My eldest son applied for a passport.
He has been living with his mates now for a couple of years.
Sent forms off.
1 week later gets two letters from them.
1 wants his mothers birth certificate, the other wants proof of his address.
He sends them mothers birth certificate and a headed letter from his employer and a copy of his rental agreement for the house he lives in.

Now they send him a letter to say they want to interview him at Birmingham

What does it take for a Brit to get a passport,??

Rant over
Steve.

[Edited on 4/1/09 by stevec]

Is it his first passport? As they all need an interview nowadays.... To renue, it is quick and relatively easy (7 day turnaround).

All new passport applicants need an interview since 1st January 2007., supposedly to stop fraudulent applications. Apparently out of 250k interviews so far, not _one_ has discovered a fraudulent application, so its really a complete waste of money, although I suppose the interviews could be acting as a deterrent against dodgy applications.

Nick

The wife missed Rust2rome rally last year because of this bunch of government clowns

Her passport was so well used that they thought it was a fake It was also because it was issued in JHB and not Pretoria ??????? It took action by the local MP to intervene to get the passport.......two months after the rally.

Its a pain and very expensive

[Edited on 4-1-09 by mangogrooveworkshop]

Sounds like a no win situation to me.

To easy to get a UK passport, people complain ?

Put a few things in place to stop fraudulent passports been issued, people complain ?

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Originally posted by nstrug
Apparently out of 250k interviews so far, not _one_ has discovered a fraudulent application

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