gadgetdoctor

I'm in the USA for at least a month right now, my passport is only valid for two months and when I get back to the UK I won't be there long enough to get a new passport.

If I renew my passport while in the US (by sending in my current passport) do I need someone to countersign my form and the back of the picture or is that only for new applications? I'm a bit short of UK citizens who've known me for 2 years here!

Confused! Any help much appreciated (or I'll have to call the rip off phone line!)

Gadgetdoctor

MsElui

my belief is you only need to get the photo signed again for a renewal if you have dramatically changed your appearance since the last photo. If its still clearly the same person then its not needed to renew.

gadgetdoctor

Thanks! That was what I was hoping to hear. The notes on the forms don't make this clear at all. It is made clear on the UK passport site, but the notes for the C1 form don't mention this bit at all.

Big D

How did you get in - i thought you needed at least 6 months on your passport to enter the US?

gadgetdoctor

Very good question. BA check in raised an eyebrow, pointed out the expiry date on my passport (which I've been acutely aware of for some time but unable to stay in one place long enough to resolve) but let me go.

I don't know but isn't the advanced passenger information that BA collects and delivers to US Immigration supposed to mean that BA will be informed if there is someone on a flight that the US will not accept?

The border guard in the US this time just asked when I am leaving (I have a return ticket in 1 month) and was happy with that.

Gadgetdoctor

JAJ

No you don't ... take a look in the FAQs:
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new..._visa_niv.html

Poppy girl

You can get your passport back the same day if you go early and in person your local Passport office...I did that once in Peterborough.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=524654

taffie77

Exactly what I was going to say. We had a day out in Newport when my husband managed to wash his passport 2 weeks before our wedding & honeymoon....

Jerseygirl

Don't know whether you can still do that with the new biometric PPs...worth checking first.

Big D

well another myth bites the dust

Poppy girl

Urgent applications
If you need your passport within two weeks you should call our 24-hour Passport Adviceline 0870 521 0410 (see terms and conditions) to make an appointment at one of our offices. We can offer a Fast Track one week service or a Premium same-day service. More about urgent applications.


http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/apply...n-two-days.asp

CitySimon

I spent an evening prior to a flight to the US freaking out about that one!

I think I only had three months left, but I called the airline and they said their would be no problems as I was only taking a two week trip to the US.

gadgetdoctor

I'm obviously proof that you can enter the US with limited time on your passport, but I sure as heck don't want to be here when it expires (which is why my app for a new one was Fedex'ed to Washington yesterday :-)

My visa waiver form, however, was stamped for a date after the expiry of my passport.

Gadgetdoctor