All Maldivians studying or living in the United Kingdom can now purchase passport application forms for £1.40 each  (excluding postage in the UK) from the High Commission of Maldives in London. According to a notice which appeared on the High Commission's website on 7 April 2005, applicants should submit the applications directly to the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Male'.

Instructions for filling the application and requirements of passport photograph can be obtained from www.immigration.gov.mv .

The High Commission's notice also adds that the High Commission is in consultation with the Department of Immigration and Emigration in the Maldives to establish a system under which Maldivian Passports could be issued by the High Commission itself.