22 March 20242 min read
Passport application fees are increasing in the UK on 11 April.
This marks the second consecutive year of price hikes, prompting many to wonder if it's worth renewing their passports early to beat the increase.
Here's a breakdown of how much passport fees are increasing.
The answer depends entirely on when you were planning on renewing your passport anyway:
If you renew your passport early, any remaining time on your current passport will not be added to the new passport's ten-year validity, which is why you might be throwing money away by renewing too early.
The Home Office states that these fee increases are necessary to ensure that passport services remain self-funded. This means the fees must cover the costs of processing applications, supporting citizens with lost or stolen passports abroad, and processing citizens at UK borders. The government maintains that it does not profit from these fees.
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