has anybody recently had they passports go through security checks i have been ringing the passport office for 3 weeks they have had our applications for 5 weeks now i must have rand 50-60 times for call back which i have never received was waiting for liverpool to call me back for 1 week so i could either find out or upgrade them i naughtily rang a direct number i found on a forum this morning which is supposed to be used for people who have received a letter and finally spoke to someone who said they had been taken by security for checks and were released by security on the 2nd of june but he said its was a how long is a piece of string scenario as as to when they would be sent to the examination room!!!!! i want to know if it would be worth me upgrading them and going all the way to liverpool with 3 kids in tow or if theres any hope of us actually receiving them before we fly :(