Do you have to send original documentation with Passport applications?

[Suade7]

I am renewing and changing details on my passport, it has requested my Birth Certificate - does this have to be an original or can it be a copy - it does not stipulate.

Also, if I send my old passport back, will I still have to get my new passport photographs signed at the back.

Thank you so much in advance, this form is abit of a mine field.

[vehelpfulguy]

See this page

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/faqs-topten-doc uments.asp

It says

"We cannot accept certified copies or photocopies of documents".

[saxy_jag]

Don't worry. They send it back promptly.

[Suade7]

Thanks guys,xxx

[Buenchico]

Here's the answer to the second part of your question:

Quote:
"Renewing a passport:
You need to get your form countersigned and a photograph certified only if your appearance has changed so much that it would be difficult to recognise you from the photograph in your last or current passport".

Source:
http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/apply-photos-va lidating.asp

Chris

[Suade7]

Great, I was eighteen in the initial photograph, so heres hoping I have changed a little from the awful pose I was pulling, but I don't think I really have, he, he

Thank you all.

[Dee Sa]

go to a main post office that accepts passports to be sent off and they will check everything before they send or tell you what you have to produce, saves a lot of time in the long run.