Mr Mohamed Mbwarahaji
Home Office Travel Documents
Staff guidance
The Travel Document section, United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) is responsible for the consideration and issue of Home Office travel documents to both Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals. The term travel document describes any document issued for the purpose of travel, which is not a national passport and so does not recognise the holder's right to the nationality of the issuing authority's country. The documents issued are only to facilitate travel. They are not identity documents and do not confer national status on the holder. Four types of document are issued to those who are normally unable to obtain a passport from any issuing state:
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Refugee Document (blue) Stateless Person Document (red) Certificate of Travel (previously Certificate of Identity until March 2008) (CoT black, CID brown) Declaration of Identity (TDB 137) (single sheet of paper)
Home Office Travel documents may be forwarded with an application for a first time passport. When the application is clear for issue, and not before, the examiner should cancel the travel document by cutting the top right hand corners from the front and back covers and stamping all pages with the 'CANCELLED' stamp before returning it to the Travel Documents section by DX Secure pouches which should be clearly marked and sent to Globe House Mail Room. The cancelled travel document should be placed in the DX Secure pouch and clearly marked ‘Travel Document Section’. The address below should be also entered on to the envelope before placing in the pouch. When an application is accompanied by a valid Home Office Travel Document and a British passport has been issued then the Home Office Travel Document should be cancelled and forwarded to the Travel Documents Section (as per above) using Secure Delivery (Please see Posting Passports and Documents). This should be forwarded with the Home Office Travel Document Letter. Please Note: The Home Office Travel
Staff guidance
The Travel Document section, United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) is responsible for the consideration and issue of Home Office travel documents to both Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals. The term travel document describes any document issued for the purpose of travel, which is not a national passport and so does not recognise the holder's right to the nationality of the issuing authority's country. The documents issued are only to facilitate travel. They are not identity documents and do not confer national status on the holder. Four types of document are issued to those who are normally unable to obtain a passport from any issuing state:
• • • •
Refugee Document (blue) Stateless Person Document (red) Certificate of Travel (previously Certificate of Identity until March 2008) (CoT black, CID brown) Declaration of Identity (TDB 137) (single sheet of paper)
Home Office Travel documents may be forwarded with an application for a first time passport. When the application is clear for issue, and not before, the examiner should cancel the travel document by cutting the top right hand corners from the front and back covers and stamping all pages with the 'CANCELLED' stamp before returning it to the Travel Documents section by DX Secure pouches which should be clearly marked and sent to Globe House Mail Room. The cancelled travel document should be placed in the DX Secure pouch and clearly marked ‘Travel Document Section’. The address below should be also entered on to the envelope before placing in the pouch. When an application is accompanied by a valid Home Office Travel Document and a British passport has been issued then the Home Office Travel Document should be cancelled and forwarded to the Travel Documents Section (as per above) using Secure Delivery (Please see Posting Passports and Documents). This should be forwarded with the Home Office Travel Document Letter. Please Note: The Home Office Travel