UK passport renewal

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UK passport renewal

Postby Parilla » Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:47 am

I've just searched and found previous posts on this topic, but the latest one was December last year, and I'm really trying to find out the current waiting times. I wondered if anyone had more recent experience of any of the ways of renewing from Spain or revisiting the UK to do it. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: UK passport renewal

Postby costakid » Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:40 am

Parilla wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:47 am I've just searched and found previous posts on this topic, but the latest one was December last year, and I'm really trying to find out the current waiting times. I wondered if anyone had more recent experience of any of the ways of renewing from Spain or revisiting the UK to do it. Any help would be appreciated.

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Wife booked online on Monday and made an appointment at Peterborough office for the Saturday. £171 collected last Saturday, was in the office under a minute.

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Re: UK passport renewal

Postby Parilla » Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:30 am

Thanks Costa. Quick question if I can ask re the "coded" digital photo that's needed for the renewal application. Was your wife able to get that done here in Spain, or in the UK ? If Spain where did she get it done ?

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Re: UK passport renewal

Postby costakid » Thu Oct 13, 2022 2:06 pm

Parilla wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:30 am Thanks Costa. Quick question if I can ask re the "coded" digital photo that's needed for the renewal application. Was your wife able to get that done here in Spain, or in the UK ? If Spain where did she get it done ?

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She had it done in the uk. The company then load it onto the system for verification. Apperentley a painless exercise apart from the £171.

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Re: UK passport renewal

Postby Parilla » Thu Oct 13, 2022 2:57 pm

Thanks Costa. I think we'll follow in your wife's footprints and try to fix up a Peterborough trip for next month. I know it's an expensive way to do the renewal but I have absolutely zero faith in any mail service at present and the possibility of being left with missing passports doesn't bear thinkung about.

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Re: UK passport renewal

Postby costakid » Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:51 pm

Parilla wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 2:57 pm Thanks Costa. I think we'll follow in your wife's footprints and try to fix up a Peterborough trip for next month. I know it's an expensive way to do the renewal but I have absolutely zero faith in any mail service at present and the possibility of being left with missing passports doesn't bear thinkung about.

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Re: UK passport renewal

Postby rafiki » Sun Oct 16, 2022 8:11 am

I received my new passport on Friday, three weeks and three days after UPS picked up my old one. All done online from Spain.
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