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Home Office
Travel
Document
Guidance
Booklet
In addition to this guidance booklet, you will also need to obtain the
documents named below if you don’t already have them:
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GUIDANCE NOTES: FORM TD112 - please read these notes before completing the form
Do you qualify for a Travel Document? You must fulfil both these criteria
1. You should have more than 6 months outstanding leave to enter/remain before
applying for a Travel Document.
United Kingdom. If you have 6 months or less outstanding leave to enter or remain (at the time of your
application for a Travel Document) you can apply for an extension, although no guarantee can be given that
further leave will be granted. Please telephone 0870 241 0645 to obtain an application form for further leave.
If further leave is granted you can apply for a Travel Document.
- Please do not send applications for further leave to the Travel Documents Section.
2. You must be lawfully resident in the UK in one of the following groups (as shown in correspondence from
the Home Office)
GRANT OF ASYLUM
• You have been recognised as a refugee under the terms of the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating
to the Status of Refugees.
• You can apply for a Convention Travel Document (blue).
STATELESS PERSON
• You have been recognised as a stateless person under the terms of the 1954 United Nations Convention
Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
• You can apply for a Stateless Persons' Document (red).
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The table below will help you understand which document you can apply for. You may have been
issued with a different document when you were granted leave in the United Kingdom, but the
list contains those most frequently issued to persons who may qualify for a Travel Document.
Certificate of Identity ACD 1047 / ACD 1080 / ACD 2164 / ACD 2168 / ACD £210 £130
2169 / ADL 27 / GEN 19 / ICD 0009 /
ICD 0128 / ICD 0717 / RON 58 / RON 60
Please check that you have all the documents needed for your application:
• Two identical endorsed colour photographs should be submitted.
• Please enclose either the original or a copy of your valid status letter from the Home Office
that shows that you have permission to stay in the United Kingdom and/or a copy of your
UK residence permit if you have one.
• Enclose any Passport or Travel Document that you have.
You must also show why the refusal is unreasonable. The following are examples of what we would
not consider to be unreasonable. As such we would not issue a Home Office Travel Document:
• You have been refused a Passport because you have not completed military service.
• You have been refused a Passport because you did not provide evidence to confirm
your identity.
• You have been refused a Passport because you have a criminal record in your country.
If you have been granted humanitarian protection and we have accepted you have a fear of your
national authority, this does not apply to you. If not, you will need to:
Some nationals are currently unable to provide the necessary evidence of a formal and
unreasonable refusal (section 6). If this applies to you because:
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only be eligible for a CID valid for one year, rather than for 5 years or in line with the period of
leave you have been granted. This will depend on the circumstances of your Embassy’s inability or
unwillingness to process your passport application.
If this applies to you because you have an application for a passport outstanding with your
embassy, but this process will take an unreasonable length of time, section 6 still applies. We will,
however, consider waiving section 6 and issuing a Certificate of Identity in compelling and
compassionate cases, on condition that proof of an urgent need to travel is provided.
People in this position, who have an urgent need to travel should send:
Essential travel must be under at least one of the following categories. A holiday is not considered
an urgent reason for travel. You must provide documentary evidence of your need for travel.
1. Travel for essential employment/business related reason
What to do next:
• Please carefully check that you have completed each section relevant to your application and
that you have enclosed the necessary documents.
• If, after posting, you realise that you have forgotten to enclose something, please do not send it
separately, as this will only delay the application further. Your application will be returned to you
with a request for any missing information/documents.
• If other members of your family are applying for Travel Documents, please enclose all
applications in one envelope.
The Travel Documents Section does not have a Public Caller Unit. Visiting any
other Public Caller Unit will not enable you to check the progress of your application or
submit any documents in support of your application. If you wish to check on the
progress of your application you should call the number provided below. If there is a problem with
your application we will let you know as soon as we can. If you need to contact us, call the
Immigration and Nationality Enquiry Bureau on: 0870 606 7766.
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Lost or stolen Travel Documents:
• If your previous Travel Document has been lost or stolen or is otherwise unavailable it may take
longer to issue a replacement because the Home Office needs to undertake enquiries.
• Please remember that the checks made before issuing a Travel Document are necessary to
prevent the misuse of identities and on occasion enquiries may take time to resolve.
• All applications to replace lost or stolen Travel Documents require a full police report and
a clear and concise explanation detailing the circumstances of the loss.
Priority requests
ALL applications are dealt with in the order in which they are received.
• The Home Office will only consider dealing with an application out of turn if there is a medical
emergency or a family funeral. In this case documentary evidence must be submitted in the
form of a recent medical report, doctor’s letter or death certificate by fax on 020 8760 3385
before we can consider giving an application priority.
If no evidence is submitted, or it is decided that priority is not appropriate, the application
will remain in the queue and will be dealt with in date order.
Children
It is not possible for children to be named on the Travel Document of their
parent or guardian. Children who wish to hold a Travel Document should apply
using a separate application form. Children who are aged 15 or under can obtain a
child’s document. Applicants aged 16 or over must apply for an adult document.
The Travel Documents Section does not grant leave. Children should have more than 6 months
leave to remain in this country when applying for a Travel Document.
Children should normally travel on a British passport if they were born in the United Kingdom:
• before 1 January 1983 or
• on or after 1 January 1983 to a parent who was a British Citizen on the date
of the child’s birth or
• on or after 1 January 1983 to a parent who was settled in this country on the date
of the child’s birth.
Further information on nationality of children born in the United Kingdom on or after 1 January
1983 is available from the Nationality Directorate, India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, L2 0QN.
Telephone: 0845-010-5200
If you require further application forms they can be obtained from the Application Forms Unit on
0870 241 0645
This number is for application form requests only.
You can also download the application form from the BIA website www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
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NOTE for sections 6
Passport/National Authorities:
If you have been accepted in this country as a refugee under the terms of the 1951 United Nations
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, or as a stateless person under the terms of the 1954
United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, you are not required to complete
this section.
Please use the following guide to determine how to complete these sections:
Applicant’s declaration
Your signature will be scanned. Please make sure it stays within the border (as shown below).
Signature
John Smith
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NOTE for sections 9
Photographs
Please read the photograph guidance leaflet enclosed with your application.
• If you wear glasses, care must be taken to ensure that the light of the flash is not reflected in the
lens of the glasses. Dark glasses are not acceptable.
• The photographs should not be pinned, stapled, glued or taped to the application form.
• If you are applying for your first travel document, or to replace a lost or stolen document,
you must make sure one of your photographs is countersigned. If you are applying for a
renewal and are enclosing your previous Home Office Travel Document, you will not
need to have your photographs countersigned unless your appearance has changed
significantly.
I confirm that the • The countersignatory must endorse one photograph on the back with the
enclosed
photographs are a
words “I confirm that the enclosed photographs are a true and
true and correct correct likeness of…” giving the full name and Home Office
likeness of… (name reference number of the person whose details are given in section 1.
of applicant).
Home Office Ref.
The professional person should sign the endorsed photograph.
Signature of
professional
person.
We would ask that you avoid unnecessary delay to your application by ensuring that ONLY
persons whose profession is listed above endorse your photographs.
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CONTACTING US AFTER YOU HAVE APPLIED COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR SERVICE
You may need to contact us after you have applied - either If you want advice on how to make a complaint about the
because we have asked you to send us more information to service you have received from the Border and Immigration
support your application or to tell us you need your Passport or Agency please telephone 0870 241 6523 or visit our website at
other document urgently. www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
If sending us more information about your application, You may complain in writing to:
please use the following address (not the address to which you BIA Customer Focus Team
posted your application): PO Box 1384
Croydon
Border and Immigration Agency CR9 3YJ
Travel Documents Section
Lunar House Or by email to: ind.cu@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
40 Wellesley Road
Croydon DATA PROTECTION NOTICE
CR9 2BY
All information provided by you to the Home Office will be
Please give the following details in your letter: treated in confidence but it may be disclosed to other
- the applicants full name, date of birth and nationality government departments, agencies, local authorities, the police,
- any Recorded or Special Delivery number foreign governments and other bodies for immigration purposes
- the date the application was posted or to enable them to perform their functions.
- the Home Office reference number, if you have one
The Border and Immigration Agency may also use the
Please do not send fees to this address. We will write to information provided by you for training purposes.
you to request further payment if it is required.
The information in the Payment Details page will be known to a
OBTAINING ANOTHER FORM private contractor engaged by the Home Office to process
application payments.
You can obtain another form from the application Forms Unit on
0870 241 0645 or by downloading it from our website at TRAVEL DOCUMENT CHECKLIST
www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
1. Status - You should be able to tick at least one of the
OTHER TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES boxes in this section before you apply for a Travel
Document. See page 2 of the guidance booklet.
For enquiries other than obtaining an application form call
0870 606 7766. Refugee status.
Stateless person.
CHOOSING AN IMMIGRATION ADVISOR Indefinite leave to enter/remain.
Exceptional leave to enter/remain, or discretionary leave to
This form is designed to let you make your own application. If enter/remain or humanitarian protection Witten evidence has
you engage an immigration adviser, you should take care when been submitted of a formal and unreasonable Passport/Travel
choosing one. The Office of the Immigration Services Document refusal from my national authority.
Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers. It also
has links to websites for solicitors, barristers and legal 2. Fees- have you enclosed the correct fee?
executives. You can visit their website at www.oisc.gov.uk.
If you have a complaint about an immigration adviser or need £66 (£45 for a child) for a Convention Travel Document or
other information, the OISC contact details are: Stateless Persons Document or IS 137.
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner £210 (£130 for a child) for a Certificate of Identity
5th Floor (brown document).
Counting House
53 Tooley Street 3. Photographs- Please read the guidance notes
London for a full explanation of our requirements.
SE1 2QN
Have you enclosed two (2) identical, suitably endorsed and
Telephone: 0845 000 0046 signed colour photographs?