oowee Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I have just renewed my passport online. It's taken less than a week and cost just £75. All done on line with my old passport sent off for canceling. How good and simple a service is that? When you see the efficiency of the passport process you have to wonder why can't the firearms licencing stuff be done in the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 It probably could if it weren’t the police doing it. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Iam not renewing mine until we get the black or blue ones back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, bornfree said: Iam not renewing mine until we get the black or blue ones back +1 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I wanted to hold off as mine did not expire until September as i wanted one of the new ones. The latest advice for South Africa is 6 month remaining for travel and I am booked for May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Must get mine sorted. What photo method did you use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Just took it with the phone then uploaded it. There is a diy guide on the application site. Very easy no signatures required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hod Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Scully said: It probably could if it weren’t the police doing it. 🙂 Made me chuckle, although this is probably very true - from an IT perspective, I suspect the home office has a massive budget to bring passport renewal up to date. Most Police firearms licensing dept budgets have probably been cut from not a lot to even less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Economy of scale. Less than one million certificates issued (combined sgc and fac as of 2010 per guardian article) many of which will be coterminous. All on 5 year cycle and going through 60(?) constabularies with varying levels of competency. Well under 1%. Per last British census, about 75% percent of britons have passports and they are on a 10 year cycle (so half the burden of a 5 year cycle) all of course processed through the home office with a unified Process. When there are 40 million certificates being processed, you will have an online option. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) Self funding I reckon. The IT is not like a huge NHS system. Key would be the checks and balances. A million tickets generates at least a £50m budget that would pay for a national system. At the same time cut half the staff at a local level because you would not need them.Switch the resource to national level for checks. Put the new facility in some back water like Norfolk and do some regeneration and job creation at the same time. job done. I wish I was in charge Edited January 5, 2019 by oowee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, oowee said: Self funding I reckon. The IT is not like a huge NHS system. Key would be the checks and balances. A million tickets generates at least a £50m budget that would pay for a national system. At the same time cut half the staff at a local level because you would not need them.Switch the resource to national level for checks. Put the new facility in some back water like Norfolk and do some regeneration and job creation at the same time. job done. I wish I was in charge Back water? How dare you- we have running water and a toilet indoors now I will have you know .......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 hour ago, oowee said: Put the new facility in some back water like Norfolk And this from a person who lives in Somerset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: And this from a person who lives in Somerset Talking of backwaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Cheeky lot. Somerset is gods own country and we have hills. 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Jaymo said: Back water? How dare you- we have running water and a toilet indoors now I will have you know .......... It's said that their computers have progressed as far as the Amstrad PCW 8512 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, amateur said: It's said that their computers have progressed as far as the Amstrad PCW 8512 Not quite- think they still have CPC464 and maybe, just maybe the 1512 But I also hear them Narfok bouys aren’t getting in with using colour screens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 22 hours ago, bornfree said: Iam not renewing mine until we get the black or blue ones back +1. My red one has now expired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: +1. My red one has now expired. I can see I will have to get a cover for mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonker Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Jaymo said: Not quite- think they still have CPC464 and maybe, just maybe the 1512 But I also hear them Narfok bouys aren’t getting in with using colour screens Not easy typing with six fingers either! end up tying themselves in knots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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