Passport colour
Apr 4th 2017, 3:56 pm
#16
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Re: Passport colour
I went on an awareness training session that included passports. Quite an eye-opener.
One of the lines isn't a line.
Apr 4th 2017, 6:15 pm
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Apr 4th 2017, 6:35 pm
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Apr 4th 2017, 9:52 pm
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Re: Passport colour
Rather than going back to the old colour - especially with those silly white bits that really date them - I'm surprised nobody has suggested a union jack passport or something like those passport covers.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....SR254,320_.jpg
Judging by some of the attitudes displayed since the vote, perhaps the passports should be all white.
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Judging by some of the attitudes displayed since the vote, perhaps the passports should be all white.
Apr 5th 2017, 2:35 pm
#21
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Re: Passport colour
Something that stands out from the normal drab passport tones would be good. Maybe aqua blue or turquoise. Better yet, maybe replace it with a card like a driving licence.
Apr 5th 2017, 2:50 pm
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Re: Passport colour
It will be interesting to see what comes of everything.
Apr 5th 2017, 5:43 pm
#23
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Re: Passport colour
You basically summed up the new style Canadian passport 😝
Apr 5th 2017, 6:04 pm
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Re: Passport colour
Passports are a 'modern' invention, their use was marginal before WW-1.
In Victorian times, peak Empire, people travelled the world without needing a passport, or even having seen one. This was also true outside the Empire. Stefan Zweig, an Austro-Hungarian citizen at the time, travelled passport-free to India and America in the nineteen-naughties.
By the 1940s, his younger friends were as astonished by this as we are. You don't value what you've got until you lose it.
In Victorian times, peak Empire, people travelled the world without needing a passport, or even having seen one. This was also true outside the Empire. Stefan Zweig, an Austro-Hungarian citizen at the time, travelled passport-free to India and America in the nineteen-naughties.
By the 1940s, his younger friends were as astonished by this as we are. You don't value what you've got until you lose it.
Apr 5th 2017, 10:11 pm
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Re: Passport colour
It can be any colour we fancy post-Brexit. All passports are a standard size regulated by the ICAO. A separate passport card be issued however although since it can't be stamped or visas inserted it's of limited use.
Apr 5th 2017, 10:40 pm
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Re: Passport colour
The reports say there are various security changes every five years. But the basics - size, colour, the EU bits etc - appear to be quite similar if my last 30 years worth are anything to go by.
If the basics change, in a way that they would otherwise not have needed to, my guess is that this will cost more than it would otherwise have needed to.
Apr 5th 2017, 10:44 pm
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Re: Passport colour
Well, yes, but do you think it will cost the same or more had we not been leaving?
The reports say there are various security changes every five years. But the basics - size, colour, the EU bits etc - appear to be quite similar if my last 30 years worth are anything to go by.
If the basics change, in a way that they would otherwise not have needed to, my guess is that this will cost more than it would otherwise have needed to.
The reports say there are various security changes every five years. But the basics - size, colour, the EU bits etc - appear to be quite similar if my last 30 years worth are anything to go by.
If the basics change, in a way that they would otherwise not have needed to, my guess is that this will cost more than it would otherwise have needed to.
To be honest I'm not overly bothered about the changes to the passport anyway, I never really go to the UK so don't see much point in renewing it, especially seen as I can travel there on my Canadian passport if I have to.
Apr 5th 2017, 10:57 pm
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Re: Passport colour
Adopting a similar style to one already being produced by a company would make sense and likely save money. Using a company not producing them at all or using a company that makes passports but asking them to make different ones would likely cost more. And the changes that would need to be made each time the company moved between one and the other could result in costly errors with additional security risks.
Apr 5th 2017, 11:06 pm
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Re: Passport colour
Well, yes, but do you think it will cost the same or more had we not been leaving?
The reports say there are various security changes every five years. But the basics - size, colour, the EU bits etc - appear to be quite similar if my last 30 years worth are anything to go by.
If the basics change, in a way that they would otherwise not have needed to, my guess is that this will cost more than it would otherwise have needed to.
The reports say there are various security changes every five years. But the basics - size, colour, the EU bits etc - appear to be quite similar if my last 30 years worth are anything to go by.
If the basics change, in a way that they would otherwise not have needed to, my guess is that this will cost more than it would otherwise have needed to.