Originally Posted by lins and Stef McLachlan (Post 10513034)

Hi
I was a grade three Passport officer working for UKPS for nearly five years before coming to Canada and We never asked for all the passports when renewing. Just the one being renewed as we had all the other records on the computer. As for the address, it is simple enough to record a family address as being your address. as long as it goes to a UK address, we woukd not have checked further. As for needing an interview, it is extremely rare to be called for an interview if you are a straighforward renewal. usually it is first time applications and applications with complex nationality issues, which are called for an interview.

I intend going down that route when ours come up for renewal. it is advisable to get the family member in the Uk to post out a couple of application forms sourced in the Uk for completion, then send them back to the family member to post to the passport office from the UK. i dont think there would be a problem.

i left the passport service five years ago, but renewals were never treated as high risk unless forged or suspicious in some way. This is my opinion and should not be taken as advice.
Stef

Originally Posted by lins and Stef McLachlan (Post 10513034)

Hi
I was a grade three Passport officer working for UKPS for nearly five years before coming to Canada and We never asked for all the passports when renewing. Just the one being renewed as we had all the other records on the computer. As for the address, it is simple enough to record a family address as being your address. as long as it goes to a UK address, we woukd not have checked further. As for needing an interview, it is extremely rare to be called for an interview if you are a straighforward renewal. usually it is first time applications and applications with complex nationality issues, which are called for an interview.

I intend going down that route when ours come up for renewal. it is advisable to get the family member in the Uk to post out a couple of application forms sourced in the Uk for completion, then send them back to the family member to post to the passport office from the UK. i dont think there would be a problem.

i left the passport service five years ago, but renewals were never treated as high risk unless forged or suspicious in some way. This is my opinion and should not be taken as advice.
Stef

Originally Posted by Purple74 (Post 10513173)

... and really, in your opinion, what's the worst that could happen?

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10513048)

I had UK sourced forms.

Its the current foreign passports that they wanted to see, not previous UK ones.

The guide says something to that effect and we could not get them to budge.

Perhaps dual citizenship counts as a "complex nationality issue"?

Dunno, Im just reporting my experience of enquiring about the necessity to send my other passport if applying within the UK, My dad spoke to a few people on info line as he knows they often give out duff information, and they all said the same thing...

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10512745)

Thats not what several people on the UK helpline told my dad when he was pretending to be me. Word was you have to submit all passports, not copies, and if you are travelling then you would not be available for an interview should they deem one necessary so apply when you get back.

Basically they are on to our game and only want genuine UK residents using the UK service as far as I can tell. Still, if anyone has actually done it with copies of a Cdn passport then Im all ears. or at least will be some time around 2022

Originally Posted by JAJ (Post 10513668)

Normally you want to do everything to show that you are no longer tax resident.....filling out a government form declaring yourself as a U.K. resident directly contradicts that.

Originally Posted by wiganfem (Post 10517142)

i need help with my daughters passport, she is 9. I have the form for sending it to Washington, but it says they accept credit card only, visa or mastercard/. I dont have a credit card, only a canadian visa debit and a english visa debit. Not everyone has a credit card. Does anyone know if they accept debit as long as visa, or prepaid.

thanks

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10517160)

Buy one of those prepaid mastercards.

http://www.mastercard.ca/prepaid-card.html

Originally Posted by wiganfem (Post 10517184)

but can you? will they accept it or are they gonna send it back rejected due to it being classed as a store card?

Originally Posted by wiganfem (Post 10519412)

another quick question, do i leave my daughter's visa in her passport when i send it to washington, or take it out

thanks

Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian (Post 10519416)

What visa? UK citizens dont get issued visas. If you are referrin to a work/study permit or visitor record or IMM5292 COPR form then yes remove them from the passport.