Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

As always, passport renewal has been left late.

I have Canadian PR & British Passport, living in Canada.

* 15th February visiting the US for a few days.

* 15-25th April visiting the UK for 10 days.

3rd May - passport expires.

Looking online it says it takes four weeks for a passport renewal, having to send in my old passport. That cuts it tight to the trip to the US. Then there is 8 weeks between the US & UK visit. Finally my passport expires a week after my trip to the UK.

So this gives me three options of renewal:

1. Try now, if it takes more than 6 weeks I'm screwed out of the trip to the US.

2. Immediately after I return from the US in February, apply and I have 8 weeks to receive the updated passport.

3. Wait until I return from the UK in April, on which I have 7 days valid on my passport at that point. It gives me a week of buffer if my flights are delayed - and really I could get one same day in the UK if needed by travelling to an office.

Any suggestions ?

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

Where are you getting those durations from?

It took me under a week to get a new passport - everything gets pre-validated online and you send off by express courier.

I sent mine off a Friday, it arrived in the UK at the passport office on the Monday and I got my new passport in my hand on Thursday. I'm in Vancouver.


Option 2 is the one to go for. It says 4 weeks online, but I suspect you will get it back quicker. DO NOT USE STANDARD POST TO SEND TO UK. Option 3 will do as well. Your passport only needs to be valid on the day you land back in Canada.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

Four weeks is from the UK passport website. My other durations are the dates in I'm in the US, UK & passport expiry.

Leaning for the second option in that case.

Thanks for the help.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

I did mine in 2016. All done within 2 weeks. I used Canada Post to send it registered. $11.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

Renew it now. You’ll get it back by mid-January.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

We renewed our son's passport in October. We mailed the application on a Wednesday and had the new passport the next Friday. We were shocked how quick it was.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

Apply now. My daughter (who lives in London, ON) just recently got her new British passport in 2 weeks from start to finish. Hers wasn't even a renewal - it was treated as a first time application because her previous passport was a 5 year child passport that had been expired a long time.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

fedex it out to durham uk comes back via purulator less than two weeks out in the boonies

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

Agree with all of the above, did mine last year and had my new passport back in a couple of weeks.

Re: Applying for UK passport renewal in Canada.
 

The fee includes courier return. Is that $88 quoted on the Fedex website about right?
I'll stick with the $11 Canada Post registered and have fun with $70 odd instead. :drinkingwine: