Passport application

hux · 29 May 2017 at 16:54

I don't know my parents details, but I have an expired uk passport.
I take it I would have to chase up the parental details, if so where as one has passed and the other I'm not on speaking terms with.

neil_g · 29 May 2017 at 16:56

Schizo · 29 May 2017 at 17:01

If it's expired then all you do is fill in the new passport form,new photo and post it off,i have just done this a month ago,didn't need any member of my family to do anything.

hux · 29 May 2017 at 17:06

schizo said:
If it's expired then all you do is fill in the new passport form,new photo and post it off,i have just done this a month ago,didn't need any member of my family to do anything.

Ideal so no parental details required, brilliant just what I needed to hear, thanks.

Schizo · 29 May 2017 at 18:00

Apply on-line,print out the form,get it signed by someone that has known you for 2+ year (doctor-police ect) get photos,sign and send away with your old passport (i used special delivery) its a very very quick service now a days to what it used to be,i was very impressed at the service personally.

BDEE · 29 May 2017 at 19:03

Did you even look on the GOV website before posting, or come straight to GD?

JBuk · 29 May 2017 at 19:12

BDEE said:
Did you even look on the GOV website before posting, or come straight to GD?

That would be too obvious!

I was going to start a thread for help the other day when I had a small fire in my house

True story, the fire part lol, wasn't really going to post!

ED209 · 29 May 2017 at 19:40

I did mine a few months back. All I had to do was fill in the form, get a terrible picture and send it off with my expired passport.

Once done they send your expired one back with your new one.

One thing I will say if you wear glasses and they have issues with your first set of pictures and ask you to re take them take off your glasses. I had to do three lots before they asked me to remove mine costing me a extra £15 due to being a fiver a pop for passport pictures.

smokedog · 29 May 2017 at 19:49

ED209 said:
I did mine a few months back. All I had to do was fill in the form, get a terrible picture and send it off with my expired passport.

Once done they send your expired one back with your new one.

One thing I will say if you wear glasses and they have issues with your first set of pictures and ask you to re take them take off your glasses. I had to do three lots before they asked me to remove mine costing me a extra £15 due to being a fiver a pop for passport pictures.

You can do the photos and application all online. I just took a selfie and sent them that.

qqg3 · 29 May 2017 at 20:00

schizo said:
get it signed by someone that has known you for 2+ year

You don't need any of that for a renewal unless your photo is unrecognisable (e.g. you changed genders)

Destination · 29 May 2017 at 20:09

JBuk said:
That would be too obvious!
I was going to start a thread for help the other day when I had a small fire in my house
True story, the fire part lol, wasn't really going to post!

I would have happily read such a thread!

-edit for the conceptual lolz of course, not for the house fire, I'm not a pyromaniac sociopath!

JBuk · 29 May 2017 at 20:18

Hikari Kisugi said:
I would have happily read such a thread!

-edit for the conceptual lolz of course, not for the house fire, I'm not a pyromaniac sociopath!

wasn't really a house fire as such, more of a smile fire inside the house

I may make a thread later

Schizo · 29 May 2017 at 21:12

qqg3 said:
You don't need any of that for a renewal unless your photo is unrecognisable (e.g. you changed genders)

It said I had to on the form,I done it anyway and didn't have any problems