I've just realised my passport is out of date...

[Raleigh Chopper]

Mine is out of date, and I need a new one. What are the options on how we apply, and how long do the various options take?

My passport recently ran out.
I am going away in late May so I did panic a bit.
No need to panic though, as I did it all online and sent off my old passport, I received e mails and texts on every step of the way, it was a fantastic service and I got my new passport, and then my old passport back in a week and a half.
My new passport is not only red but it's a European Union one, apparently some are red but do not have European Union written on them.
As far as I know there are no blue ones being sent out as, although we have done a deal with the French printers, it's all a cock up, just like Brexit, so if any thickos who need to replace their passport hoping to get a blue one you are out of luck.
If my new passport becomes invalid when we eventually leave, after spending all that dosh, I will refuse point blank if they say I need to get another one.
Hope this all helps.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

It wasn't really sarcasm, was it?

It was him trying to gently ask if you wouldn't mind packing in spamming the board with your incredibly dull stream of consciousness..

Cheers

Surely you should have some modicum of decency being a mod?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Not just the passport that's out of date, then?

We are reverting to blue, why would it be out of date?

 

[Badger]

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

We are reverting to blue, why would it be out of date?

Lovely French made British passport.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Mine is out of date, and I need a new one. What are the options on how we apply, and how long do the various options take?

The faster options

https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently

 

[Nottseagull]

The faster options

https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently

Make sure you go to the official site like this URL and not some scam redirection site found on a search.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Mine is out of date, and I need a new one. What are the options on how we apply, and how long do the various options take?

I was in a similar spot a couple of years ago and did it all, by appointment, in a day. https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently/paper-premium-service

 

[Blackadder]

I always use the Post Office checking system. It's only a few quid extra and they send it off for you. As already mentioned, the Passport Office keeps you up to to date, via text, of your progress.

I renewed in January as I was happy to have an EU passport. My passport was due to expire in July and normally they add the extra months on if you order within the last 6 months life of the passport. This year I didn't get the extra. It ends January 2029. Presumably because of Brexit?

 

[Nottseagull]

I always use the Post Office checking system. It's only a few quid extra and they send it off for you. As already mentioned, the Passport Office keeps you up to to date, via text, of your progress.

I renewed in January as I was happy to have an EU passport. My passport was due to expire in July and normally they add the extra months on if you order within the last 6 months life of the passport. This year I didn't get the extra. It ends January 2029. Presumably because of Brexit?

The government deliberately kept people in the dark about this change in order to make a few extra quid...
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/n...hit-out-after-being-given-shorter-than-expec/

 

[El Presidente]

Surely you should have some modicum of decency being a mod?

What, precisely, was indecent?

 

[Audax]

Mine is out of date, and I need a new one. What are the options on how we apply, and how long do the various options take?

I used the online service recently. Painless, quick, efficient, kept informed throughout the process (although they were a little eager reminding me I hadn't sent them my old passport less than 24 hours after I lodged the application). And also slightly cheaper than doing it postal. IMO the post office service will get withdrawn at some point, because the online service is a whole lot better so once enough people realise the bottom line will fall out of the post office business model for passport processing.

Also, just a note on the blue passports: My Aussie one was blue. It makes no difference in how it's used . (Oh, and we could have had blue EU ones the whole time. Some polly in the past *chose* to switch to the red when we didn't need to).

 

[Triggaaar]

I used the online service recently. Painless, quick, efficient, kept informed throughout the process (although they were a little eager reminding me I hadn't sent them my old passport less than 24 hours after I lodged the application). And also slightly cheaper than doing it postal. IMO the post office service will get withdrawn at some point, because the online service is a whole lot better so once enough people realise the bottom line will fall out of the post office business model for passport processing.

Also, just a note on the blue passports: My Aussie one was blue. It makes no difference in how it's used . (Oh, and we could have had blue EU ones the whole time. Some polly in the past *chose* to switch to the red when we didn't need to).

Do you upload a digital photo, or post a copy with your passport?

 

[Audax]

Do you upload a digital photo, or post a copy with your passport?

Sorry, only just spotted this ... upload a digital photo. Unfortunately they've stuck the instructions on how to obtain a digital photo that will pass within the actual application flow so you have to start the application to get them, but in my case I submitted a digital photo that a work colleague took on my mobile phone while I stood in front of a white wall.