Good time of year for passport renewals

sandsy

Newport Passport Office received the application on Monday 7th January (according to Track and Trace online).

New passport arrived just 4 days later, on Friday 11th January.

This was an independent application, NOT using the Check and Send service from the Post Office.

Bob_the_Saver

sandsy wrote: »

Newport Passport Office received the application on Monday 7th January (according to Track and Trace online).

New passport arrived just 4 days later, on Friday 11th January.

This was an independent application, NOT using the Check and Send service from the Post Office.

Excellent advice, lets bookmark this thread ready for all the people who moan when they try to renew them in July when at a rough guess it might take a wee bit longer. As validity can be carried forward (within limits) there's no excuse for waiting.

youngfreeandsingle

My passport expires in august will i be able to travel to spain in may?

Bob_the_Saver

youngfreeandsingle wrote: »

My passport expires in august will i be able to travel to spain in may?

Yes, as long as you're back before it expires, but you can renew now and carry forward the months remaining on your passport, up to 9 months I think it is.

thelawnet

I did my daughter's in November, and it took about 3 days too. Was quite surprised. Just stuck it in the post, no check + send nonsense either.

dzug1

I don't think check and send does anything to speed things up - possibly even the reverse if it's late in the day and gets held up overnight before being despatched. It does significantly (but not entirely) reduce the risk of the application being rejected on errors on the form, etc

Tarry

Will remember this in another couple of years.

emsywoo123

Ooh sent in DD's passport renewal yesterday!

Moonmoney

Hello I'm getting ready to renew my passport so checked online to find out the procedure.

I can see you can fill in a form online, send it to the Passport office, have them print it out and send it back to you for photos, signatures etc.

Am I missing something because this seems like making work for the sake of it - why can't I fill it in, print it, add photos etc and then simply send it to the Passport office?

Or can I still get a paper form from the Post Office that I can complete?

Thanks

gremlin

Moonmoney wrote: »

Hello I'm getting ready to renew my passport so checked online to find out the procedure.

I can see you can fill in a form online, send it to the Passport office, have them print it out and send it back to you for photos, signatures etc.

Am I missing something because this seems like making work for the sake of it - why can't I fill it in, print it, add photos etc and then simply send it to the Passport office?

Or can I still get a paper form from the Post Office that I can complete?



Thanks

Yes you can get a passport form from the post office and do it the normal way.

We got the normal application from the post office for changing my sons to an adult passport in December. Took about a week to come back.

Moonmoney

Thanks Gremlin That'll do me then - I'll pick up a form from my main post office tomorrow, snow willing.

Been in two small post offices but both had long queues and no passport forms available for just picking up so I was wondering if the online way was the only way.