester, causing confusion among the partygoers as they see two Big Mommas at once. Lester shoots John in his right shoulder and rips Malcolm's mask during a fistfight, which reveals his identity. Nonetheless, Malcolm subdues Lester by knocking him out through the window. Sherry and Trent are heartbroken to realize that Malcolm was an FBI agent all along, and they refuse to speak to him. The police arrest Lester and paramedics takes John to the hospital to heal his right shoulder.
On Sunday morning, Malcolm goes to church to testify Sherry, Trent, and Big Momma. Malcolm delivers his confession and heartfelt speech to Sherry and Trent, and later admits that he genuinely loves them. Big Momma forgives Malcolm, and the crowd cheers as Malcolm and Sherry kiss. The crowd celebrates as Big Momma and the choir sings "Oh Happy Day" during the film's closing credits.
Cast[edit]
Martin Lawrence as Agent Malcolm Turner/Big Momma
Nia Long as Sherry Pierce
Paul Giamatti as Agent John Patterson, Malcolm's undercover partner.
Terrence Howard as Lester Vesco, Sherry's ex-boyfriend.
Anthony Anderson as Nolan, a dim-witted security guard.
Jascha Washington as Trent Pierce, Sherry's 10-year-old son.
Ella Mitchell as Hattie Mae Pierce (Big Momma), Sherry's long lost, overweight, elderly Southern grandmother.
Phyllis Applegate as Sadie, Big Momma's nosy and jealous neighbor
Starletta DuPois as Miss Patterson
Tichina Arnold as Ritha, Nolan's younger sister.
Octavia Spencer as Twila
Nicole Prescott as Lena
Cedric the Entertainer as the Reverend
Carl Wright as Ben Rawley, Big Momma's annoying, lecherous boyfriend.
Aldis Hodge as Basketball teen
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 30% based on 81 reviews and an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Big Momma's House is funny in some parts, but it is essentially a one-joke movie."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 33 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[3] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[4]
The film, and the series as a whole, have been derided as typical of "representations of the big black woman that have appeared in mass marketed comedies" which at the same time devalue the women by casting "male actors wearing Latex fat suits".[5] One review of the third film sarcastically comments, "Believe it or not, the Big Momma's House series rigidly follows the classic Hollywood trilogy structure".[6] By the third film, the series was derided for its unnecessary rehashing of the cross-dressing gimmick.[6]
Box office[edit]
The film was released on 2 June 2000, and was a surprise hit as it opened as the number two movie in North America, and almost overtook Mission: Impossible 2 for the top spot that weekend. Big Momma's House went on to gross over $117 million at the US box office, and with a worldwide total just under $174 million.[7] Each installment in the series declined from the box office realized by the original:
Film
Release date
Box office revenue[8]
Opening weekend
United States
Worldwide
Big Momma's House June 2, 2000 $25,661,041 $117,559,438 $173,959,438
Big Momma's House 2 January 27, 2006 $27,736,056 $70,165,972 $138,259,062
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son February 18, 2011 $16,300,803 $37,043,617 $69,922,617
Total $69,697,900 $224,769,027 $382,141,117
Music[edit]
Main article: Big Momma's House (soundtrack)
A soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on May 30, 2000 by So So Def Records. The film's theme song was "Bounce with Me" by Lil Bow Wow. The soundtrack was also a moderate success and has been certified gold since its release. Other than Lil Bow Wow, the soundtrack featured artists such as Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, and Black Dave, whose single Go Big Girl can be heard briefly in the film. It peaked at 41 on the Billboard 200 and 12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and spawned two hit singles, "Bounce with Me" and "I've Got to Have It".
This was the only Big Momma film to have an official soundtrack. However, the third film spawned one single, "Imma Do It Big", by T-Pain, Brandon T. Jackson, and One Chance.
Sequels[edit]
The film spawned 2 sequels in the Big Momma series: Big Momma's House 2 (2006) and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011). Both sequels are notable for being lighter and family-friendlier than the original. The sequels included some, but not all, of the same crew members, characters, and actors from the original:
Film
Director
Producer
Writer
Composer
Cinematographer
Editor
Big Momma's House Raja Gosnell David T. Friendly
Michael Green screenplay:
Darryl Quarles
story:
Darryl Quarles
Don Rhymer Richard Gibbs Michael D. O'Shea Kent Beyda
Bruce Green
Big Momma's House 2 John Whitesell Don Rhymer George S. Clinton Mark Irwin Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son screenplay:
Matthew Fogel
story:
Matthew Fogel
Don Rhymer David Newman Anthony B. Richmond
Home media[edit]
The film is one of very few titles to be released on EVD as well as DVD and VHS. The film was re-released on Blu-ray and DVD.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Big Momma's House". IMDb. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
Jump up ^ "Big Momma's House (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes.
Jump up ^ "Big Momma's House Reviews". Metacritic.
Jump up ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com.
Jump up ^ Emily Fox-Kales, Body Shots: Hollywood and the Culture of Eating Disorders (2011), p. 154.
^ Jump up to: a b Stuart Heritage (10 November 2010). "Big Momma's House 3: once, twice, three times a fake lady". The Guardian.
Jump up ^ Big Momma's House at Box Office Mojo
Jump up ^ Source: Box Office Mojo, last visited April 1, 2011.
External links[edit]
Big Momma's House on IMDb
Big Momma's House at AllMovie
Big Momma's House at Rotten Tomatoes
Big Momma's House at Metacritic
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