Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
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Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
Has anyone been through this process recently? How long did it take from sending the form away to receiving the lovely little red book in your mailbox?
The process seems very complicated, not to mention more than twice as expensive as doing it in the UK. Most annoying thing is that they apparently (not 100% clear on the ambiguously-worded form) require you to send any other passports you hold away with the application for (???) weeks/months. For that reason I'd be particularly interested to hear from anyone with joint citizenships.
Cheers
DC
The process seems very complicated, not to mention more than twice as expensive as doing it in the UK. Most annoying thing is that they apparently (not 100% clear on the ambiguously-worded form) require you to send any other passports you hold away with the application for (???) weeks/months. For that reason I'd be particularly interested to hear from anyone with joint citizenships.
Cheers
DC
#2
Re: Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
Are you talking about renewing a UK passport or is this a first time application.
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Re: Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
Good question. First time, so possibly most likely to be relevant to children
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I'd like to know too, I'm just about to send the kid's passports off as they have just expired and need renewing. Over $800 it costs for 3 of them inc. new photogs!
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Re: Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
I think our last one took about 3 weeks
make sure your signatures are from a NZ citizen - I've been asked a few times to do that but had to say sorry.
you may get a letter asking you to confirm the status of the kids - ie that you are not separated.
I'm about to get a new one fore Si. L wants me to do it now but I was going to hold out for our NZ passports early in the New Year. But I'm always wrong!!
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you can do much of it at the postshop - well hand over all the forms, etc
I think our last one took about 3 weeks
make sure your signatures are from a NZ citizen - I've been asked a few times to do that but had to say sorry.
you may get a letter asking you to confirm the status of the kids - ie that you are not separated.
I'm about to get a new one fore Si. L wants me to do it now but I was going to hold out for our NZ passports early in the New Year. But I'm always wrong!!
I think our last one took about 3 weeks
make sure your signatures are from a NZ citizen - I've been asked a few times to do that but had to say sorry.
you may get a letter asking you to confirm the status of the kids - ie that you are not separated.
I'm about to get a new one fore Si. L wants me to do it now but I was going to hold out for our NZ passports early in the New Year. But I'm always wrong!!
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Re: Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
Surely a British referee will do/be even better?? I was thinking of sending my documents to an accountant friend in London as countersignatory...
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British person living in NZ who is a company director was acceptable as I asked this at the postie, she signed it off, took my money (:homy and put them in a huge envelope addressed to the BHC.
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I had to get 6 passports and found it was super quick it took a week and a half for them all to come back.
I did have to send one of them back as they had put the wrong date of birth in.
Just make sure when you get your photos done that you tell them it is for a uk passport as the nz passport photos are a different size.
We are now all going to be eating bread and butter for a month as the price for all the passports and photos were a 100% rip off.But thats okay at least I have lovely scenery to look at every day.
I did have to send one of them back as they had put the wrong date of birth in.
Just make sure when you get your photos done that you tell them it is for a uk passport as the nz passport photos are a different size.
We are now all going to be eating bread and butter for a month as the price for all the passports and photos were a 100% rip off.But thats okay at least I have lovely scenery to look at every day.
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well I think you are OK, I'm getting confused in old age that was all to do with Kiwis and their kids applying for passports. sorry.
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Re: Applying for British passport from NZ/Aus
Got a replacement 18 months ago for my son, took about 2 weeks from posting it off to getting it back
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I had to get 6 passports and found it was super quick it took a week and a half for them all to come back.
I did have to send one of them back as they had put the wrong date of birth in.
Just make sure when you get your photos done that you tell them it is for a uk passport as the nz passport photos are a different size.
We are now all going to be eating bread and butter for a month as the price for all the passports and photos were a 100% rip off.But thats okay at least I have lovely scenery to look at every day.
I did have to send one of them back as they had put the wrong date of birth in.
Just make sure when you get your photos done that you tell them it is for a uk passport as the nz passport photos are a different size.
We are now all going to be eating bread and butter for a month as the price for all the passports and photos were a 100% rip off.But thats okay at least I have lovely scenery to look at every day.
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Now to get the blue stickers put back in them
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$90 each for the new stickers to go in! $1000 for new passports and we're not even booked to fly anywhere
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It does sound quite efficient then, if expensive.
My other problem is not knowing any "professional" witnesses in this part of the world
So I think I'm going to make do with my Aus one until I'm next in the UK for a few weeks, then take advantage of the £77 fee over there
My other problem is not knowing any "professional" witnesses in this part of the world
So I think I'm going to make do with my Aus one until I'm next in the UK for a few weeks, then take advantage of the £77 fee over there