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British passports

UK immigration chief promises to return students' passports for Christmas

16:46 20/12/2012
Rob Whiteman, the head of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) promised to return passports to international students in time for them to fly home for Christmas. Mr Whiteman was appearing before the Home...

New UK Passport from next year

18:20 15/06/2009
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has announced that De La Rue has won the contract to produce the new British passport. The contract is worth £400 million. The new passport will be available...

3000 blank passports and visas stolen in England

11:00 30/07/2008
• Media Center » Video Immigration News A security van carrying blank visas and passports was hijacked near Manchester in north England at 6:40 a.m. Monday, 28 July 2008. At least 3,000 blank...

Vacationing Americans furious at new passport rules

19:43 08/06/2007
New rules that require everyone to have a passport to cross the United States border are inconveniencing Americans who want to go on vacation. Politicians in Washington D.C. have received so many...

US to require machine readable passports from June

11:50 13/05/2005
Foreign visitors from 27 countries will have to present machine-readable passports at US borders as of June 26 to enter the United States without a visa, officials said. Travelers from the so-called...