slimon007

Hello,

Another 10 years has flown by and it's time for my passport renewal. My current passport hasn't lapsed. Here is the question, do I need to submit my birth certificate in the application in addition to my current passport?

thanks

R I C H

No, though you do need some other form of ID that's been photocopied and verified as true to the original. The British High Commission website provides forms for you to download with detailed instruction.

Alberta_Rose

Not if it's a renewal ..... well I've sent mine off (erk... haven't heard back from them yet!)

I went through the forms very carefully though and it said not for renewals ..... I'll check again!

http://www.britishhighcommission.gov...=1188497174892

there: you only have to send additional ID if your passport expired more than ten years before.

slimon007

thanks!

MB-Realtor

Morwenna's quite right, they seem to have changed the requirements recently, and if you are just renewing all thats needed is the form, photo and the old passport.

Alberta_Rose

However .... you are supposed to get hold of a professional person who is a British citizen and who has known you more than 2 years to countersign your photos and form.

Then I think it admits that that might be difficult for some people!

britsnake

You only need to get your form countersigned if you have changed appearance so it's difficult to recognize you from your old passport photo.

We recently renewed my daughters in the Uk. We just filled out the forms online we got it in the post the following day and just signed it and posted it back. She got her new passport 3 days later.

Alberta_Rose

That's not so if you are applying from here, (if you wish to read the link I posted above).

britsnake

Thanks for the heads up, I've now read it and it says that they can be a commonweath citizen and don't have to be british, so as long as Canada remains part of the commonwealth, it shouldn't be too hard to find someone to sign.

I promise not to jump to conclusions without checking next time