Passport renewal conundrum
 

My wife needs to renew her UK passport. She lives in France so planned
to do it on her next visit to London. However, the passport office
won't give her an appointment unless she provides the postcode of where
she is staying. But she' not staying, she plans do do it in a day. She
suggested that she provide her mother's postcode, but the passport
office require that her mother (or a hotel manager, for that matter)
provide a signed letter to say she is staying there on the day of the
passport issue.
Surely they will know she is in the UK on the day of the passport issue
since she will be standing in front of hem during the interview.
Anybody else come across this, or know a way around it?

Re: Passport renewal conundrum
 

On 21 Aug, 17:03, John Stolz <[email protected]> wrote:
> My wife needs to renew her UK passport. She lives in France so planned
> to do it on her next visit to London. However, the passport office
> won't give her an appointment unless she provides the postcode of where
> she is staying. But she' not staying, she plans do do it in a day. She
> suggested that she provide her mother's postcode, but the passport
> office require that her mother (or a hotel manager, for that matter)
> provide a signed letter to say she is staying there on the day of the
> passport issue.
> Surely they will know she is in the UK on the day of the passport issue
> since she will be standing in front of hem during the interview.
> Anybody else come across this, or know a way around it?

why not do it in France as she lives there !?

Re: Passport renewal conundrum
 

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:03:21 +0200, John Stolz <[email protected]> wrote:

>My wife needs to renew her UK passport. She lives in France so planned
>to do it on her next visit to London. However, the passport office
>won't give her an appointment unless she provides the postcode of where
>she is staying. But she' not staying, she plans do do it in a day. She
>suggested that she provide her mother's postcode, but the passport
>office require that her mother (or a hotel manager, for that matter)
>provide a signed letter to say she is staying there on the day of the
>passport issue.
>Surely they will know she is in the UK on the day of the passport issue
>since she will be standing in front of hem during the interview.
>Anybody else come across this, or know a way around it?

It's probably simpler and less hassle to renew in France if she is near a
consulate.
--

Martin

Re: Passport renewal conundrum
 

Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:03:21 +0200, John Stolz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My wife needs to renew her UK passport. She lives in France so planned
>> to do it on her next visit to London. However, the passport office
>> won't give her an appointment unless she provides the postcode of where
>> she is staying. But she' not staying, she plans do do it in a day. She
>> suggested that she provide her mother's postcode, but the passport
>> office require that her mother (or a hotel manager, for that matter)
>> provide a signed letter to say she is staying there on the day of the
>> passport issue.
>> Surely they will know she is in the UK on the day of the passport issue
>> since she will be standing in front of hem during the interview.
>> Anybody else come across this, or know a way around it?
>
> It's probably simpler and less hassle to renew in France if she is near a
> consulate.
She travels to London every week or so, but almost never to Paris.
The website says you can renew at the passport office in London if you
live outside the UK

Re: Passport renewal conundrum
 

"John Stolz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife needs to renew her UK passport. She lives in France so planned to
> do it on her next visit to London. However, the passport office won't
> give her an appointment unless she provides the postcode of where she is
> staying. But she' not staying, she plans do do it in a day. She
> suggested that she provide her mother's postcode, but the passport office
> require that her mother (or a hotel manager, for that matter) provide a
> signed letter to say she is staying there on the day of the passport
> issue.
> Surely they will know she is in the UK on the day of the passport issue
> since she will be standing in front of hem during the interview.
> Anybody else come across this, or know a way around it?

If she's a French resident she should renew it in France.

These days in the UK it's normal to renew by post rather than go to the
passport office.

Why doesn't she just do that.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

Re: Passport renewal conundrum
 

John Stolz wrote:
> My wife needs to renew her UK passport. She lives in France so planned
> to do it on her next visit to London. However, the passport office
> won't give her an appointment unless she provides the postcode of where
> she is staying. But she' not staying, she plans do do it in a day. She
> suggested that she provide her mother's postcode, but the passport
> office require that her mother (or a hotel manager, for that matter)
> provide a signed letter to say she is staying there on the day of the
> passport issue.

Why can't her mother do that then, who's to know?