Is it legal to staple your old passport to your new one?

Question

My partner has ILR in the UK but we are applying for Oz visas. His old passport has the ILR but will need the Oz visa in the new one - can we staple them together?

Has anyone done this and did they run into any difficulties?

Answer 1

Don't do it. The new passports have a chip in the cover. You must keep the old passport if it has visas that are important to you.

Answer 2

No- interfering  with a genuine passport will invalidate it.

Answer 3

Please do not deface your passport as it will render it unacceptable. For more information Phone the 24-hour Passport Adviceline on 0870 521 0410 or visit www.ips.gov.uk

Answer 4

I wouldn't do anything to damage a passport, best just to take both of them seperately or get the ILR transferred.

Answer 5

I wouldn't do that. I imagine it would be seen as defacing your passport which will make it nul and void.

Answer 6

Don't put staples into it. Phone the passport office to be 100% sure what to do.

Answer 7

it's legal. my husband got 3 stapled passports already.   :) as it is really expensive to transfer your visa to new passport. some people even have their visa on a  A4 paper only bec. when they got their stay, the passport is expired so homeoffice issue them on A4.so it's fine!