| Guernsey passport | |
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_Series_C_-_Cover.jpg) The front cover of a Series C Guernseybiometric passport. | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |   Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey,on behalf of Charles of the United Kingdom(on the advice of the Lord Chancellor being also BritishSecretary of State for Justice),at the request of the States of Guernsey |
| Eligibility | British citizenship |
AGuernsey-variant British passport,[1][2] also known as theGuernsey Passport,[3] is aBritish passport issued toBritish citizens who are in theBailiwick of Guernsey by the Passport Office of theCustoms and Immigration Department inSt Peter Port, Guernsey.
The Guernsey Customs and Immigration Department issues British passports to British citizens who are in Guernsey at the time of application and will be there when the passport is issued. Application forms are available from the Passport Office atWhite Rock, the States Office inAlderney, or the Greffe inSark.
Guernsey passports contain on their inside cover the following words in English only:
His Britannic Majesty'sLieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey (Channel Islands) and its dependencies requests and requiresin the Name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
Prior to theUK's withdrawal from the European Union, British passports issued by the States of Guernsey to people who are regarded as 'Channel Islanders or Manxmen' underProtocol 3 of the Treaty of Rome had an endorsement included to the following effect:
holder is not entitled to benefit from European Community Provisions relating to employment or establishment
Although British citizens who only had a connection to Guernsey wereEuropean Union citizens (an EU citizen being defined by theTreaty of Maastricht as a person holding the nationality of a Member State), they did not have EU Freedom of Movement Rights.
However, if an applicant for a Guernsey passport was regarded as "having a close connection to the United Kingdom" (i.e. they had lived in the UK for five years, were born in the UK, or had parents or grandparents born in the UK), their passports would not include such an endorsement and they would be fully eligible to benefit from European Union Freedom of Movement rights.[4]
Prior to the current design being brought in during 2020, in common with other British passports, the design was red and was adorned with the words "European Union".
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