1936 On the Continent

and in Liverpool between the hours of 9.30 and 4 (Saturdays, 9.30 to 1). The Passport Offices are closed on Sundays and Public Holidays (except in London between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon for cases of special emergency only). Applications should, if possible, reach the Passport Office not less than four days before that on which the Passport is required.
    3. Foreign Office Passports are granted—
    i. To natural-born British subjects, and to British subjects by naturalisation in the United Kingdom, in the British Dominions or Colonies, or in India.
    ii. To the wives and widows of the above persons.
    iii. (
a
) To married women who were British subjects at the time of their marriage and have not, by reason of marriage to an alien, acquired the nationality of their husbands.
    (
b
) To married women whose husbands have, during the continuance of the marriage, ceased to be British subjects, unless by reason of the acquisition by their husbands of a new nationality they also have acquired that nationality.
    4. Passports are available for five years, in the first instance, unless otherwise stated. They may be renewed from time to time for further consecutive periods of one to five years from the date of expiry, provided the total period of validity of ten years from the original date of issue is not exceeded.
    5. (
a
) British Passports are not available beyond ten years from the original date of issue. Thereafter, or if at any time the Passport contains no further space for visas, a new Passport must be obtained.
    (
b
) A Passport including particulars of the holder’s wife is not available for the wife’s use when travelling alone.
    (
c
) Children who have reached the age of 16 years require separate Passports. When applying for a Passport they should send with their application the written consent of parent or guardian.
    6. (i) The Passport declaration of the applicant must be verified by a declaration made by a member or official of any
Banking Firm
established in the United Kingdom, or by a
Mayor, Magistrate, Provost, Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, Barrister-at-Law, Notary, Solicitor, Physician, Surgeon, etc.
, resident in the United Kingdom and being himself a British subject. The applicant’s Certificate of Birth and other evidence may also be required. Applicants serving in His Majesty’s Forces may have their declarations verified by their Commanding Officer.
    (ii) In the case of children under the age of 16 years requiring a separate Passport, a declaration must be made by the child’s parent or guardian in a Form (B).
    (iii) In the case of persons naturalised in any of the British self-governing Dominions, a recommendation should be produced from the High Commissioner or Agent-General in London of the State concerned. Persons naturalised or ordinarily resident in any of the Crown Colonies may be required to obtain a letter of recommendation from the Colonial Office.
    7. If the applicant for a Passport be a British subject by naturalisation, the Certificate of Naturalisation must be forwarded to the Passport Office with the declaration or letter of recommendation.
    British subjects by naturalisation will be described as such in the Passports.
    8. British Passports are only available for travel to the countries named thereon, 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.
    9. Passports endorsed as valid for the British Empire are also available for travelling to territory under Britishprotection or mandate, not, however, including Palestine, for which a special endorsement must be obtained.
    10. A Passport cannot be issued or renewed by the Foreign Office on behalf of a person already abroad; such person should apply, in a foreign country, to the nearest British Mission or Consulate, or, within the British Empire, to the nearest Passport-issuing authority.
    11. Persons resident in the Irish Free State should make application for their Passports to the Passport Department, Ministry of External Affairs, Dublin.
VISA REQUIREMENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND CHARGES
s.
d.
A LBANIA
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A USTRIA. —No visa required for British subjects.
B ELGIUM. —No visa required for British subjects.
B ULGARIA. —Passengers must report to Police within 24 hours of arrival.
Visa only valid