keitha
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Post by keitha on May 8, 2023 10:41:20 GMT
Due a new one so applied online
sent old passport as requested took a week to acknowledge receipt. ( Royal mail tracking said delivered in 2 days )
after 2 more weeks "approved"
next day "printed" and a you must sign in "black ink"
next day DHL "we have notification of your parcel"
a week later no sign of it.
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mogish
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Post by mogish on May 9, 2023 6:35:41 GMT
The DHL notification is just to advise they have it in their network.
I bought a towbar recently and DHL were delivering. I recieved the message constantly. Eventually I spoke to the supplier and asked for a replacement. Then DHL tried to deliver 2!.
Tracking with couriers are pretty useless.
I only know when a delivery is made when I get a message from evri saying it's been thrown over my wall!!
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registerme
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Post by registerme on May 9, 2023 9:51:17 GMT
Well, I went to the Post Office to renew my passport this morning. I'll report back on how it goes.
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jonno
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Post by jonno on May 9, 2023 10:21:22 GMT
Well, I went to the Post Office to renew my passport this morning. I'll report back on how it goes. If that's your bloody passport photo, I fear you've got a long wait 
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adrianc
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Post by adrianc on May 9, 2023 10:53:31 GMT
Well, I went to the Post Office to renew my passport this morning. I'll report back on how it goes. I did mine online last year. Some shenanigans over the DIY photo not being accepted, but a tenner for a pro one (local camera shop) saw that resolved. I seem to remember it was actually surprisingly fast.
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ozboy
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Post by ozboy on May 9, 2023 12:29:34 GMT
Try having two passports. At Renewal, the UK absolutely insists on physically seeing the other one, and they must match exactly, in all details. Now, I understand and appreciate the need for this level of scrutiny, but it definitely adds another level of "Things that could can will go wrong." |
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Post by james100 on May 9, 2023 13:28:05 GMT
Try having two passports. At Renewal, the UK absolutely insists on physically seeing the other one, and they must match exactly, in all details. Now, I understand and appreciate the need for this level of scrutiny, but it definitely adds another level of "Things that could can will go wrong." Unless things changed recently, this is not a requirement if you are applying to renew your British passport from abroad (as a dual citizen). Not every country even permits it to be done. And even more bizarrely it wasn't even a UK requirement to declare multiple citizenship (even without paperwork) about 10 years ago if I recall that correctly. So I would question whether the security (/ admin hassle) risk of sending the physical passport has any valid benefit over a certified copy or photocopy. I am pretty sure many dual citizens officially lose their second passports around the time they need to reapply for the British one if they're located in the UK...not to avoid security protocols, but to avoid the passport office's non-security protocols. Can't blame them.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on May 9, 2023 21:06:50 GMT
It's arrived, despite paying for secure delivery it was just shoved through the door
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registerme
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Post by registerme on May 25, 2023 11:56:42 GMT
Well, I went to the Post Office to renew my passport this morning. I'll report back on how it goes. Just arrived. The whole process took two weeks so can't complain (well, it's blue, but...).
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keitha
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Post by keitha on May 25, 2023 12:05:48 GMT
Well, I went to the Post Office to renew my passport this morning. I'll report back on how it goes. Just arrived. The whole process took two weeks so can't complain (well, it's blue, but...). LOL don't get me started on colours, when the council I worked for went from Conservative to Labour, the Labour members had all the chairs in the committee rooms and members offices replaced with ones with red seats rather than blue.
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