Passports for grandkids when hold residence order. Anyone know?

[peaches27]

We have a residence order for our grandkids which gives us PR. This is temporary until another order is made. We go to court next month and it looks as if the order will be made permanent (in the opinion of solicitor and social worker).

Before the permanent order is made we want to apply for passports for the kids to take them on holiday (waiting for the final hearing would be just too late).

I know the passport form says you can apply for a passport for any kids you have PR for, and it asks for the document which proves it (in our case, the court order). But can you get it before the order is made permanent (ie until the children are 18)?

I would contact the passport office and specifically ask. There's no point in getting the go-ahead from someone on here or elsewhere and then having the application refused.

The passport office have a website which may be off assistance \link{http://www.passport.gov.uk/index.asp\here}.