When a British passport holder dies, it is important to cancel their passport. Just fill in the details of the person who has died and your details, as the person cancelling the passport.

A family member passed away recently – what should I do with their passport? You can return their Passport for cancellation with a Copy of their Death Certificate to: Customer Care Section, Embassy of Ireland, Passport Office, 114a Cromwell Road (Ground Floor), London SW7 4ES.

Life or Death Emergencies involve serious illness, injury, or death in your immediate family that require you to travel within 24-48 hours to a country that requires a passport. Customers must appear in person at a passport agency for emergency service and documentation of the emergency may be requested.

medical certificate of the cause of death (signed by a doctor) for registering the death. birth certificate. marriage/civil partnership certificates.

Call 911 right away if there is an unexpected death in your home. Contact close family and/or friends of the deceased, the deceased’s doctor (if a hospice is not involved), and the deceased’s lawyer, if any. If the deceased cared for dependents (for example, grandchildren), make arrangements immediately for their care.

Closing a bank account after someone dies The bank will freeze the account. The executor or administrator will need to ask for the funds to be released – the time it takes to do this will vary depending on the amount of money in the account.

If you cannot collect your passport in person, it is possible to arrange for a friend or relative to collect it on your behalf. You will need to confirm the details of the person nominated to collect the passport in writing to the Consulate and they will be asked to present ID in order to collect the passport.

In international passports, those pages may be printed with images that are significant to the history of the specific country. For example, the signature page of a Canadian passport displays an image of the country’s flag and maple leaves.

You can leave that field blank as well as the emergency contact. There are a few fields that are optional and if you use the online form to fill out the application, you will be able to tell which ones are mandatory versus optional.

How long it will take. Your emergency travel document will normally be ready 2 working days after you apply. It may take longer because of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The funeral home registers the death in the relevant county. The death certificates are printed by the county.

Disposition of Passport for Deceased Person/Family Member The passport of a person who has died can be kept as a memento if you choose, or you can return it for cancellation. If you choose to have the passport cancelled and returned to you or destroyed, you should return the passport to the CLASP unit.

You can keep it as a memento if you choose. Another option is to send it in to be canceled and then returned to you. If you choose to have it canceled and returned, you need to mail the passport to the CLASP unit along with a copy of the Certificate of Death.

Passport applications can be an excellent source of genealogical information, especially about foreign-born individuals. Foreign travel in the nineteenth century was much more frequent than one might expect.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has passport applications from Oct. 1795-Mar. 1925; the U.S. Department of State has passport applications from Apr. 1925 to the present.