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    Passport fees
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      <p>How much your passport costs depends on how you apply for it.</p>

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<p>You cannot get a refund if you cancel your application or you’re not entitled to a passport.</p>
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      <th>Passport type</th>
      <th>Apply online</th>
      <th>Apply by paper form from the Post Office</th>
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      <td>Adult (16 and over) standard 34-page passport</td>
      <td>£75.50</td>
      <td>£85</td>
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      <td>Adult (16 and over) jumbo 50-page passport</td>
      <td>£85.50</td>
      <td>£95</td>
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      <td>Child (under 16) standard 34-page passport</td>
      <td>£49</td>
      <td>£58.50</td>
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      <td>Child (under 16) jumbo 50-page passport</td>
      <td>£59</td>
      <td>£68.50</td>
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      <td>Passport for people born on or before 2 September 1929</td>
      <td>Free</td>
      <td>Free</td>
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<p>You’ll pay a different fee if you apply for a passport <a href="/overseas-passports">from another country</a>.</p>

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<p>If you need to <a href="/get-a-passport-urgently">get a passport urgently</a>, it costs more.</p>
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<p>You can pay extra to use the <a href="/how-the-post-office-check-and-send-service-works">Post Office’s Check and Send service</a>.</p>

<h2 id="how-to-pay">How to pay</h2>

<p>Depending on how you apply, you can pay by:</p>

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  <li>debit or credit card</li>
  <li>cash</li>
  <li>cheque or postal order (payable to the correct organisation, and write the application barcode numbers on the back)</li>
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      <th>How you apply</th>
      <th>Debit or credit card accepted</th>
      <th>Cheque or postal order</th>
      <th>Cash</th>
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      <td>Post Office Passport Check and Send service</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Postal order payable to ‘Post Office Ltd’ <br></br><br></br>Cheques not accepted</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
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      <td>By post</td>
      <td>Yes - complete the form in the application pack</td>
      <td>Cheque or postal order payable to ‘Her Majesty’s Passport Office’</td>
      <td>No</td>
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      <td>Online</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>No</td>
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<h2 id="fees-for-returning-supporting-documents">Fees for returning supporting documents</h2>

<p>Your supporting documents (for example birth certificates) will be sent back to you free of charge by normal second class post.</p>

<p>It usually costs an extra £5 if you want your documents sent back by secure delivery. Choose this option on your application if you want to use it.</p>

<h2 id="free-passports">Free passports</h2>

<p>You can <a href="/apply-renew-passport">get or renew a British passport</a> for free if you’re a British national and you were born on or before 2 September 1929.</p>

<p>You can use the <a href="/how-the-post-office-check-and-send-service-works">Post Office Check and Send service</a> for free if you apply with the paper form. You can also use secure delivery for free.</p>

<p>You must pay a fee if you need to <a href="/get-a-passport-urgently">get a passport urgently</a> or if you want a jumbo passport (50 pages instead of 34).</p>



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