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VISAS

REGULATIONS.

1. British passports are issued by the competent authorities throughout the British Empire and by British Diplomatic and Consular officers abroad. The charge for a British passport is 7s. 6d. Application should be made in the authorised form obtainable from those authorities.

2. Passports are issued in the United Kingdom at the Passport Office, Westminster, London, S.W. 1, and at the Branch Passport Office, 36, Dale Street, Liverpool. Passports cannot be issued or renewed at the Passport Office for persons not at the time being in the United Kingdom.

3. British subjects ordinarily resident in Ireland should make their applications through the Under-Secretary, Passport Department, Dublin Castle. In the British Dominions or Colonies application should be made to the local authorities.

4. British subjects making their homes or staying for more than three months in a foreign country. should be registered at the nearest British Consulate.

5. British passports are not valid beyond two years from the date of issue. They may be renewed for four further periods of two years each, after which, or if at any time there be no further space for visas, a fresh passport must be obtained. The fee for each renewal is 2s.

6. The passport is only available for travel to the countries named on page 4, but may be endorsed for additional countries. The possession of a passport so endorsed does not, however, exempt the holder from compliance with any immigration regulations in force in British or foreign countries or from the necessity of obtaining a visa where required.

7. Passports endorsed as valid for the British Empire are also available for travelling to territory under British protection or mandate, not, however, including Palestine, Mesopotamia or Egypt, for which countries the passport must be specially endorsed.

CAUTION.

This passport is a valuable document, and should not be allowed to pass into the possession of any unauthorized person. If lost or destroyed, the fact should be immediately reported to the Passport Office, London, or to the nearest British authority, and to the local police authorities. New passports can only be issued in such cases after exhaustive enquiries.

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