| The Passport Hiatus. 12:53 - Apr 27 with 4686 views | onehunglow |
Conflicting report on TV today regarding passport expiry.
Simply ,you r passport is valid for 9yrs 9 months SINCE IT WAS ISSUED.
Our passports expire 2023 but technically they are not valid to travel this June ,when we are travelling.
Check it out folks a many are finding themselves walking into a problem at the Airport by being refused to travel.
It basically means a trip to the Passport Office to get one within 7 days and pay!£142 for the privilege. An utter legal scam as its "£85 on line but it is now an expected 10 week wait to be sent your passport.
Johnson has threatened to privatise the Passport Office | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 13:16 - Apr 27 with 2962 views | Kilkennyjack |
Spoiler alert. Johnson only cares about his own passport. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 13:28 - Apr 27 with 2953 views | onehunglow |
I don't give a monkeys about Johnson
The purpose of my post was to bring this to people's attention as many are experiencing problems when they turn up at the airport. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 14:23 - Apr 27 with 2934 views | felixstowe_jack |
Correct people need to check they have a valid passport. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 14:25 - Apr 27 with 2933 views | felixstowe_jack |
Trouble is the staff in the passports just don't care. They are either working from home or their unions say it is too dangerous to work. If they don't turn up for work they should not expect to be paid. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 16:47 - Apr 27 with 2903 views | Ebo |
The passport office has always had a backlog of applications. I remember about 8 years ago my Mr's lost her passport and we were due to fly in 6 weeks. The office was really under pressure then and it was well documented that people who had applied months before still had not received theirs.
Thanks to our local labour MP who we contacted on a thursday, we had the new passport back by the monday.
It is not an old issue. The passport office is understaffed. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 20:25 - Apr 27 with 2870 views | onehunglow |
Call I had from Passport office today went like this
"I d like to renew my passport and would like to fast track it"
"You have to make appointment Sir"
"Thanks, can I do that then"
"No appointments available Sir"
"You just said I could "
"No appointments available "
"So I can't fast track,nor collect from a Passport Office even though that is your advice"
"No appointments available Sir due to backlog"
"Are you the help line"
"Yes Sir"
"Can you help me to renew my passport in time for my holidays in 6 weeks time"
"You have to go on line Sir"
We cancelled the holiday | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 20:53 - Apr 27 with 2845 views | 73__73 |
More incompetence from civil servants. Sack them all. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 21:40 - Apr 27 with 2834 views | Wingstandwood |
It does appear that various governemt dept's appear to be understaffed because many people are maybe (despite vaccines and miniscule risk) just too afraid to turn up because of Covid?
I urge them and others to be inspired by evoking the spirit of NHS workers, ASDA workers, Police, armed forces, care home workers, riggers/steel erectors, power plant workers etc, etc, etc. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 21:43 - Apr 27 with 2829 views | pikeypaul |
Just like the DVLA they have done jack for over 2 years and aided by their far left unions are desperate for this to continue.
The sooner the DVLA is shut down and the work passed to people who are actually prepared to work the better,and the scum unions will be to blame. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 21:47 - Apr 27 with 2828 views | Flashberryjack |
Don't sack them all, just sack the high earning civil servants running it. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 21:50 - Apr 27 with 2817 views | Flashberryjack |
Again, don't sack the Indians, sack the lefty chiefs | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 21:56 - Apr 27 with 2808 views | Wingstandwood |
I prewarned (common sense hey!) about this and what I predicted is now being mentioned in the papers weeks later because idiots have given the government the perfect excuse to close the place and relocate.
The union and some employees say the place is unsafe so the government can now come up with the perfect excuse under the guise of worker health and safety and say "we're with you on this and will move to somewhere safer in England".
I honestly believe not everyone in the DVLA is neither that militant or that stupid. The one's turning up may be thinking along the same lines? In fact I reckon many are now sh1tting a br1ck because of the selfishness of others. I wonder if a lot of these 'militants' are reaching retirement age and want the place to shut anyhow?
It would be a crying shame if Swansea loses thousands of jobs now and for future generations because of Kamikaze own-goal union strategy! | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 22:08 - Apr 27 with 2796 views | Wingstandwood |
I reckon you have twigged just like myself and no doubt many others that common sense, critical thinking ability and awareness is E-minus stuff at managerial/shop steward/union leader level in that place. A plus for stupidity however! | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 00:30 - Apr 28 with 2762 views | majorraglan |
Pre pandemic the Passport Office dealt with about 7m applications per year, during the Pandemic that went down to 9m over 2 years, a drop of 5m. This year is expected to see 9.5m passport applications instead of the usual pre pandemic 7m as people who didn't renew during Covid submit their applications.
Last year the Government were looking at recruiting an extra 1700 workers to deal with the expected upsurge, but it looks like they only managed to get 300-400 by the year end and by all accounts a significant number of the people they employed were actually agency workers who are reported as being under skilled. There are also less staff working in HMPO than there were at the start of austerity. Totally agree with posters the service isn’t good enough and while home working could be a factor, I think failing to recruit enough staff of the requisite standard in sufficient time is more of an issue - questions need to be asked of the Ministers and senior managers running the HMPO.
It’s easy for Boris to stand up and blame others, but it’s his team who’re in charge. It’s not just the Passport Office, the Border Force/Immigration Service is under performing with huge queues at passport control, Probation Services and Courts are in a mess, the debacle around the fall of Afghanistan. There’s a pattern here and some of the issues start at the top. [Post edited 28 Apr 2022 1:08]
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 09:04 - Apr 28 with 2709 views | onehunglow |
Thanks for that eloquent reply.Thank also to the others and hope it raises awareness .
We rebooked another in October and will use our home as a base and get out into Wales more so hope they don't introduce that Tax for Tourist. | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 09:18 - Apr 28 with 2690 views | STID2017 |
Good to raise it again.
There was a post on this subject earlier this year after a woman got taken off a plane at Bristol | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 09:23 - Apr 28 with 2684 views | demonk |
Listening radio yest some saying it's been over 10 months waiting for passport . October might be too soon hope they sort it for you by then | | | |
| The Passport Hiatus. on 09:39 - Apr 28 with 2659 views | onehunglow |
Thanks.
5 months should do it.
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 10:24 - Apr 28 with 2644 views | majorraglan |
We went to Spain in March, wife’s passport had just about 3.5 months left on it when we went and 3 months 4 days when we returned, we didn’t have any issues. Her passport didn’t have any additional time from an early renewal and was the standard 10 years. | | | |
| The Passport Hiatus. on 10:49 - Apr 28 with 2629 views | onehunglow |
It’s a gamble though and I don’t bet .
I’ve cancelled the bloody thing and will probably end up in Anglesey. I might end up seeing fireboy | |
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 11:34 - Apr 28 with 2618 views | CountyJim |
Personally think that the government should give everyone a 18 month extension on passports we took our new ones out in 20 haven't been able to use them so in effect we have 7 and half years passports | | | |
| The Passport Hiatus. on 11:41 - Apr 28 with 2610 views | pikeypaul |
Bit stupid taking them out in 2020 if you could not use them wasn’t it? 😂😂😂😂😂
But I’d expect nothing different from your type.
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| The Passport Hiatus. on 11:43 - Apr 28 with 2608 views | CountyJim |
Well put in December 19 so less of smart arse comments | | | |
| The Passport Hiatus. on 12:43 - Apr 28 with 2593 views | Professor |
There are also significant problems with the Animals in Science Regulatory Unit in the Home Office with staff shortages, delays and changes to working practices-mainly to reduce the level of inspection and replace with a paper audit trail. | | | |
| The Passport Hiatus. on 21:26 - Apr 28 with 2506 views | Ebo |
This is the classic tory strategy of cutting staff and funding so that they have the excuse to privatise it. We will then pay more while they make a profit. | |
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