VisaReplacing a lost Dominica passport in London requires more than an ordinary renewal
The High Commission’s checklist, application form and instructions differ on declaration numbering, photographs and fees. Applicants should resolve those details before submitting.
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Start with the London replacement checklist
Dominican citizens applying through London after losing a passport should use the replacement checklist. This current-rule guide compares existing instructions. The High Commission sends applications to Dominica for printing and receives completed passports for collection or dispatch.
Its checklist requires a police loss certificate, an official English translation where necessary, a report lodged with the police in Dominica, and a witnessed statutory declaration. Ask the mission how an applicant abroad should arrange the Dominica report. The listed replacement charge is £175, with £10 postage within the UK or £15 outside it: totals of £185 or £190 for either adults or children. These are the replacement figures, rather than the ordinary adult and child charges.
Follow the numbered fields on the actual application form
The linked three-page ePassport form places spouse details in Section 7 and the applicant’s declaration in Section 11. The webpage has a Section 11 heading but its explanatory sentence refers to a declaration in Section 7. That is a precise numbering discrepancy to raise before arranging witnessing; it does not make the spouse field a declaration.
On the form, select replacement and the applicable reason. Section 10 asks for the missing passport number if known, the date, place and country of loss, the reporting office, case reference and report date. It also contains an undertaking to return the old document if recovered. The declaration expressly tells applicants with lost or stolen passports not to select box E, concerning surrender of previous passports, and to complete Section 10. Read the statements individually instead of checking every box. Section 2 is for someone submitting on another person’s behalf, while Section 12 belongs to the recommender.
Prepare the separate statutory declaration accurately
The mission’s downloadable statutory declaration is a separate account of the loss. It asks for the former passport number, issue date, circumstances in which it disappeared, the office where it was reported and the request for a replacement. Its warning concerns the truth of that account, so an applicant should distinguish known facts from assumptions about where the document went.
The sample contains older wording: a date line beginning with 19 and a residence statement referring to the Commonwealth of Dominica. It also prints birth or registration as citizenship alternatives. A UK resident whose circumstances do not fit those printed choices should ask how the mission wants the declaration adapted before swearing it. Do not insert an inaccurate residence, citizenship basis or year merely to fit the sample. A notary signature line appears at the bottom.
Check the recommender and photograph specifications before paying
The six-page completion instructions require a Dominican-citizen recommender who has known the applicant personally for at least two years and is outside the immediate family. They list suitable professions, including teachers, medical or legal practitioners and qualifying public officials. The recommender must endorse and sign the reverse of one photograph; a person witnessing a signature should not automatically be assumed to qualify for that separate role.
Those instructions specify a photograph range from 36 by 32 millimetres to 45 by 35 millimetres. The London webpage instead specifies 45 by 38 millimetres. Ask which dimensions the receiving office currently accepts before commissioning photographs. The instructions also describe a 500 Eastern Caribbean dollar penalty in addition to the application fee, with an Immigration Ministry waiver needed if that penalty is waived. That domestic wording does not establish an extra sterling surcharge on top of London’s replacement total.
Keep domestic payment and processing guidance separate
The government passport service page, marked updated on 15 July 2021, lists Treasury payments of EC$150 for adults aged 16 or over, EC$75 for younger children and EC$500 for lost or stolen passports. Unlike the completion instructions, its fee list does not expressly describe the last amount as additional. Ask the receiving authority to confirm the complete bill rather than combining these versions yourself.
That government page gives two weeks as normal processing and describes faster emergency handling. These older domestic indications do not establish a guaranteed London delivery date, particularly when printing and return transport are involved. It also requires a notarised written order for someone collecting on the applicant’s behalf, even if that person originally delivered the application. Confirm the collection arrangement and current timing before making travel plans dependent on the replacement.
