Sending Passport Through The Post

Jamie_Carter

baby_frogmella wrote: »

They will only return your old cancelled/expired passport by 1st/2nd class mail...so if it gets lost, not a big deal unless you have valid visas in there. New passports are always sent by courier or by RM special delivery.

I've never received a passport by special delivery.

Mojisola

baby_frogmella wrote: »

They will only return your old cancelled/expired passport by 1st/2nd class mail...so if it gets lost, not a big deal unless you have valid visas in there. New passports are always sent by courier or by RM special delivery.

We've renewed two passports in the past year and both new ones came back by 1st class post.

baby_frogmella

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

I've never received a passport by special delivery.

Then you must have received it by courier? Otherwise you are being short-changed as the fee you pay includes return of new passport by a secure method...1st/2nd class post is not a secure method!!

New passports are sent by Special Delivery only to low-risk postcodes, all other areas get courier deliveries.

I work for the PO. The £8.75 covers the cost of special delivery to get your application to HMPO which alone is £6.22. HMPO will send your new passport back securely by courier and the old is cancelled and returned by 2nd class post. Any supporting documents such as birth/marriages certificates are also returned as standard by 2nd class post. The extra £3 charge will get them back securely. The slip for payment should have been retruned to you or destroyed (for security) as full payment is taken in branch. Hope that helps

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Jamie_Carter

baby_frogmella wrote: »

Then you must have received it by courier? Otherwise you are being short-changed as the fee you pay includes return of new passport by a secure method...1st/2nd class post is not a secure method!!

New passports are sent by Special Delivery only to low-risk postcodes, all other areas get courier deliveries.


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Nope, they have all come by first class post (just like Mojisola). And worst of all is that it doesn't take a genius to work out what is in the envelope.

benjus

My memory's a bit hazy (even though it was only a few months ago) but I think my last passport was delivered by courier not RM, although no signature was required and they just put it through the letterbox. May be misremembering it though.

custardy

benjus wrote: »

My memory's a bit hazy (even though it was only a few months ago) but I think my last passport was delivered by courier not RM, although no signature was required and they just put it through the letterbox. May be misremembering it though.

Yup,which I'm sure many would assume was delivered by RM

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

Yup,which I'm sure many would assume was delivered by RM

So it's not secure, and is no different to being delivered by RM first class.

custardy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

So it's not secure, and is no different to being delivered by RM first class.

Have you even read the posts?
Its delivered by courier.So how is that like 1st class?

Jamie_Carter

custardy wrote: »

Have you even read the posts?
Its delivered by courier.So how is that like 1st class?

Because there is no signature required, and it is just posted through a letterbox. How does that differ from 1st class?


Either a postie posts it through a letterbox, or a courier does.

custardy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Because there is no signature required, and it is just posted through a letterbox. How does that differ from 1st class?


Either a postie posts it through a letterbox, or a courier does.

because the courier uses a tracked service. If you dont understand its fine,if you simply just see them as no different then you are wrong.
Unless the courier handles 60+ million passports a day I suppose