Identity and Passport Service

Press releases

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This section holds news items from April 2006 onwards.

Press releases relating to passports and the Identity and Passport Service, published prior to 1 April 2006, can be found here.

• National Identity Scheme Moves Forward

  Thursday 9th August 2007
  Today marks another milestone in delivery of the National Identity Scheme with the start of the procurement process. For the first time in the UK there will be a single safe, trusted way for individuals, business and the State to prove...

• Sicrhau ein Hunaniaeth: Budd i Gyhoedd yr 21ain Ganrif

  Tuesday 19th June 2007

  Bydd y Cynllun Hunaniaeth Cenedlaethol yn rhoi grym atebolrwydd i’r cyhoedd yn nwylo dinasyddion - amddiffyniad hanfodol yn erbyn yr heriau a grëwyd gan chwyldroadau mewn technoleg, teithio a chymdeithas, meddai gweinidog y Swyddfa Gartref Liam Byrne mewn cynhadledd yn Chatham House heddiw...

• Cyflogwyr cyfrwys i ddod o dan y lach am ddulliau gweithio anghyfreithlon

  Thursday 24th May 2007

  Mae mesurau newydd i atal twyll yn golygu na all oedolion sy’n gwneud cais am eu pasport cyntaf erioed adael pethau tan y funud olaf..

• Cyflogwyr twyllodrus i wynebu ymateb llym i weithio anghyfreithlon

  Wednesday 16th May 2007

  Bu i ymgyrch y Swyddfa Gartref yn erbyn gweithio’n anghyfreithlon symud yn ei blaen heddiw wrth i drafodaethau ddechrau gyda diwydiant ynghylch gweithredu deddfwriaeth lem newydd i atal cyflogwyr rhag cyflogi gweithwyr anghyfreithlon...

• Cyflwyno cyfweliadau i dargedu twyll pasbortau

  Tuesday 20th March 2007

  Bwriedir cymryd cam mawr ymlaen yn y frwydr yn erbyn twyll pasbortau, sy’n fygythiad cynyddol, trwy ddechrau holi cwsmeriaid pasbortau wyneb-yn-wyneb, cyhoeddodd y Gwasanaeth Hunaniaeth a Phasbortau (IPS) heddiw...

• Biometric passports just got bigger: ´eJumbo´ launched

  Friday 9th March 2007

  On Monday 12 March the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) will issue British travellers with the first 48-page ´jumbo´ biometric ePassports from its seven regional offices. Ideal for frequent globetrotters, the ´eJumbo´ is the latest version of the UK passport, combining the security...

• Passport warning for winter wanderers

  Friday 26th January 2007

  Over 290,000 UK Passports Lost or Stolen Each Year As the busy winter booking period for holiday makers begins, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is reminding holidaymakers to keep their passports safe both at home and when on holiday. In 2006 290,996 British passports were reported lost or stolen....

• Don´t be a Christmas turkey in 2007 - Check your passport now

  Wednesday 27th December 2006

  Ahead of the busiest month for booking a holiday the Identity & Passport Service (IPS) are calling on customers to check their passports when they book to avoid being a Christmas turkey next year. This is after 238 customers had to urgently call the Passport AdviceLine on Christmas day. The advice...

• Pwerau newydd i ddal biometreg gwladolion tramor

  Tuesday 19th December 2006

  Ystyrir pwerau i orfodi gwladolion tramor yn y DU i gofrestru eu biometreg gan y Swyddfa Gartref yn y Flwyddyn Newydd...

• Avoid a passport ´Nightmare Before Christmas´ says IPS

  Thursday 16th November 2006

  The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is calling on all winter holiday-makers to check their passport expiry date as there are now only six weeks to go before the winter holiday exodus predicted for the weekend of 23/24 December. Every Christmas people risk being unable to go on their winter holiday...