Britain's Home Office issued an official passport for fictional character Paddington Bear after a request from the makers of the upcoming film Paddingto

Paddington Bear, probably fiction’s best-known Peruvian, has been granted a passport by authorities in his adoptive country of Britain.

Paddington Bear has finally been issued with a British passport, 66 years after he was first said to have arrived in London, according to the producers of the famous bear's next movie. Film-makers requested a passport for the Peruvian bear,

Luckily for Paddington, he was adopted by the Browns, and now the movie producers have praised the Home Office for having the ‘sense of humour’ to give him citizenship.

Britain's Home Office issued an official passport for fictional character Paddington Bear after a request from the makers of the upcoming film "Paddington in Peru."

The UK Home Office has reportedly granted an official passport to the beloved fictional character Paddington Bear. Rob Silva, co-producer of the upcoming film Paddington in Peru, revealed the unique document during an interview with Radio Times magazine,

The Home Office has officially given Paddington Bear British citizenship. Everyone’s favourite marmalade-munching RP-accented Peruvian has been given an official UK passport ahead of the upcoming release of his latest film.

The character, full name Paddington Brown, was born and orphaned in Peru as a cub and arrived in London stowed away on a lifeboat. The co-producer of the forthcoming third Paddington movie said the Home Office issued the specimen document to the character when the film’s production team asked for a replica for the movie.