Passport fees to increase at midnight
Price to rise to £88.50 for standard application
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The government will increase passport fees for all applicants from tomorrow (April 11).
A standard online application made from the UK will rise to £88.50 for adults and £57.50 for children up from £82.50 and £53.50 respectively.
Postal applications will increase from £93 to £100 for adults and £64 to £69 for children.
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The new fees include those newly applying or renewing their passport.
Fees were last hiked in February last year, which was the first time in five years an increase had been made.
The government said the increased fees will “help ensure that income from these applications better meets the cost of delivering passport and associated operations, reducing reliance on funding from general taxation”, adding it does not make any profit from the cost of passport applications.
It added: “Passports will usually be issued within three weeks if they are applying from within the UK, but customers are advised that they should apply in good time before travelling.”
