Can't afford new passport

rufuschucklebutty

Pollycat said:

rufuschucklebutty said:

My moan was more to do with the essential document everyone should have but there being no subsidy or reduced fee for those on benefits , why does it cost £95,  which must be mostly for admin when they seem to enjoy making as much admin as possible for my benefits claim, the government love admin. 

Shouldn't a passport be free to all citizens ? 

Why do you think that everyone should have a passport?
I need a passport to travel so don't begrudge paying the fee.

You apparently need some form of ID - but as pointed out above, it doesn't have to be a passport.

Ask your MP why a passport costs £95.

As for your benefits claim, other posters have suggested alternative means for obtaining ID.

If you think about it , you can't leave this country unless you pay £95 to the government for the privilege,  yet a birth or marraige certificate is only £12.50.

Pollycat

rufuschucklebutty said:

Pollycat said:

rufuschucklebutty said:

My moan was more to do with the essential document everyone should have but there being no subsidy or reduced fee for those on benefits , why does it cost £95,  which must be mostly for admin when they seem to enjoy making as much admin as possible for my benefits claim, the government love admin. 

Shouldn't a passport be free to all citizens ? 

Why do you think that everyone should have a passport?
I need a passport to travel so don't begrudge paying the fee.

You apparently need some form of ID - but as pointed out above, it doesn't have to be a passport.

Ask your MP why a passport costs £95.

As for your benefits claim, other posters have suggested alternative means for obtaining ID.

If you think about it , you can't leave this country unless you pay £95 to the government for the privilege,  yet a birth or marraige certificate is only £12.50.

I pay for my passport so I can enjoy my holidays abroad.
Spending 10+ weeks out of the country every year makes the cost negligible per week.
10 weeks x 10 years for £95.
To me, that sounds like a bargain.

But you are not talking about a passport for travel.
You need ID.

So perhaps you can share what you are doing to obtain ID that satisfies the organisations you mention.

sheramber

rufuschucklebutty said:

Pollycat said:

rufuschucklebutty said:

My moan was more to do with the essential document everyone should have but there being no subsidy or reduced fee for those on benefits , why does it cost £95,  which must be mostly for admin when they seem to enjoy making as much admin as possible for my benefits claim, the government love admin. 

Shouldn't a passport be free to all citizens ? 

Why do you think that everyone should have a passport?
I need a passport to travel so don't begrudge paying the fee.

You apparently need some form of ID - but as pointed out above, it doesn't have to be a passport.

Ask your MP why a passport costs £95.

As for your benefits claim, other posters have suggested alternative means for obtaining ID.

If you think about it , you can't leave this country unless you pay £95 to the government for the privilege,  yet a birth or marraige certificate is only £12.50.

But you can’t leave the country  using them. 

Anybody can get a copy of these certificates.
  

There is no photo on them to prove you are the person that the certificate refers to. 

The extra cost is for the proof it provides. You are paying for somebody to provide that proof.