Holidaymakers have been warned that valid passports need to have been issued less than 10 years before your departure, and valid for at least three months after your return.
Anyone with a new blue passport will be safe from this, those who still maintain a red passport should check the expiry date and aim to renew it at least 10 weeks before it expires.
Ideally, you should aim to renew when the expiry date is within three to six months to ensure you will be able to travel.
The following fees came into effect from Wednesday, April 8:
The new prices that came into play last month mean that the application fee has reached over £100 for the first time. The adult cost has risen from £94.50 to £102, while children's passports have gone from £61.50 to £66.50, in an eight per cent increase.
The Home Office claimed that this change allows them to 'move towards a system that meets its costs through those who use it'.
The price has also changed for those applying by post.
The cost for adults rose from £107 to £115.50, and children from £74 to £80.
Overseas applications have also increased to £130 with children's applications changing to £89 from £82.50.
According to the Home Office the increase will go towards contributing 'to the cost of processing passport applications, consular support overseas, including for lost or stolen passports, and the cost of processing British citizens at UK borders'.
Over the past five year the cost to renew passports has surged several times, with prices going up by seven per cent in 2024 after already increasing by nine per cent in 2023.
