Damaged Passport
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My passport has some water damage on. The photo page is fine, but all other pages have water marks from a nice 30 degree wash in the washing machine!!!!
Called the Passport office and they told me that even slight water damage will probably result in refusal at the airport. And there is no way I can get a replacement the same day. I’m flying at 6.20am tomorrow!!
Has anybody here been refused with a slightly damp or damaged passport? !!
Do I have any options?
Mrs Tee is not pleased!
Called the Passport office and they told me that even slight water damage will probably result in refusal at the airport. And there is no way I can get a replacement the same day. I’m flying at 6.20am tomorrow!!
Has anybody here been refused with a slightly damp or damaged passport? !!
Do I have any options?
Mrs Tee is not pleased!
Looks like an afternoon at the passport office unless this will help
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
a2z said:
Looks like an afternoon at the passport office unless this will help
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
called the passport office and they won't do a same day replacment for damaged ones....
bigTee said:
a2z said:
Looks like an afternoon at the passport office unless this will help
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
called the passport office and they won't do a same day replacment for damaged ones....
Tell 'em it's lost then.
Carrera2 said:
bigTee said:
a2z said:
Looks like an afternoon at the passport office unless this will help
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
www.ukpi.org/?gclid=CL68_J_KgogCFTZiMAoddROqHA
called the passport office and they won't do a same day replacment for damaged ones....
Tell 'em it's lost then.
again, 7 days. Only same day for renewals. Although i don't really see the difference for renewing an old one and renewing a damaged one.
Parrot of Doom said:
My passport is a wrinkled scuffed mess, but its never been refused.
Ditto and with water damage.
However I have had a couple of rows about it, one with a jobs worth bird at check in who wanted to refuse me permission to fly as (so she claimed) the airline would be fined if I was refused entry at the other end (this was going to Israel mind) and the other was with an Italian immigration bod who held it up by its corner with a sneering look of complete distate and then asked about the damage (and this was before he'd seen the Peter Sutcliffe picture inside) my guess was he just didn't like it becasue it didn't have a Prada cover on it, but never been refused yet.
bigTee said:
cjs said:
where are you going? If its Europe you may get away with it, the US could be difficult, remeber they only really check when you arrive not in the UK so at least you will get there!
Lanzarote !!
No Problem, looks like you have no choice other than to go for it anyway......make sure you send us a post from a sunny bar somewhere!
mel said:
Parrot of Doom said:
My passport is a wrinkled scuffed mess, but its never been refused.
Ditto and with water damage.
However I have had a couple of rows about it, one with a jobs worth bird at check in who wanted to refuse me permission to fly as (so she claimed) the airline would be fined if I was refused entry at the other end (this was going to Israel mind) and the other was with an Italian immigration bod who held it up by its corner with a sneering look of complete distate and then asked about the damage (and this was before he'd seen the Peter Sutcliffe picture inside) my guess was he just didn't like it becasue it didn't have a Prada cover on it, but never been refused yet.
puts my mind at ease a little. Mrs Tee would kick me in the Master Tee if we got refused.
cjs said:
bigTee said:
cjs said:
where are you going? If its Europe you may get away with it, the US could be difficult, remeber they only really check when you arrive not in the UK so at least you will get there!
Lanzarote !!
No Problem, looks like you have no choice other than to go for it anyway......make sure you send us a post from a sunny bar somewhere!
will do!
These days, you WILL get refused. Sorry, seen it happen dozens of times. It's a huge risk you are taking, and people in other countries may not be amused. You could easily wind up in jail...don't mean to scare you, but that's the unfortunate truth.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
orgasmicliving!! said:
These days, you WILL get refused. Sorry, seen it happen dozens of times. It's a huge risk you are taking, and people in other countries may not be amused. You could easily wind up in jail...don't mean to scare you, but that's the unfortunate truth.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
Jail
I only put it on a 30 degree wash orgasmicliving!! said:
These days, you WILL get refused. Sorry, seen it happen dozens of times. It's a huge risk you are taking, and people in other countries may not be amused. You could easily wind up in jail...don't mean to scare you, but that's the unfortunate truth.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
To Lanzarote, Spain? Not Russia or Iran mate.
As stated, the photo page is fine, and they probably won't even look at the rest of it.
Says me, with six passports and 42 countries under my belt
orgasmicliving!! said:
These days, you WILL get refused. Sorry, seen it happen dozens of times. It's a huge risk you are taking, and people in other countries may not be amused. You could easily wind up in jail...don't mean to scare you, but that's the unfortunate truth.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
If you can't get it replaced in time, here's what I would do:
Travel out on it. Your only risk is inbound immigration in the other country. You should be able to explain it away--take some other form of identification you have with you (driver's license, birth certificate, perhaps an employment access card with name, picture). While at the destination, go to the British Embassy and file a stolen report. You will be given an emergency travel document to travel back on. Once you return, you file to replace a stolen passport and get a new one.
nothing like a bit of scare mongering......
Sorry, but I have dealt with a lot of power-crazed, anally-retentive arseholes in authority, on both sides of the pond, and in Asia. Up to you...since the photo page is fine, it might be ok. I wouldn't risk it, personally, but I also don't want to scare you.
By jail, I didn't mean prison for a long term...more like a holding pen/containment area where you are kept until they figure out what to do about your situation. It is, essentially, jail. You are not allowed to use your mobile phone or chat with others or have your family member visit...but again, this is more likely in America or third-world countries, not vacation resorts that depend on your tourist income. I think they probably will be more accommodating. Unsurprisingly, they seem to be the most lax in Africa, except in Kenya.
First thing they will do is shine an ultraviolet light on your passport pages. The hidden watermarks glow very brightly on each page, unless it's been tampered with. If that's ok, it's probably ok to travel on it, at least to Lanzerote.
By jail, I didn't mean prison for a long term...more like a holding pen/containment area where you are kept until they figure out what to do about your situation. It is, essentially, jail. You are not allowed to use your mobile phone or chat with others or have your family member visit...but again, this is more likely in America or third-world countries, not vacation resorts that depend on your tourist income. I think they probably will be more accommodating. Unsurprisingly, they seem to be the most lax in Africa, except in Kenya.
First thing they will do is shine an ultraviolet light on your passport pages. The hidden watermarks glow very brightly on each page, unless it's been tampered with. If that's ok, it's probably ok to travel on it, at least to Lanzerote.
My passport is falling to bits!
Its been in my non waterproof pocket on my bike jacket all round the world and most of the ink etc on visas has run. It is dog-eared beyond belief and the last few pages are just pages of hand written stuff by customs officials in all kind of scripts. There are also a few phone numbers etc that are mine cos I had no other bit of paper to hand to write them in at the time, so I used my passport.
Point being... Its wrecked and I've never had any problem! I've had a few people laugh at the state of it but thats all, I wouldnt bother!!! You get more hassle if people can read the visas of some of the places you may have been... Which is sad!
Its been in my non waterproof pocket on my bike jacket all round the world and most of the ink etc on visas has run. It is dog-eared beyond belief and the last few pages are just pages of hand written stuff by customs officials in all kind of scripts. There are also a few phone numbers etc that are mine cos I had no other bit of paper to hand to write them in at the time, so I used my passport.
Point being... Its wrecked and I've never had any problem! I've had a few people laugh at the state of it but thats all, I wouldnt bother!!! You get more hassle if people can read the visas of some of the places you may have been... Which is sad!
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