Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Sep 7th 2015, 9:18 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
hey did u have your interview on 12th of august? is there any new news?
Sep 7th 2015, 7:12 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
I will wait till October , if not news will contact my MP, it is very stressful and don't know what to do ,every time i call the PO advise line they say your application is with the examination team in UK and has not been sent to the oversea team yet,
Sep 8th 2015, 9:06 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Good luck with it, please let us know your any update in October. Do you believe all app sent to oversea for verification?
Sep 9th 2015, 9:10 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hello everyone , I'm new to this forum. I'm also in the same predicament as many others in this forum.
I applied a UK first child passport for my 2year old son from Nigeria 4 weeks ago. I'm a British citizen by birth and the child's mother is Nigerian. I sent off the application by DHL to Durham and application fee was taken 3 days after later. No form of contact from HMPO. Original documents were sent which included my British passport, Birth certificate , applicants birth certificate , antenatal and birth hospital records, marriage certificate , family photos and our wedding photos as well.
From the long forum thread , I guess I'm in for a long wait. Application is listed to take 14 weeks. I understand there was a backlog of overseas applications last year. Has this been sorted out? Many thanks.
I applied a UK first child passport for my 2year old son from Nigeria 4 weeks ago. I'm a British citizen by birth and the child's mother is Nigerian. I sent off the application by DHL to Durham and application fee was taken 3 days after later. No form of contact from HMPO. Original documents were sent which included my British passport, Birth certificate , applicants birth certificate , antenatal and birth hospital records, marriage certificate , family photos and our wedding photos as well.
From the long forum thread , I guess I'm in for a long wait. Application is listed to take 14 weeks. I understand there was a backlog of overseas applications last year. Has this been sorted out? Many thanks.
Sep 9th 2015, 7:16 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hello everyone , I'm new to this forum. I'm also in the same predicament as many others in this forum.
I applied a UK first child passport for my 2year old son from Nigeria 4 weeks ago. I'm a British citizen by birth and the child's mother is Nigerian. I sent off the application by DHL to Durham and application fee was taken 3 days after later. No form of contact from HMPO. Original documents were sent which included my British passport, Birth certificate , applicants birth certificate , antenatal and birth hospital records, marriage certificate , family photos and our wedding photos as well.
From the long forum thread , I guess I'm in for a long wait. Application is listed to take 14 weeks. I understand there was a backlog of overseas applications last year. Has this been sorted out? Many thanks.
I applied a UK first child passport for my 2year old son from Nigeria 4 weeks ago. I'm a British citizen by birth and the child's mother is Nigerian. I sent off the application by DHL to Durham and application fee was taken 3 days after later. No form of contact from HMPO. Original documents were sent which included my British passport, Birth certificate , applicants birth certificate , antenatal and birth hospital records, marriage certificate , family photos and our wedding photos as well.
From the long forum thread , I guess I'm in for a long wait. Application is listed to take 14 weeks. I understand there was a backlog of overseas applications last year. Has this been sorted out? Many thanks.
Sep 13th 2015, 11:04 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hey,
Just wanted to give an update on my situation. So everything turned out A LOT more smoothly then I thought it would based on reading other peoples situations. I applied for a first time adult British passport (overseas) from Canada. My father was born in Scotland, and came to Canada when he was 8. Application was sent on Wed Sept 2, 2015 and received at the passport office in Durham on Friday, Sept 4. On Wednesday Sept 9, 2015 I saw that my status had changed from processing to dispatched. I called to make sure and they said it was approved and should get it in the mail this Monday or Tuesday. So everything took less than 2 weeks which is way quicker than the 6 weeks I was expecting!
Just wanted to give an update on my situation. So everything turned out A LOT more smoothly then I thought it would based on reading other peoples situations. I applied for a first time adult British passport (overseas) from Canada. My father was born in Scotland, and came to Canada when he was 8. Application was sent on Wed Sept 2, 2015 and received at the passport office in Durham on Friday, Sept 4. On Wednesday Sept 9, 2015 I saw that my status had changed from processing to dispatched. I called to make sure and they said it was approved and should get it in the mail this Monday or Tuesday. So everything took less than 2 weeks which is way quicker than the 6 weeks I was expecting!
Sep 14th 2015, 10:21 pm
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
Hey,
Just wanted to give an update on my situation. So everything turned out A LOT more smoothly then I thought it would based on reading other peoples situations. I applied for a first time adult British passport (overseas) from Canada. My father was born in Scotland, and came to Canada when he was 8. Application was sent on Wed Sept 2, 2015 and received at the passport office in Durham on Friday, Sept 4. On Wednesday Sept 9, 2015 I saw that my status had changed from processing to dispatched. I called to make sure and they said it was approved and should get it in the mail this Monday or Tuesday. So everything took less than 2 weeks which is way quicker than the 6 weeks I was expecting!
Just wanted to give an update on my situation. So everything turned out A LOT more smoothly then I thought it would based on reading other peoples situations. I applied for a first time adult British passport (overseas) from Canada. My father was born in Scotland, and came to Canada when he was 8. Application was sent on Wed Sept 2, 2015 and received at the passport office in Durham on Friday, Sept 4. On Wednesday Sept 9, 2015 I saw that my status had changed from processing to dispatched. I called to make sure and they said it was approved and should get it in the mail this Monday or Tuesday. So everything took less than 2 weeks which is way quicker than the 6 weeks I was expecting!
Sep 15th 2015, 11:56 am
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Sep 15th 2015, 12:15 pm
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Sep 16th 2015, 6:29 am
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Sep 17th 2015, 4:09 am
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Sep 17th 2015, 5:02 am
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Re: Delays in first passport for child born overseas
i had the interview on 12th august and reply is same as yours. did(british high commission delhi) they ask photos, academic certificates and so on prior to the interview?
Sep 17th 2015, 9:32 am
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