Passports
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Passports
I think it is bad that a person with a UK passport as to send it all the way to Paris for them just to sent it onto the UK to be pocessed. Why can't we send it striaght to the place where they send it to and cut the middle man out not just that it cost you 160 euro's and 25 euro's for courier service when we could send them direct to the UK ourselves and pay 77.50. nearly three times as much.
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I think it is bad that a person with a UK passport as to send it all the way to Paris for them just to sent it onto the UK to be pocessed. Why can't we send it striaght to the place where they send it to and cut the middle man out not just that it cost you 160 euro's and 25 euro's for courier service when we could send them direct to the UK ourselves and pay 77.50. nearly three times as much.
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I found out that the cost went up because they are doing a different way now and the cost is being passed onto the people applying for these passports.
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The costs have always been high, and thats partly due to the fact it seems that there is a repatriation levy built into it, supposedly to help return stranded brits. Never heard of it being used though
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The old system which ended just over a year ago was better and cheaper for us here, when my husband got his passport through the old system it was only the same price as what it was for some getting their passport in the UK. But never mind what can you do you can beat the system I did look into it and there was no way around it.
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Thanks for the pre warning Madliena, my wife renewed hers while on a holiday in the U/K a few years ago so i hadn't realised passport renewal had got so tricky and expensive, mine is due shortly so i will be prepared for the wait, nice part of the island by the way, must be freezing up there at the moment.
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Thanks for the pre warning Madliena, my wife renewed hers while on a holiday in the U/K a few years ago so i hadn't realised passport renewal had got so tricky and expensive, mine is due shortly so i will be prepared for the wait, nice part of the island by the way, must be freezing up there at the moment.
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Quite right too, i should have added to avoid confusion that i'm fairly sure she must have applied before she declared residency here, i was under the wrong impression in thinking it was a fairly quick and simple procedure, turns out quite an expense, unfortunately a necessary one.
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I think it is bad that a person with a UK passport as to send it all the way to Paris for them just to sent it onto the UK to be pocessed. Why can't we send it striaght to the place where they send it to and cut the middle man out not just that it cost you 160 euro's and 25 euro's for courier service when we could send them direct to the UK ourselves and pay 77.50. nearly three times as much.
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Quite right too, i should have added to avoid confusion that i'm fairly sure she must have applied before she declared residency here, i was under the wrong impression in thinking it was a fairly quick and simple procedure, turns out quite an expense, unfortunately a necessary one.
Last edited by copperiw; Apr 12th 2012 at 6:11 am. Reason: Clarification
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I was told if you were staying in the UK they could send your passport to you while you were staying there. Even if you lived in another country.
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That is correct Madliena, if you have an address in the U.K. to which the passport can be sent, you can apply for one there, in my case, whilst touring around, we visited Liverpool for the day, attended at the passport office there, made the application and lodged the forms etc, they even had a photo booth for your picture, newly issued passport was later forwarded to a friends house in York.
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I have to say on their part the service which I received from the them was very good it only took 3 weeks from the day I sent my application off to the day I got my passport back. I needed to renew it or else I cannot move back to the UK when my property sells. LOL
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Thanks for that, i have a U.K. address so i will book a months holiday when the time comes and chance my arm, good luck with your home sale Madliena, nice place, not so sure about the moving back bit though.