Machine readable passport?

alison74

KizzyK wrote:

Ive got a machine readable passport and I hope to go to the States soon, is it better to have a Biometric passport?

Makes no difference to which one you have, your current one will be fine. The new biometric one is expensive and not compulsory.

gizmos

alison74 wrote:

Makes no difference to which one you have, your current one will be fine. The new biometoric one is expensive and not compulsory.

there is only one price for new/replacement passports so is no more expensive than the standard one. However am not sure if they are still just doing some biometric and some standard - you don't personally get a choice though. Have just renewed OH's passport and his came back as biometric within a week.

alison74

gizmos wrote:

there is only one price for new/replacement passports so is no more expensive than the standard one. However am not sure if they are still just doing some biometric and some standard - you don't personally get a choice though. Have just renewed OH's passport and his came back as biometric within a week.

I should have made myself clearer in that a biometric and/or normal passport is expensive, so no need to renew when you don't need it and the expense that would be.

I just got a new passport last year (when bio metric was available) and it was a normal machine readable one, plus 9 months carried over, so it looks like we won't need a biometric one for 10 years because mine doesn't run out till Dec 2016 !!

roadster1

May be of interest to some..............

My passport ran out a few weeks ago and as we are going on holiday soon, thought I had better renew it. Filled in the passport application on-line which is then sent to you a few days later to sign, date and enclose pictures. Posted the application on a Tuesday new biometric passport returned (via courier service??) the following Tuesday.

Brilliant service:j

Wolfhound

moonrakerz wrote:

You now have a better chance of giving the $5 tip you intended, rather than the $50 one you actually gave !

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