4lex

Mine's due to expire in a few weeks. I don't need it in a hurry, but ought to get a new one - can anyone point me in the right direction?

How long do they take normally?

Thanks,
Alex

BKate

This should give you all the info you need.

http://bhc.britaus.net/Passports/passportsdefault.asp

4lex

Cheers.

Pollyana

Got mine about 2 months back. Although the website was quoting 2 months it only took around 3 weeks

debilloyd

Ours came back mega fast, only took about a week.

Debs

banjo

and mine took almost 9 weeks!

merlotsmum

I know the cost of getting one here in the UK has just shot up from £42 to £51, not sure if it has gone up over there in Oz yet!

YoSemite

i did my paperwork on t'internet and paid for it online and they sent the paperowkr out to be signed and photo's put in (need new pics as alst one was damaged)

realised about a week later i'd sent 2 unsigned pics and still had the signed ones on my desk so emailled.... a further 3 weeks later i got my passport paperowkr back asking it to be signed again and the signed pics to be enclosed.

by this time i was due to flt to canada within 2 weeks so posted everything away and called the passport office for advice. ended up having to pay loads of extra money for their suprtfast service. was told to phone on monday before i left if passport hadn't arrived.

called that monday (leaving on thursday morning ok...) and they said passport was just being printed and out be mailed out recorded delivery either that afternoon or the following morning.... it would be with me by 12 on wednesday - the day before i was leaving.

it hadn't arrived by 12 on wednesday so i phoned up. 1st was told that it was being couriered up and would be with me by 6. i aksed if they could find out the couriers number for me so i could contact them and check.... someone called me back within 10 minutes to tell me that they'd just found my passport sitting in the "to be collected" tray at their office IN WALES (and i'm in edinburgh!!!!!!!!!!!)

explained i was leaving the house at 7am the following morning and the passport office got it couriered overnight. it arrived at 6:45 the following morning.....

meanwhile my best friend in canada was having kittens at the thought her best friend might miss her wedding. i made it and the wedding was fantastic!!


heres hoping no-one else has same bother as me!! hehehehehehe

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Wol

Don't know if you can make it to Canberra but it took about 4 hrs by going in person.