Mungler Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I hate form filling. So it fills me with joy to have to renew my passport. Fell off my chair to see that I am going to have to cough £72 (the going rate) for the pleasure. As for the forms and the questions - well it is still me - my place of birth hasn't changed or my parents details etc. Why not renew the photo which is actually what is required? Mind you, most depressing looking at the young me in the old passport mug shot and now sending off the middle aged me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 surely you don't have to present a belly shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Why not renew the photo which is actually what is required? Because that would make sense, and when dealing with Governments the term "sense" never comes into it. There has been no charge for this pearl of wisdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Are you allowed to wear the "Helmet" ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 72 quid Southend-on-Sea for the next 10 years for me then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I was only planning on going to Leeds, but it's way up North I will need a passport and I won't understand a word anyone is saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I was only planning on going to Leeds, but it's way up North I will need a passport and I won't understand a word anyone is saying. Mung, we had the same problem with language in Bucks the other week. They all told us that they were "good" shooters......obviously means something different up there !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ91 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 now lads can i just ask what your problem is with leeds lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 now lads can i just ask what your problem is with leeds lol dont unnastand watwer tarkinabot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 ***** @ Mung. I had to hand mine in at our last near attempt of a European place, which was OK as I wasn't planning a long haul holiday, but they have moved the goalposts now. Because I have a refusal/rejection/what*******ever they classify it as, I now have to jump through hoops to get a 70 quid ferlow if I want permission to leave the country i am registered in. Way to go home office Traveling to Ireland on my driving licence at the moment but they are stopping that soon. But if I was a European outside the UK I could walk into what ever state I wanted to. LB off to NZ as soon as I can afford it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ91 Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 in leeds we dnt talk like that yes may be they do in barnsely but that ant leeds lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Traveling to Ireland on my driving licence at the moment but they are stopping that soon. Welcome anytime you want to come over and knock off a fox or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 in leeds we dnt talk like that yes may be they do in barnsely but that ant leeds lol As you know, was born in Leeds, but coughed my way to the east coast 50 years ago, musta lost t'lingo luv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ91 Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 well i have admit when i came back to leeds it did seam weard how people talked but i soon picked up the acsent and now r las loves it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 72 quid seems ok, I have to renew mine, the misses and get new ones for the two kids, best part of 250 I am afraid OUCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Ouch. That is flippin harsh. I could understand £72 for a fresh application with the full interview and security checks, but for a renewal you are still the same person unless you have died or subsequently become wanted - either way they ought to know about it already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 72 quid to a man like you is nothing, just go and write a letter to somebody and send your client the bill. That is harsh. How do solicitors have the bare faced cheek to question how much someone charges? Except perhaps private hospitals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 On his birthday as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken man Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Oh dear.....Ding Ding....round one....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 <BUNDLE> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted February 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Oooo get her. Staff, overheads, insurance, training and enormous thirsty german cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 At least he's honest :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 At least he's honest an honest lawyer, theres a new concept forward this Mungler you'll get a responce im sure. Dear Mr. Minister, I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this. How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a t.v. cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date. For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date you have on my social insurance card, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years. It is on my health insurance card, my driver's license, on the last eight goddamn passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done at election times. Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!! S HIT! I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really ****** off this morning. Between you an' me, I've had enough of this bulls hit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my ******' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthals ####s workin' there! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for **** sakes. I just want to go and park my *** on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you give a **** whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone! Well, I have to go now, 'cause I have to go to the other end of the city and get another ******' copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60 !!! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day?? Nooooo, that'd be too damn easy and maybe make sense. You'd rather have us running all over the ******' place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some #### to confirm that it's really me on the goddamn picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?! (******' morons) Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're totally ****** off! Signed - An Irate ****** Canadian Citizen. P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it's me? Well, my family has been in this country since 1776 when one of my forefathers took up arms against the Americans. I have served in the military for something over 30 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang. I was aide de camp to the lieutenant governor of our province for ten years and I have been doing volunteer work for the RCMP for about five years. However, I have to get someone 'important' to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST ******* CHINA!!! Hamilton, Ontario Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 I have just had to pay for my Mums n Dads passports this week (first passports) and they also have to go and have an interview at 65 years old and 59 years old I hardly think they are going to file for false papers My Passport was around £55 when I got mine but I needed to get theirs so they can attend my Wedding in Australia later this year. It's not just passports though! I am putting in an application for a visa to go to Oz to live! I need a Police check Medical Certified copies of my Birth cert / wedding cert / decree absolute / passport / my Sons Birth cert / passport etc etc a chest xray HIV test Passports Statutory declaration to allow me to take my Son with me Police checks So I get stung near £2000 for the Visa application (aus gov) Medical (doc) Certified copies (solicitor) xray (clinic) HIV test (private clinic) passports (uk gov) Declaration (family solicitor) Police checks (police) It seems a LOT of people are making a LOT of money. You pay to live here and you pay through the NOSE to leave Visa application £2000 The Medical with Xrays and HIV test are £400 all in Certified copies £10 each Passports £144 Declaration £100 police checks £20 Mind blowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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