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Passport question - Master or Mr??

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ArabellaUmbrella · 05/01/2019 09:53

Does anyone know if I put Master or Mr as the title for my two DS aged 9 and 14? On their passport application forms.
Thanks

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dementedpixie · 05/01/2019 10:01

Master

HotInWinter · 05/01/2019 10:01

I don't think titles are included on passports, so would put master on both (which means when you book your husbands ticket as Mrs, the airline isn't bothered!)

Iruka · 05/01/2019 10:05

If you have title of nobility it will show on your passport, but us normal Mr, Mrs, Ms etc it’s just names so put what you want

Trills · 05/01/2019 10:07

Mr.

Master is an old-fashioned affectation.

Trills · 05/01/2019 10:08

(in my opinion, obviously)

planespotting · 05/01/2019 10:09

The letters from official places addressed to my son are "Master"
I was surprised when I saw that first time

EspressoButler · 05/01/2019 10:09

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PattiStanger · 05/01/2019 10:19

Master's not an affectation, it's a simple way to indicate a male child isn't it?

SoupDragon · 05/01/2019 10:20

On the 14 year old's one I would use Mr.

dementedpixie · 05/01/2019 10:23

I would use Master under 18 and Mr over 18

Grobagsforever · 05/01/2019 10:36

Only on Mumsnet 😂

SciFiScream · 05/01/2019 11:01

Master. Because if you had a DD you wouldn't question whether it was Miss or Mrs would you? Though, for men, they can age into Mr, women have to marry into Mrs.
One reason why I like Ms

ArabellaUmbrella · 05/01/2019 11:32

Ok I'm just confused nowGrinConfused
Hmm I think I'll ask when I do the check and send thing. Grobagsforever well may be but what would you suggest? We go away in 5 weeks so can't risk getting it wrong.
Thanks for all the suggestions.

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ArabellaUmbrella · 05/01/2019 11:34

Espressobutler - exactly. And although it's not on the passport you do have to put something on the form. Mr Mrs Miss Other. Not very helpful!

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SoupDragon · 05/01/2019 12:02

It honestly doesn't matter.

I think DSs were Master until their last children's passport when I changed it to Mr.

ReflectentMonatomism · 05/01/2019 13:12

Passports don’t have titles (or, for that other old myth, occupations) on them. You can have things like “Dr” or “Lord” put on the official observations page, and there’s some folklore than it’s unwise to have a ticket which says Dr (some tickets do include an honorific, it depends on the airline) if you don’t have that notation on your passport. But Master/Mr (or Mrs/Miss/Ms) don’t appear anywhere on passports, as there is no honorific on the data page and you can’t get them put in the official observations.

A friend of mine had a ticket booked as Dr (by which his employer knew him) before he had updated his passport (five years to run, recent award, who cares?). HIs employer paid for a new passport rather than changing the ticket, which was nice of them, but I suspect unnecessary.

PQ77 · 05/01/2019 13:18

I was taught that “Master” was only for male children up to age eight. So my 6 yr old is Mstr and my 10 yr old Mr.

dementedpixie · 05/01/2019 13:29

I regard Master to signify a male child and Mr is for an adult male.

SpoonBlender · 05/01/2019 14:44

Doesn't matter that it's not on the passport - as OP said, it is on the application form. Another poor bit of form creation by HMG, who'd have thought.

ReflectentMonatomism · 05/01/2019 18:18

If it doesn’t end up on the passport, then it’s not important what you put on the form. There is no central registry of honorifics, so there’s no “wrong” anyway. I recall having a Miss/Ms conversation with my daughters when we renewed their passports in their teens, but then realised it didn’t matter. If you put Dr and actually want it on the passport you have to supply evidence, but you can (for example) put Miss, Ms or Mrs for a woman and in fact if you put Mr I’d be surprised if it was rejected.

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