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How Far in advance can I renew my passport

dongtuuyenblackpeony
dongtuuyenblackpeony Posts: 1 Newbie
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
My passport expires in mid August 201. How far in advance can I renew it. If I use the Post office service costing around £82 how long does it take to receive the new passport.

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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,900 Forumite
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    You can make a 10 year passport application at any time but there is no longer any extra time added. If you renew this year you would have wasted 2 years of the 10 years you previously paid for...maybe look at the beginning of 2021...if you are planning on heading to places that require 6 months on the passport
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,617 Forumite
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    dongtuuyenblackpeony wrote: »
    My passport expires in mid August 201. How far in advance can I renew it. If I use the Post office service costing around £82 how long does it take to receive the new passport.
    2019? or 2021? (or some other year?)

    As previous post says, you can renew any time but there is no longer any extra time added if you renew before expiry.

    Do you have any travel plans?
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  • longwalks1
    longwalks1 Posts: 3,837 Forumite
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    Renewed both mine and my partners passports recently and got them both back in about 7 or 8 days I think


    Same for driving licence, that came back after about 6 days
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