To remind you to get your passport applications done now!

[Bluetinkerbell]

Applied for DD3's first passport last week, it arrived yesterday! So turn around of 1 week instead of the predicted 3 weeks!

So, everyone who needs passports done, do it now to avoid stress in the summer! :)

Mine was sent Friday. that sounds super organsied, but its actually getting v close to me going on holiday and I had to change my name and actually left it later than I planned too...
Friend of mine sent hers last Monday and got it yesterday

DS2s was done in August last year (first one) and still got it in under two weeks. I wonder if less people are going abroad and the passport offices are quiet?

Although BIL applied for his first UK passport last year (not from UK) and it took NINE MONTHS!!!

Poledra (love the name btw), if your passport is less than 5 years old you can renew your driving licence online without needing a new photo. You have to fill in lots of detail such as passport and NI numbers but other than that it's pretty simple - it's on the Direct Gov site.

Thanks for the tip, Bluey, but sadly both my driving licence and passport are running out this month, so are both 10 years old - bah!

And thank you for the compliment on my name

NotaDragon Just noticed your earlier reply to me about applying online. Thanks SO much for telling me about that! I had no idea you could do an online renewal .

We did all three this evening really easily. Thank god I don't have to fill in three forms. I've been putting it off for ages

Annoyingly my driving licence ran out last year and my passport this year so couldn't do the easy driving licence thing. You can't do it the other way round so I've got the whole rigmarole of getting photos done again now.

Thank you I have 2 to get got the forms & have put it off going to make it top of my list this week.

Ok, so my passport expired 5 years ago and I have now lost said passport. How do I do a renewal if I don't know my passport number etc from the last one? Not that we're likely to be going abroad any time soon, but it's always useful for ID purposes.

I don't think you need the old passport number to apply for a new passport- you just have to fill in the sections on having a lost or stolen passport I think?