Anyone renewed a passport recently?
Discussion
Just come back from England, I have no blank pages left in passport.
No trips planned until June so no great rush to get a new one, does anyone know whether they send the old one back with the new one?
my PRO says I don't have to faff about with moving my visa over into new one, the old one needs to be sent to the passport office with the application for the new one.
No trips planned until June so no great rush to get a new one, does anyone know whether they send the old one back with the new one?
my PRO says I don't have to faff about with moving my visa over into new one, the old one needs to be sent to the passport office with the application for the new one.
thb said:
Old one gets sent back to you with the top corner snipped off the front cover. All visas are perfectly valid inside - just have to carry both passports with you when you travel.
Expat passports are dealt with by the UK now, so you have to aramex it off and hope for the best. When it was handled by the team in Dusseldorf things were super efficient (2 week turnaround), but the new setup had a few teething problems and passports were taking months to process.
If you can, just do it in the UK - done and dusted in 20 minutes with all the paperwork, collecting later in the day. Job done.
Cheers, had half planned to do it whilst I was there but an all day session got in the way Expat passports are dealt with by the UK now, so you have to aramex it off and hope for the best. When it was handled by the team in Dusseldorf things were super efficient (2 week turnaround), but the new setup had a few teething problems and passports were taking months to process.
If you can, just do it in the UK - done and dusted in 20 minutes with all the paperwork, collecting later in the day. Job done.
Gaffer said:
My passport expired last year but I got a 12 month extension due to the cockups with the passport office. Its now due for renewal and I am not trusting them to a) not lose it b) get it back to me in time so will be taking a trip back to the UK and doing it in person.
Plus the other half has never been to the UK so will be showing him the delights of Blackpool and Liverpool
Claire
Jesus, he'll never go back...Plus the other half has never been to the UK so will be showing him the delights of Blackpool and Liverpool
Claire
I need pages, not an extension, not an option these days
TomV8 said:
Not a renewal, but I applied for my son's new passport on 28 December, Liverpool received the hard copy docs on 8 Jan, and I had the new passport here by 22 Jan (it was issued on 15 Jan in the UK). It seems like they've cleared the backlog!
Good to hear, I did think they must have done something to rectify the issue as there was that much bad press!e21jason said:
They normally send the second one back under separate cover
That's what they told me they would do.I ended up doing a Thursday evening flight out, Friday morning appointment at the Passport Office, back home by Saturday morning trip as I'm just about to start a new job so couldn't part with the passport for however long it would take.
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