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The cost of a passport is just stupid

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SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:14

That’s it really.

£94.50 for the actual passport, which is alright, I suppose.

£10 for the pictures because you need the fancy digital codes now and can’t just have a picture

£10 for guaranteed postage of the old one back to them, because of course they can’t just have a database that they update to say that one has expired or been replaced.

£115 in total! Bring on the days that it becomes totally digital.

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Thewindowdressing · 27/11/2025 10:06

Sophiablue95 · 27/11/2025 09:56

To be honest it’s cheaper than a lot of countries. My XH’s not so strong passport costs the equivalent of £100 for 5 years.

Yeah. DH's fee depends on whether renewal, lost, damaged etc. It's not cheap! Weak passport.
My eu one is like 20 quid😂

Dolphinnoises · 27/11/2025 10:06

You really are wasting your money on the photo, when you upload it to the website it checks out there and then. There’s an outside chance it might be rejected afterwards but if you file the instructions carefully, you’ll be fine

Thechaseison71 · 27/11/2025 10:05

Stillpoor · 27/11/2025 10:03

I tried 3 times to get my passport turned down twice, so lost money.
I didnt give up 3rd time Lucky I got it.
It cost me more than, £115.
Because I had to get stack Decks signed via a solicitor.
And stack deck from my sister.
It all added up.
I finally got my passport without a countersigner and without proof off my mother.

What is stack deck?

Thechaseison71 · 27/11/2025 10:04

SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:33

But it’s not, because you still have to pay for visas etc

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Not that many countries you need to pay for visa. Last one I did was India and was about £20. Don't think anywhere in Europe needs visa

PiggyPlumPie · 27/11/2025 10:04

Around a pound a month over ten years. I'll gladly pay that!

Now you've paid up, start saving for the next one.

Lookingforwardto2025 · 27/11/2025 10:04

I think it is great value, a UK passport is the joint 7th best passport in the world (in terms of visa free destinations). When I see the difficulties friends and families with passports from countries such as china have with being able to travel I am so humbled by how lucky I am to have been born a UK citizen. It is a privilege others can only dream of and it only costs me £100 every 10 years.

Stillpoor · 27/11/2025 10:03

I tried 3 times to get my passport turned down twice, so lost money.
I didnt give up 3rd time Lucky I got it.
It cost me more than, £115.
Because I had to get stack Decks signed via a solicitor.
And stack deck from my sister.
It all added up.
I finally got my passport without a countersigner and without proof off my mother.

BarbaraKirksKaftan · 27/11/2025 10:02

£11.50 a year for a document that allows you to travel the world seems like a bargain to me.

HelenaWaiting · 27/11/2025 10:02

I completely agree, OP. Passport Office employees should not be paid. They should work solely for the joy of it.

Pearlmaster500 · 27/11/2025 10:01

Not really when it lasts for 10 years plus you don’t have to pay for a photo you can just do it yourself

Isthisreasonable · 27/11/2025 10:00

If you can't afford the passport, how can you afford to travel?

Also what are you reading if you think a passport is like a book? (Curious)

Coffeeishot · 27/11/2025 10:00

SilverPink · 27/11/2025 09:58

Just wait until some councils in the UK start charging a tourist tax and then OP realises it will be just as expensive to holiday at home 🤣

I wonder if the op moans about their abroad tourist/resort tax ?

Itsrainingloadshere · 27/11/2025 09:59

You can’t compare the cost of a passport with an equivalent ‘notebook’ from a shop. The cost goes towards all the security and checks involved in producing it and as others have said it lasts for 10 years and is £100 for all that time.
Just take the photo yourself, it even tells you if it’s suitable before you submit it so you can re do it if needed.

If you don’t like the cost then don’t get one. If it was massive, say A3 size would you think it was better value?
Honestly.

monkeysox · 27/11/2025 09:58

SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:26

It’s just ludicrously overpriced. For such a small document. It’s a book.

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Rather an important and official "book"
Lasts 10 years so not bad per year

SilverPink · 27/11/2025 09:58

Just wait until some councils in the UK start charging a tourist tax and then OP realises it will be just as expensive to holiday at home 🤣

purpleygrey · 27/11/2025 09:57

I actually this passports are reasonably priced.

granted you feel the hit when all the kids expire at the same time 🫣

Sophiablue95 · 27/11/2025 09:56

To be honest it’s cheaper than a lot of countries. My XH’s not so strong passport costs the equivalent of £100 for 5 years.

Thechaseison71 · 27/11/2025 09:55

Simonjt · 27/11/2025 09:27

I took a photo on my phone for free, I also completed the forms on my phone, again, for free.

Same here

Genevieva · 27/11/2025 09:55

SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:33

But it’s not, because you still have to pay for visas etc

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This is just part of the cost of travel. It’s a luxury activity. It’s like saying it’s not far to have to pay for pudding after your main course. Wanting to go to a country that requires a visa is like wanting a pudding. We really have to get out of this mindset of expecting everything to be subsidised.

Clearinguptheclutter · 27/11/2025 09:54

SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:14

That’s it really.

£94.50 for the actual passport, which is alright, I suppose.

£10 for the pictures because you need the fancy digital codes now and can’t just have a picture

£10 for guaranteed postage of the old one back to them, because of course they can’t just have a database that they update to say that one has expired or been replaced.

£115 in total! Bring on the days that it becomes totally digital.

the kids one is far worse value. about 80% of the cost and for the EU at least only valid for 4 and a half years.

venus7 · 27/11/2025 09:54

SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:26

It’s just ludicrously overpriced. For such a small document. It’s a book.

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I don't think the price of legal documents go on size!

mummymeister · 27/11/2025 09:53

So you can afford a couple of hundred pounds for a holiday but not the cost of a passport that lasts 10 years? how many times in those 10 years will you use a passport? every year so £11 a journey on a holiday of a couple of hundred pounds? you arent paying for a little book though are you. you are paying for border control. you are paying for the fact that if you go somewhere risky and get stranded the embassy will help get you home. Its not a legal requirement if you dont want one dont have one.

Justlostmybagel · 27/11/2025 09:53

Just be happy you don't have to apply from abroad. Now that is an expensive ball ache.

Simonjt · 27/11/2025 09:52

SoloTripSoloVibes · 27/11/2025 09:49

Photos and postage are actually required.

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Photo free on my phone, postage not needed as I renew online.

Frynye · 27/11/2025 09:52

Simonjt · 27/11/2025 09:52

You can visit 115 countries without a visa if you have a British passport, 184 if visa on arrival, like the etsa or a landing card. There are 195 countries in the world.

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Oh come on now. Don’t destroy the ops rants with actual accurate facts and figures!

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