Dundee is to lose its passport office meaning residents will have to venture to the central belt for applications.
The threat of job losses also hangs over workers at the site, where interviews are held for first-time passport applicants from across Tayside, Fife and Aberdeenshire.
The closure of the busy office in Greenmarket, which could happen as early as next month, has been branded “outrageous” by SNP politicians.
There is also a question mark over the future of the Inverness office.
Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie has written to Mark Thomson, the director general for HM Passport Office, condemning the move.
The letter, which was signed by 16 SNP MPs and has been seen by The Courier, said: “Apart from our concern for the long serving, experienced and highly skilled staff in Dundee and Inverness, it means that passport applicants in Scotland will now have to travel to Edinburgh or Glasgow.
“The Dundee office is, to my knowledge, permanently full in terms of the demand for interviews from all of Tayside, Aberdeenshire as far north as the Moray Firth and most of Fife, since the Aberdeen passport office has already been closed.
“It is outrageous that the service in Scotland’s fifth and sixth cities is to be axed at a time when demand for services in Scotland is so high.”
Chris Law, the Dundee West SNP MP, said he was worried about what will happen to staff.
“Also, we are very concerned about the loss of service to Scotland and particularly to the North East which will undoubtedly make the service more difficult to access and cause delays in processing applications,” he added.
A Home Office spokesman said the passport office is “focused on delivering an excellent service while providing value for the taxpayer”.
The spokesman added: “Following the changes to HM Passport Office estate, 17 offices will remain open for face-to-face application interviews, with a further 30 sites offering interviews via secure video-link to ensure that we meet the needs of our customers,
“HM Passport Office remains committed to avoiding the need for redundancies, and will work with the teams affected and their union representatives to explore, where possible, opportunities for redeployment in the local area.”