The following do not meet the criteria to have an emergency temporary passport issued locally.
- the discovery of a soon to be expired or already expired passport, after the purchase of an airline ticket,
- a pre-planned business trip, vacation or doctor’s appointment overseas, and
- accidental or intentional damage to a valid passport as a result of inattentiveness, for example spilling liquids on a passport, washing a passport in a washing machine and defacing or tearing passport pages.
Emergency temporary passports may be issued locally under the following conditions.
- When there is contact from the hospital regarding the transfer of a patient to another country and the patient concerned is not in possession of a valid travel document.
- When there is urgent business travel by senior government officials and parliamentarians; and,
- Any other travel that may be considered on compassionate grounds.
Non British Overseas Territory citizens are cautioned to be in possession of a valid travel document from their home country at all times as only British Overseas Territory Citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands qualify for a TCI passport. In the event of an emergency, non-TCI nationals are advised to contact the nearest Embassy of their home country.
Additional information and forms may be found on the website www.gov.tc/passports