British Passport fees

[imranb]

I am about to apply for the 1st British Passport for myself and my family (2 adults and 2 children). I intend not to use the Post Office’s Check & Send Service, but want to send it myself via Special Delivery, as I don’t see the value of the Check & Send service.

I am slightly confused about the payment method. There is a Payment Page on page 25 of the ‘Applying Passport Guide’ that I need to fill in. My queries are:

1) Should I fill just one payment form for the entire family or each form for each individual? If I only use one payment form, whose Barcode information do I put in? I know that they mention that if you are paying by cheque, all 4 barcodes should be mentioned on the back of the cheque. But no such instruction exists if we pay by Debit/Credit Card.

2) As per the fee structure, total fee for a family of 2 adults & 2 children should be £237.00 (72.5+72.5+46+46). But as I want my supporting documents to be returned through Secure Delivery, I have ticked that option on all the 4 forms. The confusion is what will be the total amount I pay?
a. Is it £237 (for passports) +£3 (for secure delivery) = £240.00
OR is it
b. £237(for passports) + £12 (£3 x 4 for secure delivery of documents of 4 applicants) = £249.00 ?

Sorry if my questions appear naive and slightly picky, but I do not want to take any chances on this last threshold of a long immigration journey.

Thanks for reading and appreciate any responses.

[Jambo]

Why not call IPS adviceline on 0300 222 0000 and ask? Their customer service is excellent (nothing to compare with UKBA).

[ban.s]

1. barcode of one of the applicant's will do - perhaps the application barcode of the credit card owner.

2. £3 per application as each set of documents will be returned separately.

[boloney]

1. barcode of one of the applicant's will do - perhaps the application barcode of the credit card owner.

2. £3 per application as each set of documents will be returned separately.

thats right. I have applied for mine and wife passports and was charged twice £3

[imranb]

1. barcode of one of the applicant's will do - perhaps the application barcode of the credit card owner.

2. £3 per application as each set of documents will be returned separately.

thats right. I have applied for mine and wife passports and was charged twice £3

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