Passport worry

TELLIT01

It's a while since I got my latest passport, and the fact that the signature is part of the ID page from the Passport Office, and not something you sign when you receive it, is even more reason not to go over it.  That is defacing the passport.

DullGreyGuy

TELLIT01 said:

It's a while since I got my latest passport, and the fact that the signature is part of the ID page from the Passport Office, and not something you sign when you receive it, is even more reason not to go over it.  That is defacing the passport.

The newer ones there is no printed signature, your instructed to sign the facing page after receipt. 

jimjames

DullGreyGuy said:

TELLIT01 said:

It's a while since I got my latest passport, and the fact that the signature is part of the ID page from the Passport Office, and not something you sign when you receive it, is even more reason not to go over it.  That is defacing the passport.

The newer ones there is no printed signature, your instructed to sign the facing page after receipt. 

Although the OP says this which makes it even more confusing! Mine is the burgundy EU one and that is digital printed signature.

This is worrying me because I wrote over it but I seem to be getting mixed signals as to whether this will cause problems or not as I have the old style passport, not the most recent type of passport. 

DullGreyGuy

jimjames said:

DullGreyGuy said:

TELLIT01 said:

It's a while since I got my latest passport, and the fact that the signature is part of the ID page from the Passport Office, and not something you sign when you receive it, is even more reason not to go over it.  That is defacing the passport.

The newer ones there is no printed signature, your instructed to sign the facing page after receipt. 

Although the OP says this which makes it even more confusing! Mine is the burgundy EU one and that is digital printed signature.

This is worrying me because I wrote over it but I seem to be getting mixed signals as to whether this will cause problems or not as I have the old style passport, not the most recent type of passport. 

The latest passports started in 2023 with the opening line changing to "His Britannic Majesty". The OP isnt clear enough on how much older than 2023. The change was introduced in Jan 2017 according to ABTA

1813

I have the burgundy passport and when I applied for my Egyptian Visa, the visa people said they couldn’t read the signature as it was too small so my dad said to sign over it with black ink, which I did and afterwards, the Visas were all approved and I explained to my parents on the phone as I was in town that I’m not sure signing over the electronic signature was a good idea so mum and dad called the Visa people and the passport office and mum said the passport office said they are only really interested in the photograph. I just hope and I did reiterate to my mum she actually spoke to the right people. I’ve no dilemma getting a new passport but my only concern is that I get to the check in and they say my passport is no good due to the fact I wrote over the signature. With respect to my parents, they can sometimes think things aren’t that important and it’ll be alright and then you get hit with the bad news so mum and dad say it’s going to be ok but I’m still jittery about this. I can just see it going wrong at the check in desk. 

diveunderthebonnet

1813 said:

I have the burgundy passport and when I applied for my Egyptian Visa, the visa people said they couldn’t read the signature as it was too small so my dad said to sign over it with black ink, which I did and afterwards, the Visas were all approved and I explained to my parents on the phone as I was in town that I’m not sure signing over the electronic signature was a good idea so mum and dad called the Visa people and the passport office and mum said the passport office said they are only really interested in the photograph. I just hope and I did reiterate to my mum she actually spoke to the right people. I’ve no dilemma getting a new passport but my only concern is that I get to the check in and they say my passport is no good due to the fact I wrote over the signature. With respect to my parents, they can sometimes think things aren’t that important and it’ll be alright and then you get hit with the bad news so mum and dad say it’s going to be ok but I’m still jittery about this. I can just see it going wrong at the check in desk. 

Do you have time before your holiday to obtain a new passport ,might save you a ton of grief and money if turned away at the check in desk.

1813

diveunderthebonnet said:

1813 said:

I have the burgundy passport and when I applied for my Egyptian Visa, the visa people said they couldn’t read the signature as it was too small so my dad said to sign over it with black ink, which I did and afterwards, the Visas were all approved and I explained to my parents on the phone as I was in town that I’m not sure signing over the electronic signature was a good idea so mum and dad called the Visa people and the passport office and mum said the passport office said they are only really interested in the photograph. I just hope and I did reiterate to my mum she actually spoke to the right people. I’ve no dilemma getting a new passport but my only concern is that I get to the check in and they say my passport is no good due to the fact I wrote over the signature. With respect to my parents, they can sometimes think things aren’t that important and it’ll be alright and then you get hit with the bad news so mum and dad say it’s going to be ok but I’m still jittery about this. I can just see it going wrong at the check in desk. 

Do you have time before your holiday to obtain a new passport ,might save you a ton of grief and money if turned away at the check in desk.

This is playing badly on my mind to be honest my mum has said it’ll be ok because she spoke to the passport office apparently and she said that all they are interested in is the photo but my mind would be put at rest if I got a new passport. I have time yes I can use their fast track service. Mum and dad got theirs done recently and they didn’t use fast track but they came through very quick so yes there’s time and I think it would be the right thing to do so I think I will but I know it’ll be a big issue with my parents as they’ll say it’s ok but the sensible part of me says take no chances, 

HampshireH

Is there a reason you can't speak to the passport people yourself and you are relying on your parents? 

Sounds like you need to hear it from the passport company directly to be sure.

I didn't think you were allowed to overwrite on passports and it will almost certainly mean you cannot use e-gates as they are designed to read the electronic print.

1813

Ok thank you I’ll get onto this as I say the Egyptian visa people said they couldn’t read my signature on the passport (burgundy) so my dad got me to overwrite my signature on the passport but when I explained my concerns to them, they rung up the visa people and the passport office and they said it was fine as they are only interested in the photograph. 

DullGreyGuy

Not sure why you keep repeating the colour of the passport? The signature was changed from digital to wet in Jan 2017 but blue passports were introduced in March 2020 and so there are plenty of burgundy passports with wet signatures, it may even be the majority. 

You have however confirmed it was a digital signature that you went over. At the end of the day its your choice, it is however now a tampered passport and whilst Egypt may not have the strictest border security there are plenty of countries I certainly wouldn't want to go to with a dodgy passport.