moneypenny20

First time? A British Consulate does all the stuff for the British Government abroad. This includes supplying British subjects with passports, whether first, second, third or fourth time of applying.

JenniGee

Hmm...I completely sympathise with your frustration, but just maybe there are security checks ongoing as to why UK aren't issuing your passport immediately?

I have to say (& I'm certainly NOT accusing you of anything underhand) but from what I've read here it all looks a bit dodgy....there's a wedding, possible residency/work, someone ringing up from abroad obviously stressed about the lack of a passport....can you understand why, from an outsider's point of view, alarm bells might be ringing?

I think you just have to try & be patient...the granting of passports has been a huge issue here, when it was found recently that passports were issued to people from outside the country on fraudulent paperwork, who then went on to assassinate some Israeli government official (I think). Anyway, things are now being checked, checked & checked again & quite rightly so, in my opinion. Your wedding plans unfortunately arent that important when measured against national security.

Best of luck & hope it comes soon

fatyak

Actually no i wouldn't think it was dodgy at all.
Even from an outsiders view, all of the above seems logical considering i'm british, want to move back home, go to the wedding and possibly work if i stay long enough. All of which I am entitled to no?

generally by 'move' i mean stay for a lengthy period over 3 months :P

JenniGee

Yes, as I said, I'm certainly not accusing you of anything dodgy at all & I'm sure that you are British & entitled to live & work as you claim. However, many other people claim this too & if you have lived here in the UK recently, you'd be aware of the interest in illegal immigration, false passports, the sensitivities surrounding unemployment & illegal workers...added to a general election coming up very shortly, this is all translating into a very cautious approach from the Government agencies.

It's a total pain for all those genuine people who are just wanting to get on with their lives, but look on the bright side - at least you aren't being told you have to wait for months, sometimes years on end, for security checks that other perfectly law-abiding citizens of other countries have to endure whilst waiting to hear if they can come to the UK or not.

May I ask, is the wedding yours by the way....? I was just wondering if the hold up was to do with that?

fatyak

yes it is my wedding, and also a family friends a few weeks or a couple of months later depending on the situation.

The urgency was because we wanted a snowy wedding, but the snow is melting :<

bithbheo

Friend of mine has just recently had to renew her UK passport and it took 9 weeks to get back to her.....

As already posted on here it went to NZ and then had to be sent to UK to be printed as machine in NZ has broken down.

She had to change her flight plans to go home as a result. It cost her a fortune in phone calls trying to sort out when she could expect to recieve it.

Thankfully it has now arrived......but as I said was 9 weeks from it being taken into Aussie Post and her recieving it back.

Hope yours arrives quicker

Pollyana

So much for all the assurances that the move to NZ wouldn't cause any hassles.

fatyak

i'd be expecting a call at least to know why it's taking so long, surely there is more than just "we dont know" response :<

Deutschmaster

I wonder why the office was moved to NZ. One would have thought it would make more sense closing the office in NZ and moving it to Aus - they probably handle more applications over here.

MartinLuther

Kiwis are cheap.

fatyak

and slow ;>

Guest

What are the implications of re-entering Australia on a new UK passport? From what I've read there may be problems coming back in the country if there is no visa in your new passport. If you have an Australian passport then presumably you are a citizen and won't have a visa in your new UK passport. Just a thought.

Dreamy

Surely they would re-enter Australia on their existing Australian passport? I'm pretty sure you have to anyway, if you're a citizen?

fatyak

from what i gathered, you leave australia using your british passport and return on your british passport, but you show both passports once you get to customs to prove you're a citizen.

hence dual nationality.

moneypenny20

You leave Australia on your Australian Passport and enter the UK with your UK passport. Then you leave the UK with your UK Passport and re enter Australia with your Australian Passport.

If you have a passport for a country you are entering or leaving you must always use that passport, whatever the country.