passports?

[JAGVTS]

my passport expired last year and i havent got round to doing it ,

ive finally pulled my finger out and got some photos , does anyone know how long the whole process takes after ive sent it off??

i go on holiday on the 4th of july, will it get back to me by then ?

[M1VT]

you think itll take 5 months to get your passport done

where you live,outer f'king mongolia? :p

[JAGVTS]

close mate lol. nah mate i havent a clue whats the crack all i know that its 70 odd quid

how long does it take!

[Saxomatic]

You'll be alright. Mine was 6 weeks.

[JAGVTS]

sweet mate cheers :)

[Saxomatic]

No worries... also keep in mind they completely ''forgot'' I'd sent it and hey'd recieved it... (after a month I gave them a ring).

If you get worried, call up the local passport office (where you'd have sent it to) and ask them what the score is :y:

[BiggTomm]

Yeh, you will get it in plenty of time. I left sorting my passport to a week before i went to Amsterdam.

I had to go to london and pay £150 to get it the same day.

[canaryvtr]

Mine come back within a month so im sure ul be fine!

[JAGVTS]

thanks for all the advice people :)

[Ryan]

send it off now and get it sorted.

New passports also allow fast track systems in some countries to avoid ques, you go through an automated system which scans your face and your passport.

[potatopete]

Got mine done last month, cost about £75 and took 6 days to come back.

[blackie_2k5]

try going on hol in 8 days an realising your passport only has 5 months left on, i had to go to durham to the shit house office, have a random interview with the gustapo, sign my life away and pay £167! least this ones got 8 years left now

youll be fine mate

[JAGVTS]

send it off now and get it sorted.

New passports also allow fast track systems in some countries to avoid ques, you go through an automated system which scans your face and your passport.

yeah im going to send it off next week . but 70 odd quid is a bit steep but ohwell nothing i can do about it ,

[JAGVTS]

Got mine done last month, cost about £75 and took 6 days to come back.

corrr that was good :) . did you get the packet from the post office?

[Lew_C]

most take a week or 2 mate, however sometimes they will require you to go to Portsmouth iirc (or possibly southampton) for an interview, this is quite common now especially for someones first 'proper' adult passport! my mate had to do it and it took him weeks and ended up with him not going on holiday lol

[JAGVTS]

most take a week or 2 mate, however sometimes they will require you to go to Portsmouth iirc (or possibly southampton) for an interview, this is quite common now especially for someones first 'proper' adult passport! my mate had to do it and it took him weeks and ended up with him not going on holiday lol


oooohh shit an interview .. blimey is that just for people who are wanting there first ever passport (an adult one)
im only renewing mine , does that mean im liable to an interview?

[LouisUK]

I've just got mine a month back. Only took 2 weeks for it to come back :)

[Morgan_VTR]

Are all new passports the chip ones? When I came back from Europe my chip didnt even work, I think it was because it was one of the first issued a while back...

[Ryan]

the reason passport prices have gone up is because they are all ones with the chip in now.

[Robin91]

I sent mine off at Christmas time last year and got it back in a week..

Didn't pay anything extra/fast-track or anything like that either, standard process. Only think I did was had them check it in the post office before they sent it to make sure I hadn't made any stupid mistakes to avoid having it sent back to be edited.

[titchster]

try going on hol in 8 days an realising your passport only has 5 months left on, i had to go to durham to the shit house office, have a random interview with the gustapo, sign my life away and pay £167! least this ones got 8 years left now

youll be fine mate

What a holiday, 5 months!

[Easty]

If you're going within Europe save yourself a few quid and get an ID card, about £30 instead of the £70 odd for a passport !