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Welcome to the Home Office Identity & Passport Service Website.

Everyone's unique. Let us keep it that way.

The Identity and Passport Service is responsible for issuing UK passports and identity cards and for the registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales. It is an executive agency of the Home Office.

News

  • Young people in London to get National Identity Cards25 January 2010

  • Identity cards to be extended across North West15 December 2009

  • National identity card launched in Manchester30 November 2009

Your identity

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Identity cards have arrived - find out if you are eligible to apply

Passports Directgov site

Renewals, first child, lost or stolen passports..

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Certificates

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What we do

  • Passports

  • Identity cards

  • General Register Office - birth, marriage and death records

How we work

  • Equality and diversity

  • Our key partners

Publications

  • Corporate

  • Legislative and Parliamentary

  • Research

  • Passports policy

Identity

  • National Identity Service

  • Types of identity cards

  • Public Panel

  • Experts Group

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