My passport runs out in September so I decided to renew it now so that if i go away around Aprilish, it will still be valid 6 months after my return date which seems to be the law now.
Anyway, 10 years ago, I was much much slimmer and my passport photo was actually very flattering so I was dreading having to have a new one with a new horrible picture of myself in it. Turns out that if you are renewing and you still have some months to go on it, you can just send the passport with a couple of new passport photographs up - no having to go round begging for countersignatories!- as long as your appearance hasn't changed too drastically. Well, I went to the p/o today and asked the woman on the counter what I should do and also whether she thought my old photograph was passable. Her reply was that she wasn't allowed to tell what I should do about my picture but that she thought it still looked like me. So I filled the form in and chanced it. Now i'm regretting it as obviously in another 10 years time i'm going to look different again- although it has given me a great incentive to lose loads of weight!Does anyone know if the passport people will compare the new pictures to the old one or have I just paid out alot of money when I should have put a bit more thought into it? Sorry so long and boring but I feel a bit stupid to be honest!