Overview

• HM Passport Office will begin issuing the revamped document from December 2025 with King Charles III’s coat of arms on the cover.
• Interior pages will showcase four UNESCO‑protected landscapes: Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant’s Causeway, representing the UK’s four nations.
• The Home Office says new holographic and translucent elements will make the passport easier to verify and harder to forge, calling it the most secure version yet.
• Passports bearing Queen Elizabeth II’s arms remain valid until their expiry dates, and travellers are urged to check validity and apply early.
• The update is presented as part of the government’s Plan for Change on border security and marks the first wholly new design since 2020.