UK Passport Fees to Exceed £100 from April

British passport fees are set to increase for the first time above £100, affecting millions of UK travellers applying for new documents from April 8, subject to parliamentary approval.

The Home Office announced the changes on Wednesday, which will raise the cost of a standard online application for adults within the UK from £94.50 to £102. Applications for children will go up from £61.50 to £66.50. Postal applications will see steeper increases, with adult fees rising from £107 to £115.50 and child fees from £74 to £80. The premium next-day service for applications made in the UK will cost £239.50, up from £222.

Overseas applicants will also face higher charges. Online applications from abroad will increase to £116.50 for adults, from £108, and to £75.50 for children, from £70. Paper applications overseas will rise to £130 for adults, from £120.50, and to £89 for children, from £82.50.

The adjustments mark the third year of consecutive rises, following a 9 percent increase in 2023 and a 7 percent hike in 2024. Officials stated that the new fees will help the passport service shift toward a self-funding model, covering its operational costs through user payments rather than...