Travel Question of the Day: Simon Calder on renewing a passport while living abroad
8 years, 11 months ago

Travel Question of the Day: Simon Calder on renewing a passport while living abroad

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The official advice says your daughter should simply post it to the appropriate passport office in the UK. HM Passport Office says renewal will take four weeks, but so long as she gets the application in before the usual summer surge I expect it will be much quicker. The downside is that your daughter will be stuck in Spain until the passport comes through..Every day, our travel correspondent Simon Calder tackles readers' questions.

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Simon Calder clears up passport rules in exclusive Q&A after travellers were wrongly turned away at airports
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Simon Calder clears up passport rules in exclusive Q&A after travellers were wrongly turned away at airports

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with me, Simon Calder, travel correspondent at The …

Passport delays: 35,000 people left waiting more than 10 weeks for new travel documents
2 years, 9 months ago

Passport delays: 35,000 people left waiting more than 10 weeks for new travel documents

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 35,000 have been left waiting longer than 10 weeks to receive a new passport, …

‘Everybody’s getting their passport within four to six weeks’ says Boris Johnson
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Everybody’s getting their passport within four to six weeks’ says Boris Johnson

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The prime minister today caused uproar among would-be holidaymakers and the travel industry by claiming “everybody’s …

Post Office corrects passport information for travellers to Europe
2 years, 10 months ago

Post Office corrects passport information for travellers to Europe

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since Brexit, UK passports must meet two conditions for travel to Europe: Issue date less than 10 years before day …

Home Office takes down defective ‘passport checker’ after causing travel chaos
3 years, 8 months ago

Home Office takes down defective ‘passport checker’ after causing travel chaos

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Home Office has taken down its flawed online passport check service after it generated thousands …

Government to fast-track passport renewals to save people’s holidays
4 years, 8 months ago

Government to fast-track passport renewals to save people’s holidays

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government has pledged to fast-track passport applications to save the holidays of potentially millions of …

Passport Office tells teenager: ‘We’ve kept your application so long that you owe us more money’
4 years, 9 months ago

Passport Office tells teenager: ‘We’ve kept your application so long that you owe us more money’

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “To pay the balance, please send us a payment of £26.50.” Rosie’s mother, Alison Burt, says she attempted to do …

Travel Question of the Day: Simon Calder on valid passports for the US
8 years, 10 months ago

Travel Question of the Day: Simon Calder on valid passports for the US

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Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. My understanding is that every British passport issued from 2007 onwards is an “e-passport” containing biometric information, and acceptable to …

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