All you need to know about rising application fees and how they will affect you
Tourists are being urged to renew their passports now, as they have just one week left before the application fee rises. The cost to replace your document will rise by about 9 per cent on Thursday, February 2.
From next week, it will cost £82.50 to replace an expired passport through an online form - a £7 increase from the current price of £75.50. Renewing your child's passport this way is to rise by £4.50 from £49 to £53.50. Fast-track passports, which renew them within a week, prices rising to £155 for adults and £126 for children. This is £13 and £4 up respectively from the current price of £142 and £122.
Top Trending Stories Today These increases, according to the Passport Office, will “help enable the government to continue improving its services”. The Home Office, which runs the Passport office, added that fees will help its system evolve to one that relies less on general taxation funding.
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