Passport Pages With Stamps on Later Pages

[dsfbrit]

I have a friend who just asked me what I thought was a bit of a daft question, but now I would just like to make sure what I told him is correct!

He has a UK passport that only has one page left at the end for his next visa, but has 5 pages blank at the front of his passport. He was going to renew his passport early, but I told him they would just use the earlier empty pages. Now he has gone, I am not so sure I am right - could someone please confirm this for me?

Thanks for your help

[jerojero]

As long as you have some empties, all is good. Sequence of pages, stamps, not relevant to passport legality.

[dsfbrit]

jerojero, thanks for the quick reply. I thought that was the case, but could not actually remember it happening to me, it is usually in sequence in my passport.

Thanks again.

[MaprangHolmes]

That is fine to do, you can use any pages you have left, with the cost of passports I would certainly use the empty ones first before renewing it.

Edited April 29, 2015 by MaprangHolmes

[Jdietz]

Depends if these pages are actual VISA pages, not meant for other purposes but clearly marked 'VISA'

[7by7]

The relevant pages in a British passport are not marked 'Visa' or anything else; they are simply numbered.

Embassies etc. tend to simply open a passport at random to insert a visa vignette.

Immigration do the same for entry stamps, and will usually place the corresponding exit stamp on that page. If there is a visa vignette for that country in the passport they will place these on the same page as the vignette.

Your friend can use the blank pages.