karen and andy

Hi all

I have our eldest daughter on my passport it expires 2005, should i apply now for seperate ones or wait until it expires.

cheers for any info.

Karen

Wendy&Mike

hi
i had all my 3 children on my passport. I decided to get new ones for us all prior to being granted our visas. I just informed imigration office of all the new passport numbers by fax (then confirmed by post !).
Like you i was unsure what to do, but at least now we all have visa's in our own passports so shouldnt have any problems returning to england/australia in the future.
wendy

karen and andy

Thanks Wendy,

I'll get on with that right away.

Cheers
Karen

terryg

You can always get one via the British Embassy in OZ (or NZ). I seem to remember quoting the passport numbers on the application form. The visas are granted against specific passport numbers and if you renew a passport it WILL be given a new passport number so may complicate issues.

Thats my view anyway.

Good luck

Terry

denhim

my current passport expires in 2006 and as im traveling to perth in march next year it will only have a couple of years left on it. so i have just applied for a new one under the renew section of the application form. it has cost me £33. i could of used my current one but decided to update it as i have changed loads since i was 18 plus i wanted to take a full 10 year one out there with me. so as soon as i get my new one back i will send it off to oz house for my stamp.

karen and andy

Thanks Terry

Very good point .
Oh dear i think i'll have to phone DIMIA in the morning to ask their advice and maybe i could be cheeky and ask for a progress report.

cheers

karen

terryg

Hi Karen

Will you let us know what DIMIA say as I think quite a few people will be in the same boat

Thanks

Terry

karen and andy

Hi all

Phoned DIMIA this morning and they said that you can renew your passport and get a seperate one for child, as long as they are certified and forwarded to them.
But you don't have to and you can wait until your passport expires and renew when in oz/nz.

Tried the cheeky can i have an update on our visa application but unfortunately we were landed with a jobsworth, oh well we shall wait for the snail mail.

Cheers

Karen and Andy

donna

im like denhim
kids passports expire next year,we have just had medicals and im wondering whether to send off for new ones before we get visa put in so they can get it put in the new one.?Does this mean we will have to inform DIMIA of a change?the kids are not coming off ours just getting them renewed.
thanks
donna

arg

I renewed my passport after medicals, just before pre-grant letter. The pre-grant letter had a form to update DIMIA of any changes. Just gave them new passport numbers. Hey presto Visas on its way. No problems.

If you've any time left on your passport when renewing, the passport office give you extra time on new one (up to nine months)

Rudy

Hi Donna,

If you apply for a renewal of a passport that includes children, children are automatically removed, children must now have their own passports unless they are still on an unexpired adult passport. I had my passport renewed because it expires in September, I had to apply for the childrens passports at the same time and we also had to send my hubbies passport in to have the children removed from his passport.

We just sent new certified copies of all the passports to our agent who forwarded them on to DIMIA.

I have heard that British passport renewals etc cost more in Oz and take longer, so it may be better to have them done here. Also that way your visas are placed in your new passports.

HTH,
Hazel.

Sandra

The day before I had our visas put in our passports - I had my passport and the kids renewed..new numbers etc!?

Went to the Strand ...visas put ok, so by all means renew information about numbers etc, but it is not the end of the world if it happens up near to the date. Can anyone tell a tale when it was difficult?

Cheers

BritboyNZ

I would definitely get your passports renewed in the UK. Yes, you can renew them at the British High Commission in Canberra / Wellington, However! it costs nearly DOUBLE the cost of renewing it in the UK. More importantly, passports issued by UK embassies overseas are usually not machine readable.

So what? you may think....well the good old paranoid USA is changing it's regulations - as of 1st October 2003 anyone who visits the USA Must have a machine readable passport. This means that if you didn't renew your passport and renewed it in OZ/NZ (and was issued a non machine readable pasport) you could later run into problems if you ever travelled to or transited the US.


It's a bit long winded but here it is in black & white from the US state Department:

What Do I Need to Enter the United States on the VWP?

Have a valid passport issued by the participating country. Additionally, starting October 1, 2003, the passport presented at the U.S. port of entry must be a machine readable passport;

http://travel.state.gov/vwp.html#6

All the best

Russ

donna

Thanks for the prompt responses,i will get new ones ASAP
donna