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Getting a special issue/ temporary passport?

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FeatheredHeart · 31/07/2011 11:42

I'm due to travel with my 2 pre-schoolers to Switzerland on Wednesday but have just seen one of my sons' passports expired last week. There're no 1-day emergency renewal appointments anywhere in the UK before Thursday, there aren't any cancelllations and you can't just turn up and wait. One easyjet employee suggested contacting the local embassy (but none exist when you're in your own country) to get a temporary passport, but everything I've tried around the home office points me back to the passport application service. Has anyone resolved a similar situation before and how?!

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EdithWeston · 31/07/2011 11:50

IPS (ie the passport office are the ONLY people in UK who can issue a passport (sorry). Temporary passports are the document issued overseas for single use to get you back to UK if your passport is lost/stolen overseas.

Children's passports are valid for 5 years. Sorry to be stating the bleeding obvious, but if DCs are still pre-schoolers, are you absolutely sure you've read the expiry date properly?

FeatheredHeart · 31/07/2011 12:23

No, you're right [hides head in the sand]. Panic over :-) Sorry...sorry...

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