UK passport utility price set to extend subsequent week

Passport prices will improve in the UK beginning April 11, so apply for a brand new one now if you wish to lock within the present cheaper worth.

The price of on-line passport purposes within the U.Okay. will rise greater than 7% from 82.50 British kilos ($104.54) to 88.50 kilos ($112.15) for folks 16 and older; kids’s passports will improve from 53.50 kilos ($67.79) to 57.50 kilos ($72.86).

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When you’ve been ready to resume your passport, now could be the time to make a transfer earlier than the costs rise.

Regardless of the rise in worth, the U.Okay. authorities mentioned in March that it doesn’t make any revenue from utility charges; the charges as a substitute contribute to processing prices and consular help abroad.

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“The brand new charges will assist be sure that revenue from these purposes higher meets the price of delivering passports and related operations, lowering reliance on funding from basic taxation,” the U.Okay. House Workplace mentioned in an announcement. “The rise can even assist allow the Authorities to proceed enhancing its companies.”

Whereas the value improve may annoy some U.Okay. residents, they’ll nonetheless relaxation assured that earlier this yr, the U.Okay. passport was deemed one of many fourth strongest passports on the planet. The annual rankings have been performed by the Henley Passport Index — which compares 199 nationwide passports, scoring them based mostly on what number of visa-free locations they grant entry to.