Passport...F@@K...I am mong...
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Right, going away a week tuesday, just france for 5 days so I dig out the old passport and it expired last June...
Now from what i've gleaned from direct.gov it seems the only way to get a new one in time this late is to use their Premium One Day service.
Now i'm assuming I get the form itself from a Post Office which has them and then phone up and pray to god I can get an appointment in time...? Then its a case of driving to Newport, being relieved of £129.50 and hanging around for 4 hours....
f
k sake, so pissed off with myself!!
Now from what i've gleaned from direct.gov it seems the only way to get a new one in time this late is to use their Premium One Day service.
Now i'm assuming I get the form itself from a Post Office which has them and then phone up and pray to god I can get an appointment in time...? Then its a case of driving to Newport, being relieved of £129.50 and hanging around for 4 hours....
f
k sake, so pissed off with myself!!
Not as pissed off as I was with myself last year on discovering mine had expired. I discovered this whilst packing 19 hours before the flight time.
Appointment system is pretty good though, made appointment in Durham (only place left the next day), booked new flight, then told the other half.
Arrived on holiday just 22 hours late and £300 poorer.
Good luck.
Appointment system is pretty good though, made appointment in Durham (only place left the next day), booked new flight, then told the other half.
Arrived on holiday just 22 hours late and £300 poorer.
Good luck.
MattOz said:
I did exactly the same last year! Had to get it done at Peterborough and missed a days holiday. Not too bad really. The only downer was spending 4 hours in Peterborough whilst waiting for my new passport to be produced 
The thought of 4 hours in Newport is the killer!And the financial raping!
West4x4 said:
MattOz said:
I did exactly the same last year! Had to get it done at Peterborough and missed a days holiday. Not too bad really. The only downer was spending 4 hours in Peterborough whilst waiting for my new passport to be produced
Think of us poor bds who have to live here!Anywhere near the Passport office?
Can beat that
Turn up at heathrow for 2 week holiday to Thailand with girlfriend, first holiday together, my passport has exactly 6 months to the day remaining. But because we arrive the day after I have one day less than 6 months when I arrive in Bangkok
fking BA doesnt let me on the flight (I hear later that other airlines are much more relaxed)
Then lose 5 days of holiday waiting for Victoria passport office to re-open after snowstorms). We didnt stay together!
Turn up at heathrow for 2 week holiday to Thailand with girlfriend, first holiday together, my passport has exactly 6 months to the day remaining. But because we arrive the day after I have one day less than 6 months when I arrive in Bangkok
f
king BA doesnt let me on the flight (I hear later that other airlines are much more relaxed)Then lose 5 days of holiday waiting for Victoria passport office to re-open after snowstorms). We didnt stay together!
theironduke said:
Right, going away a week tuesday, just france for 5 days so I dig out the old passport and it expired last June...
Now from what i've gleaned from direct.gov it seems the only way to get a new one in time this late is to use their Premium One Day service.
Now i'm assuming I get the form itself from a Post Office which has them and then phone up and pray to god I can get an appointment in time...? Then its a case of driving to Newport, being relieved of £129.50 and hanging around for 4 hours....
fk sake, so pissed off with myself!!
Seriously, always make sure your passport is in date. You never know when you might need it.Now from what i've gleaned from direct.gov it seems the only way to get a new one in time this late is to use their Premium One Day service.
Now i'm assuming I get the form itself from a Post Office which has them and then phone up and pray to god I can get an appointment in time...? Then its a case of driving to Newport, being relieved of £129.50 and hanging around for 4 hours....
f
k sake, so pissed off with myself!!Basic housekeeping, along with MOT, tax and insurance, cars and property.
I'll bet you will never make this mistake again.
WhoseGeneration said:
theironduke said:
Right, going away a week tuesday, just france for 5 days so I dig out the old passport and it expired last June...
Now from what i've gleaned from direct.gov it seems the only way to get a new one in time this late is to use their Premium One Day service.
Now i'm assuming I get the form itself from a Post Office which has them and then phone up and pray to god I can get an appointment in time...? Then its a case of driving to Newport, being relieved of £129.50 and hanging around for 4 hours....
fk sake, so pissed off with myself!!
Seriously, always make sure your passport is in date. You never know when you might need it.Now from what i've gleaned from direct.gov it seems the only way to get a new one in time this late is to use their Premium One Day service.
Now i'm assuming I get the form itself from a Post Office which has them and then phone up and pray to god I can get an appointment in time...? Then its a case of driving to Newport, being relieved of £129.50 and hanging around for 4 hours....
f
k sake, so pissed off with myself!!Basic housekeeping, along with MOT, tax and insurance, cars and property.
I'll bet you will never make this mistake again.
I did the mad rush to Victoria, a few years back. Managed not to delay or otherwise screw up the holiday, but expense notwithstanding it was SO bloody stressful - I can't imagine travelling in the next few years, not easily anyway, but I'll *always* make sure the bloody thing's in date now, just in case.
Adam B said:
Can beat that
Turn up at heathrow for 2 week holiday to Thailand with girlfriend, first holiday together, my passport has exactly 6 months to the day remaining. But because we arrive the day after I have one day less than 6 months when I arrive in Bangkok
fking BA doesnt let me on the flight (I hear later that other airlines are much more relaxed)
Then lose 5 days of holiday waiting for Victoria passport office to re-open after snowstorms). We didnt stay together!
What is the point of a passport having an expiry date if airlines then decide arbitrarily that a valid passport is not valid for their purposes?Turn up at heathrow for 2 week holiday to Thailand with girlfriend, first holiday together, my passport has exactly 6 months to the day remaining. But because we arrive the day after I have one day less than 6 months when I arrive in Bangkok
f
king BA doesnt let me on the flight (I hear later that other airlines are much more relaxed)Then lose 5 days of holiday waiting for Victoria passport office to re-open after snowstorms). We didnt stay together!
What the hell is the point of this '6 months left on passport b
ks. Either a passport is valid at the time of travel or it isn't.I would have called in the management in your case. You had a valid passport. I would have been making a very large scene.
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