Passport renewal - Eye on Spain

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Monday, June 18, 2007 Roberto Villa I'm in Torremolinos I've made 1920 posts Send private message to Roberto	I read in one of the local English papers today that to renew a British passport in Spain costs €185. I checked this info on the British embassy website, and it is correct. To renew a British passport in the UK costs £66. Too bad the Foreign Office doesn't do currency exchange. At DOUBLE the normal rate, I see an opportunity! Any thoughts? _______________________ "For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me" Winnie the Pooh Spam post? If so please click here to report it
19 Jun 2007 10:34 AM FibbyUK EOS Superstar I'm in UK, Surrey & Playa Flamenca, Costa Blanca I've made 2028 posts Send private message to FibbyUK	That's right Roberto, but in October this year, the cost is rising to £72 I think this outrageous to re-new a passport.............this is the same cost as getting a first time one. Surely, if you have been checked out security wise once, then to re-new a passport should not be a big deal. Another example of being ripped off me thinks! _______________________ FibbyUK http://www.payingtaxesinspain.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Spam post? If so please click here to report it
19 Jun 2007 1:19 PM Pat and Roy Finca I'm in Hertfordshire. UK. Princesa Letizia IV, Formentera, Nr Rojales, Costa Blanca I've made 623 posts Send private message to Pat and Roy	Yes you are right it is disgusting the price you have to pay my daughter has just renewed two of her children's passports over a £100 pound and that is only for 5years. Which going back in my day we could get them a 10year passport but just change their picture. They are determined to squeeze every ounce of flesh they can. Regards Pat _______________________ Spam post? If so please click here to report it
19 Jun 2007 4:35 PM Smiley EOS Superstar I'm in San Pedro de Alcantara I've made 2172 posts Send private message to Smiley	Guess thats why so many people pissed off with rip off Britain _______________________ *Smiley* - patrick@marbellamortgages.com www.marbellamortgages.com *Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit .....but any form of wit is an achievement* NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE GOT, IF YOU HAVE NOBODY TO SHARE IT WITH, THEN ITS JUST NUMBERS IN THE BANK. TO ESCAPE CRITICISM DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING! Spam post? If so please click here to report it
19 Jun 2007 5:01 PM Pitby Villa I'm in Dubai and Duquesa I've made 1036 posts Send private message to Pitby	Yes, same here in Dubai as Spain - about 125 GBP. It's about 80 GBP for our son! Why should a UK citizen, anywhere in the world, have to pay double if applying for a passport renewal outside the UK? I don't believe "administration costs" can really double!! Rip off is right! _______________________ www.duquesavillage.net www.KeyDubai.com Spam post? If so please click here to report it
19 Jun 2007 8:07 PM Pitby Villa I'm in Dubai and Duquesa I've made 1036 posts Send private message to Pitby	Thinking about this, and especially the fact that they have introduced the biometric passports, when you really think about it, paying about 10 pounds a year for a ten year passport (unless you travel quite a lot and have to get a new one issued each year because you've run out of pages!!) really isn't a lot of money! But I do still think that British citizens abroad having to renew their passports should not be subjected to paying nearly twice the fee of that charged to those resident in the UK - because I simply don't believe it's justified! I know we can get a new passport issued within ten days maximum here. No problem at all - and could get it sooner if required. So why are non UK residents paying double??? How long do you have to wait in the UK? Is there that much more admin from outside the UK to justify the wait and increase in price? Just interested!! _______________________ www.duquesavillage.net www.KeyDubai.com Spam post? If so please click here to report it
20 Jun 2007 12:08 AM Roberto Villa I'm in Torremolinos I've made 1920 posts Send private message to Roberto	If you travel a lot, you can still get a 48 page passport instead of the standard 32. These used to be the old blue cover, hardback documents that look very impressive but are very inconvenient, since they don't fit snuggly in the back pocket of your Levi's. Don't know if they still are? Oh, for the days when even 48 pages weren't enough for 10 years! Still, at £77, or a staggering €223, I'll bet there's not many takers? Incidentally, from the information I can find with a quick "Google", it would appear that a Spanish passport costs €16.90. Can anyone confirm this? And I wonder how much it costs if you renew it in London, for example? Just checked cost of US passports: $97 - about 50 quid at today's rate? This message was last edited by Roberto on 6/20/2007. _______________________ "For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me" Winnie the Pooh Spam post? If so please click here to report it
20 Jun 2007 12:33 AM MaggieB Apartamento I'm in Dunfermline,La Marina,Guardamar I've made 52 posts Send private message to MaggieB	Hi Roberto How long ago are we talking for a blue passport in UK?? You need to do a lot of travelling outwith the EU to fill a 48 page passport really? My husband works outwith the EU and fills his passport in a few years,so has to keep renewing it in between times, but thats the way to go? As far as I am aware you can make an online appointment in the UK, or phone them! go to the City you have chosen, at the designated time and pick up your passport after 4 hours? but that was in Glasgow, but think it's pretty much the same all over the UK? No doubt I will learn different?? PITBY: I'm sure by now you'll have realised that they will only stamp a page once and then go to another, so if you have visas every time you go in and out of Dubai, it all adds up? We were filling our passports when we lived in Qatar as we were non-resident and had to go outside the country every 3 months? (what a chore ha!ha! Dubai was nice and so was Abu Dhabi, went on the Big Red bus tour and it was very windy and wet!! but did see all the building works ha! ha!............) So, like I say ,all these things add up on your passport? his message was last edited by MaggieB on 6/20/2007. This message was last edited by MaggieB on 6/20/2007. _______________________ *Mags* Spam post? If so please click here to report it
20 Jun 2007 3:22 AM Pitby Villa I'm in Dubai and Duquesa I've made 1036 posts Send private message to Pitby	MaggieB, actually we have three year visas as residents in Dubai. And now (surprise, surprise!), for the past few years, we don't get our passport stamped when exiting or entering Dubai, as residents, as we have an e-gate card, which we simply put in a machine and then the machine reads our fingerprint. So, I'm okay for a while and so is my son for a few years, but my husband travels quite a bit and gets his passport stamped in other countries, so at the moment he has to travel with two passports, one which holds his UAE visa (which is full) and a new one. Talking about that, I recall many years ago that, because I am a Scot, my passport application was sent to Glasgow from London (even though I lived in London!) and I had to wait ages to receive it!! I specifically recall as I was travelling and had my air tickets and all and I was chasing up the passport office. You would think that it wouldn't make any difference, so long as you are British!! Maybe it's changed now though. _______________________ www.duquesavillage.net www.KeyDubai.com Spam post? If so please click here to report it
20 Jun 2007 5:06 PM Roberto Villa I'm in Torremolinos I've made 1920 posts Send private message to Roberto	Maggie, the last time I got a big blue book was, I think, in 1989, in New Zealand. On arriving in the country I was given a right dressing down, because they had no room to stamp my passport, and I was told in no uncertain terms that unless I renewed it while I was there, I would not be allowed in! Dutifully I proceeded to Wellington, looking forward to getting one of the "new" EU style passports, which would be more convenient in my faded Levi's. Having decided it would be wise to go for a 48-pager, imagine my shock when I got another, thicker, blue hardback passport?! Sadly, it expired 10 years later, a little frayed around the edges, but by no means full of visa stamps. _______________________ "For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me" Winnie the Pooh Spam post? If so please click here to report it

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