"Britannic Majesty Her Britannic Majesty, or His Britannic Majesty (HBM), depending on the sex of the monarch, is a formal, or official, term for the sovereign power of the United Kingdom in diplomacy, the law of nations, and international relations. For example, in the Mandate for Palestine of the League of Nations, it was ""His Britannic Majesty"" who was designated as the Mandatory for Palestine. Britannic Majesty is used in all British passports, where the following sentence is used: Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State Requests and requires in the Name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern"
"is issued in the name of ""Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State"". Unusually, therefore, the words ""European Union"" and ""Isle of Man"" appear together on Isle of Man British citizen passports, even though the territory of the Isle of Man is not part of the European Union. This is because the bearer is a full British and European Union citizen, although (as set out below) an endorsement may apply in the case of some citizens. The illustration shows the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, instead of The Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Isle of"
"of these passports in 2015. Passports issued to BOTCs of those territories do not bear the words ""UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND"", but instead have the words ""BRITISH PASSPORT"" above the royal coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth II and the name of the British Overseas Territory below it (e.g. ""TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS""). The only exception is the design of Bermudian passports, which bears the wordings ""GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA"" under the royal coat of arms. The nationality reads ""British Overseas Territories citizen"" regardless of the residence of the bearer. Previously, in the machine-readable zone, the three-letter"
"Inverglen""). The Observation would then show the holder's full name, followed by their feudal title e.g. ""The holder is John Smith, Baron of Inverglen"". Besides the ordinary passports described above, special passports are issued to government officials from which diplomatic status may (diplomatic passport) or may not (official passport) be conferred by the text on the cover. A special passport is available for the Queen's Messenger. The latter passport contains the text QUEEN’S MESSENGER – COURRIER DIPLOMATIQUE below the coat of arms, and the text ""BRITISH PASSPORT"" above it. British passports issued directly by the Crown dependencies as well as"
"different cover, albeit with the same interior design. The words ""UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND"" are inscribed above the coat of arms, whilst the word ""PASSPORT"" is inscribed below. The biometric passport symbol appears at the bottom of the front cover under the word ""PASSPORT"". The words ""EUROPEAN UNION"" are printed at the top of British passports issued to British nationals who are considered ""United Kingdom nationals for European Community purposes"" (i.e. British Citizens, British Subjects with the right of abode in the UK and British Overseas Territories Citizens connected with Gibraltar). It is not included at"
"title First Secretary of State is awarded occasionally. It has been in existence since 1962 and is currently vacant. Secretary of State (United Kingdom) In the United Kingdom, a secretary of state (SofS) is a Cabinet minister in charge of a government department (though not all departments are headed by a secretary of state, e.g. HM Treasury is headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer). There are a number of secretaries of state, each formally titled ""Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for ..."". Legislation generally only refers to ""the Secretary of State"" without specifying which one; by virtue of"
"but not citizens of the United States. The masculine inflections of ""Le Secrétaire d'État"" and ""El Secretario de Estado"" are used in all passports, regardless of the sex of the Secretary of State at the time of issue. In November 2017, pursuant to the International Megan's Law, the U.S. Department of State announced that passports of US citizens previously convicted of sex crimes against minors would be endorsed with the message, ""The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor, and is a covered sex offender pursuant to (U.S. law)."" At a League of Nations conference in 1920"
"based overseas had to apply for their passports directly to the UK. The Identity and Passport Service was renamed HM Passport Office on 13 May 2013 in an effort to reflect the agency's departure from its association with the scrapped National Identity Register and ID cards. The government stated in the press release that ""The inclusion of 'Her Majesty's' in the title recognises that passports are the property of the Crown, bear the royal coat of arms and are issued under the royal prerogative."" HMPO's executive agency status was removed on 1 October 2014 and it became a division within"
"Affairs, Thomas W.H. Inskip, informed his Government of developments which had recently taken place ""regarding the form of passports issued by the Government of Eire"". In the memorandum, the Secretary of State reported that ""hitherto [the passports] (which have not, I understand, been amended since 1936 have borne two indications of relationship to the British Commonwealth of Nations"". These, the memorandum noted, were the reference to the King including his full title in the ""request"" page; and a front page, where underneath the words ""Irish Free State"" (in Irish, English and French) appear the words ""British Commonwealth of Nations"". The"
"Isle of Man do not refer to the European Union.. Because the Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom, its passports do not carry the words ""United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"" on the front cover and on the biodata page. In their place, they have the words ""British Islands: Isle of Man"". The request inside the passport's front cover ""to allow the bearer to pass freely"" and to give ""such assistance and protection as may be necessary"" is made by the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. In United Kingdom passports, this request"
"(as of 2015) and they bear the ""electronic travel document symbol"" () on the burgundy-coloured cover. The text United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is present above the coat of arms of the United Kingdom; the word Passport is printed underneath the coat of arms. Since 1990, all BN(O) passports sport a burgundy red cover almost identical to that of the British Citizen passports, except that the latter bear the text European Union on their front cover. The current BN(O) passport's cover is also identical to that of the British Overseas Territories Citizen (formerly British Dependent Territories Citizen),"
"proposals notified by the Irish authorities included replacing the reference to ""Irish Free State"" with ""Ireland""; amending the ""request"" page to drop reference to the King; and dropping the reference to the ""British Commonwealth of Nations"". The Secretary of State proposed that he reply to the Irish authorities in terms that ""His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom greatly regrets the proposed elimination of the King's name from Éire passports; that in their view, the omission, when it comes to be known, is bound to create a bad impression in the UK and to widen the separation which Mr de"
"Air Ministry were abolished and their functions transferred to an expanded Ministry of Defence. Secretary of State for Defence Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Defence (Defence Secretary) is an official within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Ministry of Defence. The office is a British Cabinet–level position. The post was created in 1964 as successor to the posts of Minister for Coordination of Defence (1936–1940) and Minister of Defence (1940–1964). It replaced the positions of First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Air, as the Admiralty, War Office and"
"controversy regarding the actual colour of the pre-1988 passport, with Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson calling the campaign ""baffling"" as she ""always thought [the old passports] were black"", and Channel 4 political journalist Michael Crick saying that ""any witness would describe [the passport as black] in court"". British passports are burgundy, with the coat of arms of the United Kingdom emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. With the sole exception of emergency passports which are printed and issued by the British diplomatic missions, all other types British passports have been printed and issued by Her Majesty's Passport Office"
"Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty the Queen to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance"""", Gibraltar-issued passports state that it is ""the Governor of Gibraltar"" who requests and requires this. In 2004 an electoral register taken for the purposes of elections for the European Parliament showed that there were only 95 persons with the status of BOTC. Spain opposed the enfranchisement of the Gibraltarians in EU elections on the basis of the misconception that Gibraltarians were not full British citizens, but Commonwealth citizens, despite Commonwealth citizens living in the"
"30 June 2003. The Home Office said it had no record of any further correspondence, but added: ""We have seen a copy of Mr Menezes' passport, containing a stamp apparently giving him indefinite leave to remain in the UK. On investigation, this stamp was not one that was in use by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate on the date given."" This was denied by the family of Menezes, and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stated that he believed Menezes was living in the UK legally, but had no precise information to confirm this. Immigration records show that Menezes entered the Republic"
"Secretary of State (United Kingdom) In the United Kingdom, a secretary of state (SofS) is a Cabinet minister in charge of a government department (though not all departments are headed by a secretary of state, e.g. HM Treasury is headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer). There are a number of secretaries of state, each formally titled ""Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for ..."". Legislation generally only refers to ""the Secretary of State"" without specifying which one; by virtue of the Interpretation Act 1978 this phrase means ""one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State"". These positions can be"
"Secretary of State for Defence Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Defence (Defence Secretary) is an official within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Ministry of Defence. The office is a British Cabinet–level position. The post was created in 1964 as successor to the posts of Minister for Coordination of Defence (1936–1940) and Minister of Defence (1940–1964). It replaced the positions of First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Air, as the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry were merged into the Ministry of Defence (the Secretary of State for"
"the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar are slightly different from those issued by HMPO to residents of the United Kingdom and to British nationals abroad. The words EUROPEAN UNION still appear across the front of their passports, signifying their citizenship of the EU. Passports for British citizens connected to the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man do not carry the words ""United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"" on the front cover. In their place, these passports feature the words BRITISH ISLANDS — BAILIWICK OF JERSEY or BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY or ISLE OF MAN, as"
"appropriate. Gibraltar passport covers are virtually identical to British passports issued by Her Majesty's Passport Office, except that they feature the word GIBRALTAR directly above the coat of arms and below the words ""United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."" In passports issued by the Crown dependencies, the passport note request is slightly different from those issued by the UK, coming from the Lieutenant Governor of the respective island. This difference results from the Crown dependencies owing allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II rather than the Government of the United Kingdom. In Gibraltar passports, the ""request"" in the passport note"
"Passports of the European Union The European Union itself does not issue ordinary passports, but ordinary passport booklets issued by its 28 member states share a common format. This common format features a coloured cover (for which burgundy is recommended but not compulsory: all countries except Croatia follow this recommendation) emblazoned—in the official language(s) of the issuing country (and sometimes its translation into English and French)—with the title ""European Union"", followed by the name(s) of the member state, its coat of arms, the word ""PASSPORT"", together with the biometric passport symbol at the bottom centre of the front cover. Some"
"respective state’s emblem on the cover instead. The name of the issuing country is usually the only distinguishing factor between passports issued by the various sovereign nations of the sub-region. Near the bottom of the passport cover, depending on the official language of the issuing state, the words PASSPORT, French: PASSEPORT are inscribed on ordinary passports, OFFICIAL PASSPORT or SERVICE PASSPORT, French: PASSEPORT DE SERVICE on service passports; and DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT, French: PASSEPORT DIPLOMATIQUE on diplomatic passports. The following information is printed on the identification page, in both English and French: African Union Passport ECOWAS passport The ECOWAS passport is"
"to Crown dependencies and Gibraltar residents, the passport note request is made by the Governor of the British Overseas Territory on behalf of ""Her Majesty's Secretary of State"". People who have valid reasons may be allowed to hold more than one passport booklet. This applies usually to people who travel frequently on business, and may need to have a passport booklet to travel on while the other is awaiting a visa for another country. Some Muslim-majority countries including Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen do not issue visas to visitors if their passports bear"
"I still exists. Various changes to the design were made over the years: A 32-page passport with a dark cover, commonly known as the old blue style, came into use in 1920 with the formation of the Passport Service following international agreement on a standard format for passports, and remained in use until replaced by the European Union-style machine-readable passport in late 1988. As with many documents worldwide and all booklet-format documents, details were handwritten into the passport and (as of 1955) included: number, holder's name, ""accompanied by his wife"" and her maiden name, ""and"" (number) ""children"", national status. For"
"emblazoned in the centre of the cover, and below this the words , ""PASSPORT"" and ""PASSEPORT"" are to be found. The Polish passport has the standard biometric symbol emblazoned below the final set of text denoting the document as a passport, and uses the standard European Union design. Diplomatic passports are also burgundy in colour and of essentially the same design, but the French, English and Polish translations of the word 'passport' are replaced with those for 'diplomatic passport'; , ""DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT"" and ""PASSEPORT DIPLOMATIQUE"". Temporary passports have the words , ""TEMPORARY PASSPORT"", and ""PASSEPORT TEMPORAIRE"" on the front cover"
"First Secretary of State First Secretary of State is an honorary title occasionally used in the Government of the United Kingdom. It implies seniority over all other Secretaries of State in terms of Cabinet rank, but has no specific powers or authority attached to it beyond that of any other Secretary of State. When no Deputy Prime Minister is in office, the post is ""de facto"" second in Government. If there is no First Secretary of State, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is typically ""de facto"" second in Government, although David Lidington as Minister for the Cabinet Office currently has"
"Secretaries of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Innovation, Universities and Skills. The Secretary of State has remit over higher education policy as well as British business and enterprise. From 14 July 2016 to January 8, 2018 the post was held by Justine Greening, as her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, was sacked by Theresa May. Greening resigned after rejecting a reshuffle to the Department for Work and Pensions. Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): Colour"
"the Home Office. HM Passport Office Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is a division of the Home Office in the United Kingdom. It provides passports for British nationals worldwide and was formed on 1 April 2006 as the Identity and Passport Service, although the Passport Office had also been its previous name. The General Register Office for England and Wales became a subsidiary of HMPO on 1 April 2008, and produces life event certificates such as birth, death, marriage and civil partnerships. HMPO's headquarters is co-located with the Home Office at 2 Marsham Street and it has seven regional offices"
"symbol at the bottom of the front cover. It carries all the data printed in the passport, including a JPEG file of the photo, protected by a digital signature. On 1 November 2007, several changes were made to the passport: German names: German names containing umlauts (ä, ö, ü) and/or ß are spelled in the correct way in the non-machine-readable zone of the passport, but with AE, OE, UE and/or SS in the machine-readable zone, e.g. Müller becomes MUELLER, Groß becomes GROSS, and Gößmann becomes GOESSMANN. The transcription mentioned above is generally used for aircraft tickets etc., but sometimes (like"
"as to compare against the immigration database and watchlist. Australia does not use fingerprinting of incoming passengers, as is done by some other countries. The current 'P' series Australian passports are Australian-flag blue, with the Australian coat of arms emblazoned in gold in the centre of the front cover. The word ""Passport"" and the international e-passport symbol () are inscribed below the coat of arms, and ""AUSTRALIA"" above. The standard passport contains 42 (pps 17 & 18 unusable as they contain the contactless IC) visa pages. The Australian passport includes the following data: The information page ends with the Machine"
"ordinary-size passport or as a 48-page passport. The cover of the passport was dark blue with wording and the national emblem of the People's Republic of China in gold. The word ""Passport"" in Chinese and English is found below the crest. Above are the words ""Hong Kong Special Administrative Region People's Republic of China"", also in Chinese and English. It is worth noting that the characters 中華人民共和國 (People's Republic of China) are bigger than the characters 香港特別行政區 (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) on the passport cover. In English, however, ""HONG KONG"" is bigger than the phrase ""SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION PEOPLE'S"
"be ""Citizen of the Irish Free State and of the British Commonwealth of Nations"". Without reaching agreement with the UK, the Irish government issued its first passports to the general public on 3 April 1924, using this description. The British Government was not satisfied with this compromise. It instructed its consular and passport officers everywhere, that Irish Free State passports were not to be recognised if the holder was not described in the passport as a ""British Subject"". This led to considerable practical difficulty for Irish Free State citizens abroad with many having to obtain British passports in addition to"
"HM Passport Office Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is a division of the Home Office in the United Kingdom. It provides passports for British nationals worldwide and was formed on 1 April 2006 as the Identity and Passport Service, although the Passport Office had also been its previous name. The General Register Office for England and Wales became a subsidiary of HMPO on 1 April 2008, and produces life event certificates such as birth, death, marriage and civil partnerships. HMPO's headquarters is co-located with the Home Office at 2 Marsham Street and it has seven regional offices around the UK,"