UK cruise passport validity

7781Caro

MattMattMattUK said:

7781Caro said:

Aylesbury_Duck said:

7781Caro said:

Thanks again for your replies 
Just to add that the Home Office Boarder Agency and DFT have advised it is not a requirement of theirs, it is either a cruise industry decision or MSC policy ...  again this means I should of been advised prior to booking

You may well have been, the information perhaps being available on their website or in the terms and conditions when you booked?

Anyway, all of that is academic.  At this stage, what practical steps can you take to accelerate the passport process?  How short on time are you?  It is possible to get a new passport within three weeks.

No terms and conditions were shared by the travel agent or MSC ... only a booking confirmation 

As you say its academic... we have submitted a standard passport application which can take up to 10 weeks, we are meant to travel in 3. We may get them back ...who knows. No fast track appointments available 
Regardless we now face 3 weeks of stress in the interim ... 

For what it is worth, my mum renewed her passport last month, it had expired last year, the new one came through in six working days. It was an online application. 

Thank you, fingers crossed ... just reread the above, was a genuine thank you ... the negativity is of course the situation not meant for you! 

Sandtree

7781Caro said:

Aylesbury_Duck said:

7781Caro said:

Thanks again for your replies 
Just to add that the Home Office Boarder Agency and DFT have advised it is not a requirement of theirs, it is either a cruise industry decision or MSC policy ...  again this means I should of been advised prior to booking

You may well have been, the information perhaps being available on their website or in the terms and conditions when you booked?

Anyway, all of that is academic.  At this stage, what practical steps can you take to accelerate the passport process?  How short on time are you?  It is possible to get a new passport within three weeks.

No terms and conditions were shared by the travel agent or MSC ... only a booking confirmation 

As you say its academic... we have submitted a standard passport application which can take up to 10 weeks, we are meant to travel in 3. We may get them back ...who knows. No fast track appointments available 
Regardless we now face 3 weeks of stress in the interim ... 

Thankfully processing time is really short at the moment cos no one is travelling 

Who is the travel agent?

powerful_Rogue

7781Caro said:

Thanks again for your replies 
Just to add that the Home Office Boarder Agency and DFT have advised it is not a requirement of theirs, it is either a cruise industry decision or MSC policy ...  again this means I should of been advised prior to booking

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