Washed passport

Woden

The mother washed my passport a while back so i need to get a new one for travel in august.

However i'm unsure whether i need the passport renewal application for out of date passports or whether i need the full application as its been washed

anyone come up against this before?

cheers

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CareBear

The exact same thing happened to me in feb! As far as I can remember I just filled out the renewal one cause it didn't cost the full amount. :dunno:

Woden

and no hassle at all was there?

the reason i ask is that i need the passport for a russian visa application

CareBear

If your going up with the form bring the old passport with you and it takes the same amount of time as a first time passport to get to you. I collected mine from the office so didnt take that long cause wasnt waitin 4 post to come

Red Alert

While we're talking about passports, does Passport Express really come in 10 days - i need it quite urgently?

Woden

yeah i was gonna do it passport express not sure how reliable it is timewise

CareBear

Ye I was worried incase it wouldnt come back in time either, thats why I went up to get it

subway_ie

Passport Express usually arrives in less than 10 days... they say 10, but that's just to cover themselves - it's rare that it ever takes any longer than 10 working days. Just make sure you have everything that they need, or you'll be doubling the time.

JoeSchmoe

I washed my passport twice and then literally travelled around the world with it, The only person to pass comment in about 9 countries was a cheeky cockney in Heathrow on the way home"wash it did ya mate?", Even American security was grand about it and this was only a few months after 9/11

Selik

My driving licence somehow ended up in the dishwasher once and it lived and is still living to tell the tale!

cerbeus

I used the Passport Express recently and had the new passport in 7 working days which was pretty good!

The_B_Man

im only back from glasgow and on the way back the ryanair woman said "Do you know this passport is out of date since january 23rd?". then i remembered my mate used a (fake) student card to get to england, so i took mine out only to realise it expired 30 june!! so i had no up to date ID. luckily she just let me on the plane.