Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Feb 27th 2006, 6:20 am
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Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Ok my sons passport runs out in March.....we havent been in Oz for 2 years until July 2006.....so how do we get his photo evidenced if nobody here has known us for 2 years??
Feb 27th 2006, 9:16 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
anybody know ?????
Feb 27th 2006, 9:19 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by biggy
Ok my sons passport runs out in March.....we havent been in Oz for 2 years until July 2006.....so how do we get his photo evidenced if nobody here has known us for 2 years??
You may have to send it back to the UK and get someone here to sign the photo's etc, they could then send in the application for you.
Or just wait until July and do it then, providing you don't need to leave Oz before then for a holiday or whatever.
Feb 27th 2006, 9:24 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by WendyC
You may have to send it back to the UK and get someone here to sign the photo's etc, they could then send in the application for you.
Or just wait until July and do it then, providing you don't need to leave Oz before then for a holiday or whatever.
Or just wait until July and do it then, providing you don't need to leave Oz before then for a holiday or whatever.
Yeah had thot of doing thats...but its just a pain in the arse...sneding it to UK and then them sendin back to Oz....what annoys me is...he has a passport already but I still need to send birth cert and all that shite with it...what a load of bollox....A JP in this country should be able to sign the bloody thing and say that the pics r a true likeness....grr bloody passports lol
Feb 27th 2006, 9:26 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by biggy
Yeah had thot of doing thats...but its just a pain in the arse...sneding it to UK and then them sendin back to Oz....what annoys me is...he has a passport already but I still need to send birth cert and all that shite with it...what a load of bollox....A JP in this country should be able to sign the bloody thing and say that the pics r a true likeness....grr bloody passports lol
Feb 27th 2006, 9:27 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by biggy
Yeah had thot of doing thats...but its just a pain in the arse...sneding it to UK and then them sendin back to Oz....what annoys me is...he has a passport already but I still need to send birth cert and all that shite with it...what a load of bollox....A JP in this country should be able to sign the bloody thing and say that the pics r a true likeness....grr bloody passports lol
Feb 27th 2006, 9:28 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by Rachel1978
I thought you only needed to get the photos signed for a first passport, for a renewal you should be able to send the old one and some new photos and the passport office will verify the likeness, unless his old one has baby pictures in it then I can see the problem?
You can only do that from the UK, in OZ you have to have them verified. (I'm sure someone said that anyway )
Will try to find it
Feb 27th 2006, 9:28 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by WendyC
Someone did ask this question a few days ago, if I find it I'll post the link cos they got an answer from someone, but I can't remember what it was
Feb 27th 2006, 9:29 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by Rachel1978
I thought you only needed to get the photos signed for a first passport, for a renewal you should be able to send the old one and some new photos and the passport office will verify the likeness, unless his old one has baby pictures in it then I can see the problem?
i thought that too...but according to the form I need to do it
Feb 27th 2006, 9:29 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by Rachel1978
I thought you only needed to get the photos signed for a first passport, for a renewal you should be able to send the old one and some new photos and the passport office will verify the likeness, unless his old one has baby pictures in it then I can see the problem?
Feb 27th 2006, 9:36 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by fraser
Yes pay attention you dozy cow
Feb 27th 2006, 9:36 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
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Yes pay attention you dozy cow
and which dozy cow r we referring to
Feb 27th 2006, 9:40 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by biggy
and which dozy cow r we referring to
Feb 27th 2006, 9:48 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by fraser
Any of you
watch it ya baaasssttttaaarrrddd
Feb 27th 2006, 9:51 am
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Re: Help renewing Child UK passport in Oz
Originally Posted by biggy
watch it ya baaasssttttaaarrrddd
Found it, it's not that helpful though.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357054
See JAJ's post at the end