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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7873   
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I received a text today recommending I renew my passport, how timely!
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27th Sep 2019 4:48pm |
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| Pilgrimmick Member Since: 16 Nov 2015 Location: Highlands Posts: 581
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Think the old passport will be cancelled along with any visas, hopefully I am wrong. 80" 1948
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27th Sep 2019 4:52pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3750 
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I have had US C1/D visas to work onboard ships and yachts in the US for some 40 years and every time I renew a passport the old passport is returned with the visas still valid until they expire, not the passport expiry. Same with my Canadian, Chinese, Indian, Nigerian, Argentine and Australian work visas. Don’t know about tourist visas, but I don’t see why they cannot be the same. The only difference is my old passports have a big hole punched in them but the hole doesn’t deface any of the visas Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
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27th Sep 2019 5:13pm |
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| parktag Member Since: 30 Sep 2008 Location: Brittany Posts: 365  
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I renewed my passport and also my daughters passport earlier this month. Did the internet thing and posted the old passports back to England and Within ten days i had my new passports. All went very smoothly and it's so much easier than it used to be. It did cost 100 pounds each though but at least i don't need to do it for another ten years. 130 crew cab
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28th Sep 2019 7:55pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1758 
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I need to get mine renewed.... Only issue is finding a gap without travel at the moment!!
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29th Sep 2019 10:06am |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5765 
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Agree that it is super efficient on-line. But I popped on a flight back to London, had my appointment at the Passport Office first thing, went to the boozer and drank loads of ale, (which I can rarely do over here), had a nice fish and chip lunch, bought a few packs of sausages, picked up my passport, took the flight home and bed.
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29th Sep 2019 11:00am |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 985
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The bit that really impressed me was when I came to renew my driving licence online. If it finds your passport details, you just refuse the photo.
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29th Sep 2019 11:02am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3750
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AMBxx, thanks for your posting, I didn’t know I could apply for a credit card licence online and my pink paper one is now almost in 8 pieces. I wasn’t able to apply for a photo licence previously because they wanted my passport as ID and I have to be ready to drop everything and fly off to the other side of the world at 12 hours notice so could never apply. Now all done on-line in 10 minutes and as you say you give them permission to access your passport details for the photo. Now let’s see if DVLA can beat the passport office to get my new drivers licence to me as quickly as UKPO did! Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
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29th Sep 2019 12:45pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3707 
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A mate has just renewed his passport it no longer says European Union on the front. 130's have feeling's as well you know
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29th Sep 2019 12:59pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3750
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I’ve just checked my new one and you are right.
Disaapointing that you still don’t get the option to have a blue passport, not that it really bothers me, but the choice would be nice and it isn’t an EU requirement that they are maroon despite all the fuss some folks have made - several EU member states issue blue covered passports too Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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29th Sep 2019 1:04pm |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 985
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Don't forget - now you have a photo driving licence, you will need to renew it every 10 years.  |
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29th Sep 2019 2:03pm |
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| 90 Dreamer Member Since: 13 Jul 2019 Location: Oop North Posts: 2054 
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One of the reasons i have held grimly onto my old 'pink' licence even though its been through the wash, etc over the years......
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29th Sep 2019 2:12pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3750
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Will have to remember that I have passport and driving licence to renew in the same week then - just have to remember to put a post-note into the passport before my memory turns to cheese...... Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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29th Sep 2019 2:41pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I have kept hold of my GREEN one which replaced my expired RED book. I get strange looks when asked for my driving licence. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
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29th Sep 2019 3:51pm |
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