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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Plus the other half has never been to the UK so will be showing him the delights of Blackpool and Liverpool
Claire
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!Just watch out for the photo rules - I had some done here from a photo shop in one of the malls which was advertised s UK passport compliant etc and they weren't. Got to the office for my passport appointment in London and it was rejected. It would be a major PITA if you sent it and then it got bounced back..
I went to the UK and did mine in a day, the standard turnaround is 6 weeks it may be sooner but there are no guarantee's. Just keep your old passport till the visa runs out and carry it with your new one. On of the other guys did it and both passports get back under separate cover
Edited by e21jason on Tuesday 10th February 13:47
The embassy won't do much more than direct you to the website for you to do it yourself. If they're still offering the extension stamp & letter that might help you get through a few months. We did the extension in Tunis for my wife the week it was announced just in case as hers had expired, and when we travelled back to the UK to renew we had a few issues getting in at the UK border with the 'expired' passport. Who knows how it would be in some of the other countries that claim to accept it.
If yours runs out in August, you might as apply for a new one now - any leftover months get added onto your new one anyway.
If yours runs out in August, you might as apply for a new one now - any leftover months get added onto your new one anyway.
Just had mine renewed (British citizen living in Belgium).
Took just 7 days from me sending it to getting it back!
Very pleased with the quick service - but I didn't get my old passport back, which surprised me a bit. No great drama, just would have liked it for nostalgic reasons (airport stamps etc)...
Took just 7 days from me sending it to getting it back!
Very pleased with the quick service - but I didn't get my old passport back, which surprised me a bit. No great drama, just would have liked it for nostalgic reasons (airport stamps etc)...
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.
Recently had exactly the same issue with pages running out.
Sent off, and had my new one back within 2 weeks. Old passport arrived back about 3 days afterwards, so no complaints.
I'm going to get my company pro to transfer my visa into the new passport to save the hassle of carrying two about.
Anything to be aware of when I travel? Does it take longer through security if i'm now going to rock up with a new passport number but visa in my old passport? Also take it the smart gate won't accept my old passport when re-entering once I have left using the new passport? Be interesting to see!
Sent off, and had my new one back within 2 weeks. Old passport arrived back about 3 days afterwards, so no complaints.
I'm going to get my company pro to transfer my visa into the new passport to save the hassle of carrying two about.
Anything to be aware of when I travel? Does it take longer through security if i'm now going to rock up with a new passport number but visa in my old passport? Also take it the smart gate won't accept my old passport when re-entering once I have left using the new passport? Be interesting to see!
matt_knowles said:
Anything to be aware of when I travel? Does it take longer through security if i'm now going to rock up with a new passport number but visa in my old passport? Also take it the smart gate won't accept my old passport when re-entering once I have left using the new passport? Be interesting to see!
As far as im aware you will have to carry both passports, as your visa will have your old passport number on.Not sure if you can transfer them to get the new number reflecting on the old visa, think they only update them when the visa is actually renewed.
Who did you post your old passport with dhl?
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