Delays in first passport for child born overseas
May 21st 2014, 2:05 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
All,
I have heard nothing from Liverpool passport Office but got an email from my MP stating that they called him and that my sons passport was issued today. :O
Oh god now I need to vote for Independance and condemn my country to a Banana Republic [with no Bananas!!].......
I have heard nothing from Liverpool passport Office but got an email from my MP stating that they called him and that my sons passport was issued today. :O
Oh god now I need to vote for Independance and condemn my country to a Banana Republic [with no Bananas!!].......
May 21st 2014, 2:14 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
All,
I have heard nothing from Liverpool passport Office but got an email from my MP stating that they called him and that my sons passport was issued today. :O
Oh god now I need to vote for Independance and condemn my country to a Banana Republic [with no Bananas!!].......
I have heard nothing from Liverpool passport Office but got an email from my MP stating that they called him and that my sons passport was issued today. :O
Oh god now I need to vote for Independance and condemn my country to a Banana Republic [with no Bananas!!].......
keep us posted man!
May 21st 2014, 6:46 pm
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May 22nd 2014, 10:31 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
No news from HMPO again today.
I will keep up the fight. I suggest we all email the head of HMPO and let him know the challenges we have faced '<<snip>>'.
Also David Cameron should understand that he is not exactly winning the expat vote, lets help him know https://email.number10.gov.uk/
Last night I also couriered a letter to the Queen demanding that she remove the "Her Mayesty's" endorsement of the service. thats was possibly the most pointless waste of time and money but felt good
We should not put up with this crap, evey day we endure this should motivate us to force these pencil pushers to fix the problem!!
Mad as hell
Paul
I will keep up the fight. I suggest we all email the head of HMPO and let him know the challenges we have faced '<<snip>>'.
Also David Cameron should understand that he is not exactly winning the expat vote, lets help him know https://email.number10.gov.uk/
Last night I also couriered a letter to the Queen demanding that she remove the "Her Mayesty's" endorsement of the service. thats was possibly the most pointless waste of time and money but felt good
We should not put up with this crap, evey day we endure this should motivate us to force these pencil pushers to fix the problem!!
Mad as hell
Paul
Last edited by Sue; May 22nd 2014 at 11:52 am. Reason: email address. Please don't post other peoples email addresses on a pubic forum. Thanks
May 22nd 2014, 1:06 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
No news from HMPO again today.
I will keep up the fight. I suggest we all email the head of HMPO and let him know the challenges we have faced '<<snip>>'.
Also David Cameron should understand that he is not exactly winning the expat vote, lets help him know https://email.number10.gov.uk/
Last night I also couriered a letter to the Queen demanding that she remove the "Her Mayesty's" endorsement of the service. thats was possibly the most pointless waste of time and money but felt good
We should not put up with this crap, evey day we endure this should motivate us to force these pencil pushers to fix the problem!!
Mad as hell
Paul
I will keep up the fight. I suggest we all email the head of HMPO and let him know the challenges we have faced '<<snip>>'.
Also David Cameron should understand that he is not exactly winning the expat vote, lets help him know https://email.number10.gov.uk/
Last night I also couriered a letter to the Queen demanding that she remove the "Her Mayesty's" endorsement of the service. thats was possibly the most pointless waste of time and money but felt good
We should not put up with this crap, evey day we endure this should motivate us to force these pencil pushers to fix the problem!!
Mad as hell
Paul
May 22nd 2014, 1:14 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
No news from HMPO again today.
I will keep up the fight. I suggest we all email the head of HMPO and let him know the challenges we have faced '<<snip>>'.
Also David Cameron should understand that he is not exactly winning the expat vote, lets help him know https://email.number10.gov.uk/
Last night I also couriered a letter to the Queen demanding that she remove the "Her Mayesty's" endorsement of the service. thats was possibly the most pointless waste of time and money but felt good
We should not put up with this crap, evey day we endure this should motivate us to force these pencil pushers to fix the problem!!
Mad as hell
Paul
I will keep up the fight. I suggest we all email the head of HMPO and let him know the challenges we have faced '<<snip>>'.
Also David Cameron should understand that he is not exactly winning the expat vote, lets help him know https://email.number10.gov.uk/
Last night I also couriered a letter to the Queen demanding that she remove the "Her Mayesty's" endorsement of the service. thats was possibly the most pointless waste of time and money but felt good
We should not put up with this crap, evey day we endure this should motivate us to force these pencil pushers to fix the problem!!
Mad as hell
Paul
May 22nd 2014, 1:21 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
. I follow up and requested the DHL ref so I can have a view on timing as DHL to China is 3 days tops."Your enquiry has been escalated to me to deal with. I have today contacted the Liverpool office dealing with your son's application and they told me that our processes have now been completed.
The passport was issued yesterday, printed last night and will be picked up by DHL during the course of today. I have been told that the guidance for customers is that DHL usually deliver to China in around 10-working days, but experience tells us that it can often be quicker than that. As we have no influence over this part of the process however, I cannot guarantee this."
Good Luck to all of you and lets not let this this failure go unheard!
Paul
May 22nd 2014, 1:24 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Good Luck!! I recommend googling and emailing everyone you can think of as I just got the below email from a guy in the Parlamentary Diplomatic Enquiries Team. Not sure which of my emails got through but I suspect it was my MP and my letter to head of HMPO. Or perhaps it was the one to the Queen . I follow up and requested the DHL ref so I can have a view on timing as DHL to China is 3 days tops.
"Your enquiry has been escalated to me to deal with. I have today contacted the Liverpool office dealing with your son's application and they told me that our processes have now been completed.
The passport was issued yesterday, printed last night and will be picked up by DHL during the course of today. I have been told that the guidance for customers is that DHL usually deliver to China in around 10-working days, but experience tells us that it can often be quicker than that. As we have no influence over this part of the process however, I cannot guarantee this."
Good Luck to all of you and lets not let this this failure go unheard!
Paul
. I follow up and requested the DHL ref so I can have a view on timing as DHL to China is 3 days tops."Your enquiry has been escalated to me to deal with. I have today contacted the Liverpool office dealing with your son's application and they told me that our processes have now been completed.
The passport was issued yesterday, printed last night and will be picked up by DHL during the course of today. I have been told that the guidance for customers is that DHL usually deliver to China in around 10-working days, but experience tells us that it can often be quicker than that. As we have no influence over this part of the process however, I cannot guarantee this."
Good Luck to all of you and lets not let this this failure go unheard!
Paul
you too man! let me know if you do get the passport!
Can you pm me the emails you use? to 'mither them'
cheers m8.
May 23rd 2014, 3:50 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hey, sorry I haven't updated in a while, I actually got my baby girls passport last Monday, so in the end it was sent off on March 10th, received 12th, payment taken 13th ( around those dates, cant remember exactly ), then finally received on 12th May! Now I'm just waiting for the supporting documents lol, don't know why they take so long, but they're quite important... my babys birth certificate, my parents birth certificates and marriage certificates ( the originals from years and years ago... ) called them to ask and they said they cant track anything, but they're definitely on their way apparently... good luck to the rest of you still waiting!
May 23rd 2014, 4:28 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
I just read this thread and it sounds really frustrating.
I'm a British citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are planning to move to the UK soon after the baby is born. The baby will be entitled to dual nationality so I thought we would get the US birth certificate then apply for a UK passport then get a US passport later when we plan to visit the USA. After reading this thread it sounds like we will be stuck in the USA for a very long time waiting for the passport. I'm wondering if we would be better off just applying for the baby's US passport and taking him to the UK on that - will we be able to get him through immigration?
I just checked the expected wait times for the UK passport and it says at least 10 weeks. https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passport...ying/child/usa
I'm a British citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are planning to move to the UK soon after the baby is born. The baby will be entitled to dual nationality so I thought we would get the US birth certificate then apply for a UK passport then get a US passport later when we plan to visit the USA. After reading this thread it sounds like we will be stuck in the USA for a very long time waiting for the passport. I'm wondering if we would be better off just applying for the baby's US passport and taking him to the UK on that - will we be able to get him through immigration?
I just checked the expected wait times for the UK passport and it says at least 10 weeks. https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passport...ying/child/usa
May 23rd 2014, 4:41 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hey, sorry I haven't updated in a while, I actually got my baby girls passport last Monday, so in the end it was sent off on March 10th, received 12th, payment taken 13th ( around those dates, cant remember exactly ), then finally received on 12th May! Now I'm just waiting for the supporting documents lol, don't know why they take so long, but they're quite important... my babys birth certificate, my parents birth certificates and marriage certificates ( the originals from years and years ago... ) called them to ask and they said they cant track anything, but they're definitely on their way apparently... good luck to the rest of you still waiting!
So they actually delivered to your 'Chinese address' then ? so it took 2 months roughly for you... i'll be approaching '2 months' by the end of this week....
Hmmm?
Post it again!
May 23rd 2014, 4:46 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
.... ok that seems to have worked, I'll try remember what I wrote and post again...
I'm a UK citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are in the process of relocating to the UK. By the looks of things the baby will arrive before we are able to move. Since the baby will be entitled to both US and UK citizenship I thought we would just get a UK passport for him for now so it would be easier to enter the UK but after reading this thread it sounds like a bad idea! Also I checked the processing times and it says 'at least 10 weeks'. Would the UK let the baby in on a US passport? Do I need to register his birth with the UK embassy in the US?
I'm a UK citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are in the process of relocating to the UK. By the looks of things the baby will arrive before we are able to move. Since the baby will be entitled to both US and UK citizenship I thought we would just get a UK passport for him for now so it would be easier to enter the UK but after reading this thread it sounds like a bad idea! Also I checked the processing times and it says 'at least 10 weeks'. Would the UK let the baby in on a US passport? Do I need to register his birth with the UK embassy in the US?
May 23rd 2014, 5:46 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
.... ok that seems to have worked, I'll try remember what I wrote and post again...
I'm a UK citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are in the process of relocating to the UK. By the looks of things the baby will arrive before we are able to move. Since the baby will be entitled to both US and UK citizenship I thought we would just get a UK passport for him for now so it would be easier to enter the UK but after reading this thread it sounds like a bad idea! Also I checked the processing times and it says 'at least 10 weeks'. Would the UK let the baby in on a US passport? Do I need to register his birth with the UK embassy in the US?
I'm a UK citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are in the process of relocating to the UK. By the looks of things the baby will arrive before we are able to move. Since the baby will be entitled to both US and UK citizenship I thought we would just get a UK passport for him for now so it would be easier to enter the UK but after reading this thread it sounds like a bad idea! Also I checked the processing times and it says 'at least 10 weeks'. Would the UK let the baby in on a US passport? Do I need to register his birth with the UK embassy in the US?
As for registering his birth at the UK embassy - this would give you a consular birth certificate which would probably help with entry to the UK.
May 23rd 2014, 8:48 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
.... ok that seems to have worked, I'll try remember what I wrote and post again...
I'm a UK citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are in the process of relocating to the UK. By the looks of things the baby will arrive before we are able to move. Since the baby will be entitled to both US and UK citizenship I thought we would just get a UK passport for him for now so it would be easier to enter the UK but after reading this thread it sounds like a bad idea! Also I checked the processing times and it says 'at least 10 weeks'. Would the UK let the baby in on a US passport? Do I need to register his birth with the UK embassy in the US?
I'm a UK citizen living in the USA with my US citizen husband. We are expecting our first child and are in the process of relocating to the UK. By the looks of things the baby will arrive before we are able to move. Since the baby will be entitled to both US and UK citizenship I thought we would just get a UK passport for him for now so it would be easier to enter the UK but after reading this thread it sounds like a bad idea! Also I checked the processing times and it says 'at least 10 weeks'. Would the UK let the baby in on a US passport? Do I need to register his birth with the UK embassy in the US?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_re...tates_citizens