Online interview with U.K. passport office
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Another vote for Penang. There aren't many places in Southeast Asia I consider to be as enjoyable as they were when first visited, but Penang is definitely one of the exceptions.
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That’s mad. I think it took a couple of months for us, maybe 3 at most (this would have been late 2019).Freightdog wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:33 pm To the applicants who applied for a child’s first UK passport, I’d like to know how long the entire process took you, from the date the application was submitted at VFS, until you either received the passport, or were informed that the application has been denied.
For my son, the application was submitted 28 July 2022.
It wasn’t received in the UK until 3rd August, and they billed my account on 5th August.
Because the application had not begun processing, there was no way to check progress, which I discovered in late August when I called them to check on receipt of supporting documents.
The application then sat idle for 4 months before it was looked at mid November, at which point I was informed that most of the supporting documents were missing or incomplete.
So a whole new pack of documents was prepared and submitted.
I was then informed in mid January that they needed one further document, which was duly submitted.
Our invite for interview was received mid February, and we had the video interview 10days later.
We received a new request, mid March, for updated passport photos as the application was now more than 6 months old. Something that they didn’t acknowledge in January when it reached 6 months.
These were submitted to VFS on 20th March, and received around 28/29th March. But these have not yet been put on their system.
Yesterday, I was informed by email that processing will take a minimum of 31weeks once all documents are received, which potentially is going to be sometime mid/late August 2023, if the final final documents submitted in January start that clock running.
That’s 13months in total, and 4 months of that time with them doing absolutely nothing.
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Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
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One attack. Last January...... But they use it as an excuse in every occasion. If I were Charles III I took the word 'Royal' back.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
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If I were him, I’d claw back the HM part from the passport office, too. Progress, as far as I can see, has only happened because actual formal internal complaints have been raised.Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:37 pmOne attack. Last January...... But they use it as an excuse in every occasion. If I were Charles III I took the word 'Royal' back.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
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Aren't the French just pestering by delivering just a few passports every week?Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:41 pmIf I were him, I’d claw back the HM part from the passport office, too. Progress, as far as I can see, has only happened because actual formal internal complaints have been raised.Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:37 pmOne attack. Last January...... But they use it as an excuse in every occasion. If I were Charles III I took the word 'Royal' back.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
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Having now absconded from the EU, I harbour a suspicion of the UK that some of the Frenchness has hung on, and is now being applied with equal zeal to industrial relations.Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:46 pmAren't the French just pestering by delivering just a few passports every week?Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:41 pmIf I were him, I’d claw back the HM part from the passport office, too. Progress, as far as I can see, has only happened because actual formal internal complaints have been raised.Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:37 pmOne attack. Last January...... But they use it as an excuse in every occasion. If I were Charles III I took the word 'Royal' back.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
Should we ballot for a nice copper statue to sit between Buck house and Trafalgar Square?
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Did they say how it was being sent? It's normally with DHL which means it should be at VFS or wherever within a week.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
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British passports made in France, sent with Deutsche Post.Bluenose wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 7:45 amDid they say how it was being sent? It's normally with DHL which means it should be at VFS or wherever within a week.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
The sheer irony of it all.
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Firstly, congrats.Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 5:35 pm Success, of sorts. After 9 1/2 months, I received an email today confirming that my lad’s passport has been issued. All it needs to do now is get to Cambodia. They quote 3-6 weeks, could be longer. What with national strike actions, cyber attacks on Royal Mail, and a largely lack lustre postal service, I wonder how long this will really take?
What breed of flying rat makes the best courier pigeon?
Aren't they sending it back to VFS, assuming that's where the process started? Otherwise, it will be sent to the address you applied from in the UK.
They cant seriously be considering sending it via Royal Mail to Phnom Penh Post Office?
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