Good new for anyone with a passport about to expire is that the fees for people living outside the UK will go down from April 7.
The cost of renewing a UK Passport from overseas will cost £45 less for adults and £28.50 less for children.
The new fees are:
• Adult 32 page passport £83.00
• Child 32 page passport £53.00
• Jumbo 48 page passport £91.00 (Adult / Child / Veteran)
The 35% decrease in passport fees is the result of efficiency savings made over the last three years by bringing back the processing and issuing of overseas passports to the UK, including from the former passport processing centre at the British Embassy Madrid.
The new fees will benefit some four million Britons living overseas, including many of the estimated 800,000 who live in Spain for all or part of the year.
If you need a new or replacement passport, go to the Overseas British passport applications page on GOV.UK where you can make an overseas application. You need to apply and pay online and send your supporting documents direct to the UK (no longer to the nearest Consulate or Embassy). The turnaround time is four to six weeks, and applications are accepted up to nine months before the expiry of your current passport.
