child passport - v - adult passport

zagfles

74jax wrote: »

Wondering if there was some obvious reason not to that I'd missed. I don't know why her passport states 'the holder is not required to sign' if others are saying they have their child's signature int he passport - if that's the case I might as well just renew as a child.

Because she was under 12 when she got her current one! Now she's over 12 so she'll have to sign.

There's no harm renewing now, it's just her new passport will only be valid 5 years instead of 10.

Lily-Rose_3

74jax wrote: »

DD's passport runs out in July this year. She is 16 in May. Can I renew her child's passport now costing £46 and it will last 10 years, rather than wait until July when she will be classed as an adult and it will cost £72.50?

The website states:

Children nearly or over 16 years old
Your child must apply for a 10-year adult passport if they’ll be 16 within the next few weeks or they’re already over 16. They can apply without getting parental consent.


We are travelling to New York for Easter and I just happened to notice her expiry date when filling out a form online.

To be honest, I would just get a full adult one. It makes things easier all round, and means your daughter has a full passport until she is 26.

Do you really want to be getting her a child's passport, for the sake of saving £26? It doesn't seem worth it. If you were saving a massive amount: then yes, but it seems a bit daft when the saving is so little. She is nearly 16, so to get a child's one seems pointless, and an adult one is much more advantageous to her..

My daughter was 15 years and 10 months when her passport ran out, and so we got her an adult one, as she was nearly 16, and it seemed silly and pointless to get a child's one.

I don't think that getting a child's one for your daughter, when she is almost 16 is going to bring any benefit.

Pthree

I would go for the adult one, if she is almost 16 now this will be the passport she uses when going for job interviews etc. even if you allow for a couple of years at college / uni, I am pretty sure she would prefer to have an adult one for that.

P3

Lily-Rose_3

Pthree wrote: »

I would go for the adult one, if she is almost 16 now this will be the passport she uses when going for job interviews etc. even if you allow for a couple of years at college / uni, I am pretty sure she would prefer to have an adult one for that.

P3

All this too ^^

peachyprice

Pthree wrote: »

I would go for the adult one, if she is almost 16 now this will be the passport she uses when going for job interviews etc. even if you allow for a couple of years at college / uni, I am pretty sure she would prefer to have an adult one for that.

P3

There is no difference between an adult and child passport expect the time it is valid for. I really don't think anybody is going to be so petty as to study the valid to/from dates and go 'Oh she's got a child's passport'.

Having said that, purely from a financial POV it doesn't really make sense to renew it as a child passport.

74jax

peachyprice wrote: »

There is no difference between an adult and child passport expect the time it is valid for. I really don't think anybody is going to be so petty as to study the valid to/from dates and go 'Oh she's got a child's passport'.

I've been trying to see what the differences are and couldn't really see any :rotfl:

thorsoak

Depending upon where you are going, some countries require 6months+ on a child's passport too. Some airlines will not allow people to fly on a passport with less than 6 months validity.

Mojisola

The only problem I can see with getting an adult one now is that it is going to have a picture of a 15 year old in it. She's likely to change a lot over the next ten years - it could be embarrassing to have to use the passport for identification (uni, job, etc) and presenting a passport with a child's photo.

Would she prefer to get a new passport when she's 20 with an adult photo?

Lily-Rose_3

74jax wrote: »

I've been trying to see what the differences are and couldn't really see any :rotfl:

But as I said, is it worth just getting a child's one purely to save £26?

Getting her an adult one seems far more beneficial.

You seem a bit reluctant to get an adult one. Why do you want to get a child's one, when she is nearly 16? (the age she qualifies to have an adult one.) Why not get an adult one?

peachyprice

Mojisola wrote: »

The only problem I can see with getting an adult one now is that it is going to have a picture of a 15 year old in it. She's likely to change a lot over the next ten years - it could be embarrassing to have to use the passport for identification (uni, job, etc) and presenting a passport with a child's photo.

Would she prefer to get a new passport when she's 20 with an adult photo?

I have to agree with this, my 18 yo almost men look nothing like the 15yo boys in their passports, they hate, hate, hate using them as ID and can't wait to get new ones next year.