You are obliged to have a UK passport if you live in Spain.

If you are applying for a the new residencia certificate you must produce a valid passport or proof that you have applied for a new one.

It is important to tick the right box on the form if you are applying for permanent residency.

They will have a record of the fact that you have been residents for 5 years - this will all be linked to your NIE number.

It seems that your police station actually know what they are doing!

Oh crap. Will the UK passport office send passports abroad? I don´t have a UK address that I can use.

If you live in Spain you renew your passport at the British Consulate Madrid. You can download the forms and do it by post. Follow the instructions, it's dead easy. My husband has just done his.


http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/ser...=1144249355300

Phew. That´s sounds do-able.

Ta.

!Nada!

(But make sure you get your photograph right (follow the instructions carefully) or they will send your application back. My husband put on some old glasses without lenses for his photograph so that there wouldn't be any reflections!).

And passport photos taken in Spanish machines are too small for the British Passport Office and your application will be returned.
As usual, size IS important

So how do you take the photos then?

I just checked the price on that website to renew my passport - 185 euros.
How much do the Spanish have to pay to renew their passport? 16.90 euros. WHY????

I thought I had left rip-off Britian well and truly behind me, but obviously not!!

Yet, another reason to apply for Spanish citizenship.

My daughter had hers done in a photographers shop.
The only problem she had was, she had no ID (sent in married name) to pick up the letter from the PO. :curse::curse:

I agree with you the price is crazy, did you fill in the questionarre that Sue posted on here a while ago, they are trying put cost it up to mega money, I put the lowest price every time I could.

Yes, photo shop is the place to get them done.
As for the price, think it includes a donation to a distress fund for ?? people that need consular assistance i guess. Think that accounts for something like €40 the rest is pretty much on a par with what they pay in the UK.
Yes rip off Britain but its only once every 10 years!

Yeah I did complete it. And I did exactly the same as you!

Out of interest, what is the UK price for renewal of passports?

66 quid link

91 quid week fast track if on hols overthere or more for appointment, so nearly same as here.

For further information

Keithwalters...from the post office site...bit different to the spanish price eh.


visit the Identity and Passport Service website at www.passport.gov.uk (opens in a new browser window)
call the Post Officeâ„¢ helpline on 08457 22 33 44
call the Passport Adviceline on 0870 521 0410



Passport application fees

First adult/including replacing a lost passport £66
Renewal or amendment of existing adult passport £66
First child/including replacing a lost passport £45
Renewal or amendment of existing child passport £45
Extension of a child's passport to full validity (If issued before 26 March 1998) Free

JDR faster than a speeding train........

I can type with two fingers now