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Passport PLEASE help?

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fyimate · 16/06/2010 13:56

Need to know if any MN'ers work or know someone who works in the passport agency because I have a problem.
I spoke to a woman from the passport agency on the phone and she said I shouldnt have a problem but I'm not so sure!

Basically I want a (UK) passport, I was born here, have my full birth certificate but I dont have my parents birth certificates or passport numbers. I know my mother was born here (it is stated on my B.C, no idea about my father).
I cant get their details AT ALL. The woman from the passport agency said if I attach a covering letter to explain I left home as a minor I should have no problems.
Will the fact I 'was' on my fathers passport (but not anymore) help or hinder matters?

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LunaticFringe · 16/06/2010 16:48

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thisisyesterday · 16/06/2010 16:52

if someone from the passport office has said it's fine then it's fine!

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fyimate · 17/06/2010 07:56

I was born here, it says so on my birth cert.
I have no other passport, have always lived in the UK.
The form requires all the parents details.
Cant get a copy of any documentation on parents, believe me I've tried.

I was just hoping someone could sort of reconfirm it. Things dont usually work out for me so I'm a little skeptical!

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ShinyAndNew · 17/06/2010 08:02

My mum and Dad don't have passports. My mum used to, but she lost it. My dad cannot remember where he was born, neither can his mum , so my sister doesn't have a copy of his BC.

She is getting passports for her and her children. She has to have an interview at the passport office, but this is usual for first time applicants.

lal123 · 17/06/2010 08:06

I've never had any contact with my father so had no details at all about him when I applied for my passport - didn't cause me any problems.

marriednotdead · 17/06/2010 08:08

If you were born before the end of 1982 in the UK (when some of the immigration laws changed), you are automatically entitled to a British passport.
If the information about your parents is unavailable then put that fact in the other info section.
I was in a similar situation when I got my first passport.
I used to work at a main PO so handled a lot of passport applications. HTH.

nymphadora · 17/06/2010 08:11

I get passports for children in care and in many cases the parents don't have contact. I just use covering letter & as much info as I can. The main info they want is the mothers. It should say on your BC where she was born. If you have a short one get a copy of the ling one which had that info on

ChuckBartowski · 17/06/2010 08:12

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fyimate · 17/06/2010 15:03

Thank you for the responses, your stories have eased my stress.

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fyimate · 17/06/2010 15:05

Oh I have said I was on my Father's passport on the application, because I was (many years ago), but I assume that I would have been since removed because the law changed.

But I dont actually have his passport number for them to check this out, do you know if this will hinder matters or will it be ok?

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marriednotdead · 17/06/2010 22:28

It will make no difference tbh.

bubblerock · 17/06/2010 23:05

If you have your fathers date of birth can you not search for him on ancestry to find a birth record - if there isn't one in the UK then I guess he was born abroad?

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fyimate · 18/06/2010 14:42

Thanks marriednotdead, I hope not.
I'm hoping that they will call or ask in the interview rather than just refuse my application.

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ivykaty44 · 22/06/2010 22:09

On your own birth certificate it will give your mothers name and if she is married it will give her maiden name - a full birth certificate soemtiem gives fathers detials but not always.

You can though - if the parents are married search for a marriage certificate reference on the General register Office index - which is available at large libraries and soem archives - it is onlien, though it is not always complete and this maybe why you are struggling to find a reference if you are searhcing an incomplete index such as ancestry.

ASmallBunchOfFlowers · 22/06/2010 22:20

I think it's your date of birth that's the important thing here. As marriednotdead says, if you were born in the days (1982 or earlier) when virtually everyone born in the UK became a British citizen by birth, then your parents' nationality or immigration status is much less of an issue.

Some more info on Britsh nationality here.

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fyimate · 05/07/2010 10:30

Well the passport office have refused and said what I was told is wrong. Without mothers BC I am screwed.
I'm feeling pretty pissed off as none of this is my fault and the passport office dont care and they know the circumstances.
I've tried calling General Registrars Office but no one is answering.
I dont know what to do.

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Donnasheppss · 23/07/2021 00:40

Did you get your passport after because I’m in the same boat x

TheGenealogist · 23/07/2021 13:12

This is a 10 year old thread and you're in the genealogy forum... I would post in Chat and you'll get more traffic.

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