British passports previously issued by the Department of Immigration of the Government of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda on behalf of His Majesty's Passport Office of the Government of the United Kingdom (a practice which ended in June 2016, since which time all British passports are issued only by HM Passport Office), differed from those issued in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in having "Government of Bermuda" added to the outside of the front cover, and the request from His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State in the Name of His Majesty The King, which is printed on the inside of the cover of passports issued by the UK Government, replaced with the same request from the Governor of Bermuda as the competent authority in this behalf, in the Name of His Majesty The King.

The Department of Immigration was no longer permitted to issue new or replacement passports except for British Overseas Citizenship holders.

As the Bermudian passport still lacked EUROPEAN UNION on the front cover, and used the country code BMU in the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) inside instead of the GBR indicated in the British Citizen/United Kingdom passport, it is not necessarily accepted in other European Union countries as entitling the holder to free movement within the European Union.

As long as Bermudians were provided passports that met the United States entry requirements, this was not an issue, but the change to the GBR code on Bermudians' passports led meant that one of these documents was required.

[3] The inside cover of Bermudian passports contains the following words in English only: On behalf of His Majesty's Secretary of State the Governor of this British Territory requests in the name of His Majesty requests and requires 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.British Overseas Territories citizens with a connection to Bermuda can enter the United States visa-free under most circumstances.

[4] To qualify, they must present a Bermudian passport which fulfils the following criteria:[5] Alternatively, if Bermudians use their British Citizen passports, when entering the US on the Visa Waiver Program, they can only stay visa-free for up to 90 days and must obtain pre-arrival online authorisation (at a fee of US$21).

No other British Overseas Territory passport allows visa-free entry to Mexico.