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Passport Renewal

GingerBob_3
GingerBob_3 Posts: 3,659 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Sent off my application for passport renewal last Thursday; got my new passport today. Is that a record?

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  • eDicky
    eDicky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
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    The passport office people are aware of your posting style on the Essential Money boards and want to keep out of your line of fire. So any applicant named Robert who displays reddish hair in their photo is instantly diverted to the super fast track!

    How did you apply, online or on paper?
    Evolution, not revolution
  • GingerBob_3
    GingerBob_3 Posts: 3,659 Forumite
    eDicky wrote: »
    The passport office people are aware of your posting style on the Essential Money boards and want to keep out of your line of fire. So any applicant named Robert who displays reddish hair in their photo is instantly diverted to the super fast track!

    How did you apply, online or on paper?


    Paper. They will have received it on Friday. I got a text to say they had on Saturday. Then it arrived today - haven't even got the old one back yet!


    I looked at that online stuff; a bit of pratting around scanning in photos - unless you take your own - and then you've got to send the old one off by post anyway, so no real advantage.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Well lets hope that this experience means that the Passport Office is one bureaucratic organisation that escapes your ire. Perhaps you could start a list of organisations that do meet your standards.
  • AMO
    AMO Posts: 1,464 Forumite
    Ours was online. Two passports - to different places funnily enough. Got them back in less than a week. Was well impressed! Comes in 2 packages. The first is the new passport. Then the second is the documents you send them. They'll come and ask you to sign, but if you're not in they post through the letter box anyway.
  • Archergirl
    Archergirl Posts: 1,904 Forumite
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    GingerBob wrote: »
    Sent off my application for passport renewal last Thursday; got my new passport today. Is that a record?

    Not really, I sent mine Oct 10th got it back Oct 13th, was well impressed.
  • bigadaj
    bigadaj Posts: 11,531 Forumite
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    Well lets hope that this experience means that the Passport Office is one bureaucratic organisation that escapes your ire. Perhaps you could start a list of organisations that do meet your standards.

    Maybe bobs considering a longer term holiday?
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