Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Sep 26th 2017, 10:38 am
#1846
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hi,
Has anyone applied from Turkey? I was not able to find which group Turkey falls into in terms of risk whilst applying for a first child passport. Would anyone know the average waiting time from if applied from here?
Has anyone applied from Turkey? I was not able to find which group Turkey falls into in terms of risk whilst applying for a first child passport. Would anyone know the average waiting time from if applied from here?
Sep 26th 2017, 6:55 pm
#1847
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Turkey is a Group 2 country so medium risk. HMPO says six weeks. I haven't got any recent anecdotal evidence to the contrary.
Sep 27th 2017, 12:21 am
#1848
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Can anyone help please?
I applied for a passport for a newborn in July of this year. Our child was born in Bermuda, which is where we live, and where we applied from. I am from the UK, my wife is Filipino.
3 weeks after getting our documents, I got an email to say they required a CENOMAR. After many delays with the NSO in the Philippines, we finally got it and it has been with the passport office in Durham for over a week. It is now almost 3 months since we applied for the passport.
The passport advice line is useless at this point. When I call them, all I am told is "standard checks are ongoing" and "call back in a few days". They have no access to the examiner, and they won't give me any more info beyond that.
I have logged a complaint with them, but I just got the same response "standard checks are ongoing".
Anyone know how long these standard checks will go on for?
Thanks
I applied for a passport for a newborn in July of this year. Our child was born in Bermuda, which is where we live, and where we applied from. I am from the UK, my wife is Filipino.
3 weeks after getting our documents, I got an email to say they required a CENOMAR. After many delays with the NSO in the Philippines, we finally got it and it has been with the passport office in Durham for over a week. It is now almost 3 months since we applied for the passport.
The passport advice line is useless at this point. When I call them, all I am told is "standard checks are ongoing" and "call back in a few days". They have no access to the examiner, and they won't give me any more info beyond that.
I have logged a complaint with them, but I just got the same response "standard checks are ongoing".
Anyone know how long these standard checks will go on for?
Thanks
Sep 27th 2017, 12:33 am
#1849
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Can anyone help please?
I applied for a passport for a newborn in July of this year. Our child was born in Bermuda, which is where we live, and where we applied from. I am from the UK, my wife is Filipino.
3 weeks after getting our documents, I got an email to say they required a CENOMAR. After many delays with the NSO in the Philippines, we finally got it and it has been with the passport office in Durham for over a week. It is now almost 3 months since we applied for the passport.
The passport advice line is useless at this point. When I call them, all I am told is "standard checks are ongoing" and "call back in a few days". They have no access to the examiner, and they won't give me any more info beyond that.
I have logged a complaint with them, but I just got the same response "standard checks are ongoing".
Anyone know how long these standard checks will go on for?
Thanks
I applied for a passport for a newborn in July of this year. Our child was born in Bermuda, which is where we live, and where we applied from. I am from the UK, my wife is Filipino.
3 weeks after getting our documents, I got an email to say they required a CENOMAR. After many delays with the NSO in the Philippines, we finally got it and it has been with the passport office in Durham for over a week. It is now almost 3 months since we applied for the passport.
The passport advice line is useless at this point. When I call them, all I am told is "standard checks are ongoing" and "call back in a few days". They have no access to the examiner, and they won't give me any more info beyond that.
I have logged a complaint with them, but I just got the same response "standard checks are ongoing".
Anyone know how long these standard checks will go on for?
Thanks
Sep 27th 2017, 1:45 am
#1850
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
That's what I'm sincerely hoping. Bermuda is an overseas territory of the UK so I thought it should be a fairly straightforward application. It's also a 20 square mile island and I can't stand the thought of not being able to travel with the family for potentially up to a year.
Sep 28th 2017, 8:06 am
#1854
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Sep 29th 2017, 12:19 pm
#1857
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
It be would highly dependent on the applicant's particular circumstances but generally if all the checks have been done and an interview conducted then a passport should be forthcoming shortly afterwards depending on your passport examiner's workload.
Sep 29th 2017, 12:50 pm
#1858
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
thanks BritInParis. You do provide a lot of help by answering others question.
I wish it doesn't take extra time I have waited for more than 10 months.
I am tired reading (Your passport application is currently going through the examination process.)
After a call to the home office they said your interview and overseas checks went well and they need to do final checks before issuing the passport.
I wish it doesn't take extra time I have waited for more than 10 months.
I am tired reading (Your passport application is currently going through the examination process.)
After a call to the home office they said your interview and overseas checks went well and they need to do final checks before issuing the passport.
Sep 30th 2017, 7:45 am
#1859
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hi all,
All the supporting documents which I had sent regarding my son's first time passport application has been returned by DHL to me. I also noticed that the "status" of the application says that I should contact them. Could it be that they will be sending my son's passport soon? FYR details below:
Mailed the declaration form and documents from Hong Kong: 12th Dec 2016
Application received by Liverpool office: 16th Dec 2016
Received email from New Delhi HMPO asking for additional docs: 1st Feb 2017
Sent additional docs to New Delhi, HMPO: 3rd Feb 2017
Acknowledgement from New Delhi of receipt of docs: 9th Feb 2017 Phone Interview from HK with British High Commission staff in India 25th May 2017
Thanks and regards
Ganon
All the supporting documents which I had sent regarding my son's first time passport application has been returned by DHL to me. I also noticed that the "status" of the application says that I should contact them. Could it be that they will be sending my son's passport soon? FYR details below:
Mailed the declaration form and documents from Hong Kong: 12th Dec 2016
Application received by Liverpool office: 16th Dec 2016
Received email from New Delhi HMPO asking for additional docs: 1st Feb 2017
Sent additional docs to New Delhi, HMPO: 3rd Feb 2017
Acknowledgement from New Delhi of receipt of docs: 9th Feb 2017 Phone Interview from HK with British High Commission staff in India 25th May 2017
Thanks and regards
Ganon
Oct 3rd 2017, 9:53 am
#1860
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hi I am new to this forum. Being UK national through naturalisation and now married overseas want to apply for my child first uk passport from karachi Pakistan. I am resident in UK and had a divorce from my former wife 10 years ago.
Soon I will visit my family in Pakistan and want to apply for 2.5 year child first passport. I already have his Pakistani passport.
If anyone can please advice me how to apply for his first passport and what documents should I take from UK when I visit Pakistan. Thanks
Soon I will visit my family in Pakistan and want to apply for 2.5 year child first passport. I already have his Pakistani passport.
If anyone can please advice me how to apply for his first passport and what documents should I take from UK when I visit Pakistan. Thanks