Renewal of UK passport
May 9th 2009, 4:52 am
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May 9th 2009, 6:44 am
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Lots of concerns here over greater time delays etc, so its interesting to see whether it makes things a lot more complex because the office is in a third party country - ie for me in Aus, I have to apply through NZ for a UK passport.
May 9th 2009, 6:47 am
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Interesting that you guys now have to use Washington - in Australia we are about to move to UK passport processing through Auckland, NZ.
Lots of concerns here over greater time delays etc, so its interesting to see whether it makes things a lot more complex because the office is in a third party country - ie for me in Aus, I have to apply through NZ for a UK passport.
Lots of concerns here over greater time delays etc, so its interesting to see whether it makes things a lot more complex because the office is in a third party country - ie for me in Aus, I have to apply through NZ for a UK passport.
May 9th 2009, 10:00 pm
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May 14th 2009, 4:17 am
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Re: Renewal of UK passport
It might also be worth writing to the Shadow Foreign Secretary as this is an issue very relevant to overseas British citizens and he might have a viewpoint on it.
May 14th 2009, 5:56 am
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Re: Renewal of UK passport
Interesting that you guys now have to use Washington - in Australia we are about to move to UK passport processing through Auckland, NZ.
Lots of concerns here over greater time delays etc, so its interesting to see whether it makes things a lot more complex because the office is in a third party country - ie for me in Aus, I have to apply through NZ for a UK passport.
Lots of concerns here over greater time delays etc, so its interesting to see whether it makes things a lot more complex because the office is in a third party country - ie for me in Aus, I have to apply through NZ for a UK passport.
Really !! I used to work at the BHC in Wellington and there was always a lot of talk about creating 'super-hub' passport centres. I would always have assumed it would be either Wellington or Canberra for Aus/NZ. I'm amazed that they'd move everyone/open a new facility in Auckland. The CG there was pretty small. Most people apply via mail anyway, so why Auckland? Have you got any links?
May 14th 2009, 6:05 am
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Really !! I used to work at the BHC in Wellington and there was always a lot of talk about creating 'super-hub' passport centres. I would always have assumed it would be either Wellington or Canberra for Aus/NZ. I'm amazed that they'd move everyone/open a new facility in Auckland. The CG there was pretty small. Most people apply via mail anyway, so why Auckland? Have you got any links?
The UK in New Zealand website says that theirs are still being done in Wellington.
No mention of a move on either website as far as I can see yet, and the Canada move to the USA change had warnings 3 months ahead if I remember correctly. The Canberra Times has an article stating a July changover, though it says that the transfer will be to Wellington, NZ.
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May 14th 2009, 2:23 pm
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Apparently the Washington office had an influx of applications in March, then the machine broke and so processing times are now back at 6 weeks.
Abtrans can't tell you if the application has been processed or not. They have taken our money, but no passport as yet.
\Fingers crossed it comes back in time.
Abtrans can't tell you if the application has been processed or not. They have taken our money, but no passport as yet.
\Fingers crossed it comes back in time.
May 14th 2009, 4:25 pm
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Re: Renewal of UK passport
They received mine on April 16 and money was taken on May 12, so hopefully it will arive next week..................
May 14th 2009, 8:03 pm
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i got mine back about 2 weeks ago, it took roughly 5 weeks, I applied at the beginning of March.
May 15th 2009, 6:36 pm
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May 16th 2009, 3:40 am
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Best way to pay ?......Money order
UPS phoned up the night before informing me of delivery on the next day to ensure someone would be at home as they need a signature.
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Jun 1st 2009, 5:23 pm
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Re: Renewal of UK passport
For those still waiting for passport renewals.
My application arrived in Washington April 20th, money taken from credit card May 12th. I emailed the consulate in Ottowa yesterday and had a reply from them this morning to say that according to the passport centre my passport renewal is in the final stages of processing and should be sent out in the next few days.
My application arrived in Washington April 20th, money taken from credit card May 12th. I emailed the consulate in Ottowa yesterday and had a reply from them this morning to say that according to the passport centre my passport renewal is in the final stages of processing and should be sent out in the next few days.