Desperate help - passport expired, travel on Wednesday

[Nowanextraone]

I feel sick. I don't understand how we have overlooked this as we renewed 2 of our other children's passports, but we've just seen our daughter's passport expired in January.

We are fucked aren't we? It says a child's passport can only be renewed urgently in a week.
I feel sick

Insurance won't even pay will it as it's our fault.

They do work on Sundays. But op needs to make an appointment online.

@Nowanextraone

Where is the flight from and to, OP?

Knowing someone in this situation very recently- you cannot renew same day for a child - confirmed with multiple calls to passport office. It may arrive in under a week but you may need to wait a couple of days for the appointment as well.

I'd try to move the dates first, and if not can one parent travel with the other children and you join them?

The advice line is open on a Sunday

How old is the child? If very young I see no reason not to ask relatives to step in and help out with child care while you are away. You could make it up to your child later. Mistakes happen, don't feel guilty. This of course is an idea having tried like crazy to get the passport urgently & failed

Can you change the dates of your holiday? Even if you have to pay an admin fee it's probably a better option than cancellation.

But as PP have said ring passport helpline first thing tomorrow and see what they say.

apply today for appt as quickest you can get an appt is next day so if you wait till Monday you won’t get one till Tuesday. Then hope and pray it arrives…time is flight weds? Where is it you are going? Is there any way you someone can stay with her and fly late? Or pray flights get cancelled/delayed because of crowdstrike

Sorry OP but I very much doubt it will happen by Wednesday with it being a child’s passport. I’d look at cost of moving the holiday by a couple of weeks. Or others go and you join later if it’s a 2wk holiday. Good luck

Yes seems a fair enough system

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24 hour Passport Service

If you need to renew your passport with 24 hours you will need to book an appointment with your nearest regional Passport Office. To book an appointment call the Passport Adviceline on 222 0000 0300 222 0000. The line is open from Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm and on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 9am to 5:30pm

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Durham Passport Office

Millburngate House,
Durham,
DH97 1PA

Newport Passport Office

Nexus House,
Mission Court,
Newport,
Gwent,
NP20 2DW

Glasgow Passport Office

3 Northgate,
96 Milton Street,
Cowcaddens,
Glasgow
G4 0BT

Liverpool Passport Office

101 Old Hall Street,
Liverpool,
L3 9BD

London Passport Office

Globe House,
89 Eccleston Square,
London,
SW1V 1PN

Peterborough Passport Office

Aragon Court,
Northminster Road,
Peterborough,
PE1 1QG

Belfast Passport Office

Law Society House
90-106 Victoria Street
Belfast
BT1 3GN

24 hours Passport fee
Premium service fee
Renew or amend a standard adult 32-page passport
£128
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£137
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Not available
First child passport
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£106.50
Replace a lost, stolen or damaged child passport
Not available

Renewals for British nationals born on or before 2 September 1929
£55.50

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Applying for your First child passport

Replacing a lost, stolen or damaged child passport

Risk of one of the parents whisking a kid out of the country if the other parent hides the passport. It’s happened before

@nottogetapenny That clearly says 24 hours is not available for child passport.

This happened to a friend back in the May holidays. Mum went with the other kids. Dad flew out 2 days later with the kid whose passport had expired. They did the week one from Liverpool and had it back in 4 days too

I'd book the next available appt at the passport office for a child in a week service. Meanwhile phone the passport office. Notes will be put on your account and this might just help. And when you do get there express the urgency, ask for notes or be put on the account, ask for it to be expedited. It may only take a few days. Then yours only be flying out one day late.

No it doesn’t - it says it cannot be used for the child’s first passport or a lost / damaged /
stolen child’s passport. Neither of which apply here from the info the OP has given

Op if you use the fast track kids can be done in a day, my niece was for a renewal. Worst case if lacking appointments check Belfast also, same day cheap flight is cheaper than losing holiday

You CAN DO emergency app for child's passport as long as it's not first passport

Get pictures printed and signed by appropriate people immediately and get an appointment and go in person as soon as they open

If you read my post it say not available for a child’s first passport! Renew or amend a child passport
£106.50

Sorry, OP, all you can do is the one week service, hope it comes back quicker and delay the flight for one parent and your daughter in the meantime. I don’t know why they don’t do a one day service for children, possibly some kind of safeguarding issue (?), but I don’t see what the difference between - day and a week is. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve just had to forego a long weekend to visit my sister with my daughter because I hadn’t realised her passport had expired. Not quite on the same scale, but you’re certainly not alone in making this mistake. I hope you manage to get something sorted.

Who did you book the holiday with? I wonder if it’s possible to change the dates rather than cancel?

How reliable is the week turnaround time? Worth the gamble?

Lots of incorrect info on here.
You CAN renew a child's passport using the 24 hour service. It clearly states this on the website.
OP just needs to make an appt for Monday and cross everything that it's sorted.

Ok so you can’t get a child renewal on the one day service.

Could you try the one week fast-track service? It says the earliest you can get an appointment is the day after you apply so I’d apply NOW and hopefully you can book the appt for Mon and hopefully they can rush it through 🤞

If it doesn’t arrive in time, one of you goes ahead with the other two and the other one will have to follow asap. It’ll cost more to book flights etc but not as much as you’ll loose on the holiday.

As everyone says join an appointment anywhere for Monday. Without that you can’t do anything. Once you’re there it’s much easier to beg. I did it with my daughters.