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- #21
Noted. Isn't the point of the signature to confirm the photo is a true likeness though? Ie if I'm at the passport office then this is redundant as they can check this themselves.
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That one day passport service in London
- Thread starter Herr Tubthumper
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Noted. Isn't the point of the signature to confirm the photo is a true likeness though? Ie if I'm at the passport office then this is redundant as they can check this themselves.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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You don't need photos signed by a professional for replacing an out-of-date passport.
Depends on the type of application - not all require countersigned photos (standard renewal for example)
Of course it's better to turn up with the form completed.
There is even an online express service now (limited trial) where you do everything online and then simply collect the passport. https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently/online-premium-1-day-service
Fair enough, I will butt out, I am only talking from my experiance last year where I was replacing a lost passport in a short amount of time.
Rodney Thomas
Well-known member
Try and get the earliest appointment you can. When I went they seems to run behind schedule and it go progressively worse as the morning went on (I was seen 1 and a bit hours late)
Yes - lost would require countersignature. They are happy to renew without countersignature where your appearance hasn't changed significantly as they can check the old one, but if it's lost they can't do that obviously.
emphyrian
Active member
just renewed mine online. sent it Saturday received back by Friday. much quicker than it used to be.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Retired
- Jul 7, 2003
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There is a Post Office just out the back of the railway station by the coach station so you could always pick the forms up there. Depending on how quickly you need this, I could add the forms to your black pudding order and bring them along to the Everton game.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
I'd add that the form has loads of pages but for someone who was born in the UK and just getting a renewal, it's about a 15 minute job. The most important thing is to secure an early morning appointment IMO.
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- #32
I can't use this as I'm abroad.
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- #33
This is a very very kind offer but I have plenty of time at the moment; I still have 11 months to go but some countries require 6 months remaining on your passport. And I can't use the regular overseas renewal service as this takes a few weeks which I don't have due to frequent travelling. Im just thinking ahead and looking at the logistics of this at the moment. I'm in Brighton the day before the Everton game so I'll pop along to the post office then.
Looking forward to the black pudding!
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- #34
I've got better looking with age so I'd better get a countersignature I guess?
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
That professional signing photo thing is a joke they never check it out, I signed my mates never heard a thing.
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- #36
It is a bit anachronistic. Do they check up? Anyone on here ever been questioned after signing?
Think it's very random. I was called by the passport office for one I countersigned for a friend - but that's one out of probably 20-30 I've signed.
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- #38
Do you "work in (or be retired from) a recognised profession" or are you a "person of good standing in their community"?
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- #40
The recognised profession bit makes sense but who decides if you're an upstanding member of society or not?