Passport advice - urgent!

Originally Posted by Richie

tell him to ring these people...

be warned it £1.50 per minute.

Don't do that, do this:

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/lost-uk.asp

It's official, open 24 hrs and it's free - if he reports it lost or 'stolen' there may be a way around.

am afraid he's screwed

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/travel-europe.asp#carry

had same problem on xmas eve for a flight to france from dubai, then i looked "one more time but there's no point" in a place i'd looked a dozen times - and then suddenly it was there so keep looking!

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

have you tried getting a new passport issued urgently? He might not make the flight, but perhaps he can change the flight to a later one/the next day and still make some of the holiday?
http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/apply-urgent.asp

Otherwise I suggest he spends the whole night turning his house upside-down!

PS. from experience I think he'd have more luck winging it on the coach than at the airport

Same here, chances are they will take the "group leaders" passport and he vouches for the group with him as all being known to him and legit etc.

Good luck with it tho.

My son needed a passport about 6 months ago and we had one days notice. I rang the passport office and they made an appt. for 9am the following day.... his passport was issued by 11am but it cost us, sorry it cost me!!!

Best of luck

Oh and all airlines have different policies so is worth checking with the airline

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Same here, chances are they will take the "group leaders" passport and he vouches for the group with him as all being known to him and legit etc.

Good luck with it tho.

lol...i dont fink that's likely, al qaeda and every other terror group would like that one!

ps how r u zig?

[mattSV]

If a passport has expired and you still have the old one then same day replacement is possible- we turned up at the Passport Office in Victoria at 10:30 with no appointment, had a new passport at 15:30 same day (cost £120)

If the passport is lost then he is screwed as additional 'fraud checks' are required which means same day is not possible.

i cant believe he waited til day before trip before looking for passport. i looked mine out the other day a nd the kids and we are not going on holiday til July lol