Overview
- About 300 of the new passports entered circulation on 31 December 2025, marking the start of a phased rollout.
- The cover now bears King Charles III’s coat of arms, the first time it has appeared on a British passport.
- Interior pages feature Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant’s Causeway to represent the four UK nations.
- The Home Office says new holographic and translucent elements make this the most secure British passport to date by improving verification and deterring forgery.
- HM Passport Office completed a four‑year move of over a billion records to a secure cloud platform that has handled 350 million queries at roughly 200ms, supported around 4 million issuances and cut related emissions by 88%.