Passport Charges

edann42 · Post by **edann42** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 12:44

It now costs 166 euro plus 20 euro postage, for tha British Embassy in Paris, to renew a passport and return it to you!! Rip off, or What ???????

john · Post by **john** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 12:48

An absolute outrage,Edann. It's getting to the stage where it's probably better to get a Ryan cheapie back to the UK and do it at a passport office there?

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 14:33

What does it cost in the UK then?

russell · Post by **russell** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 15:34

£77.50 including postage!

Russell.

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 15:36

Bloody hell!

Robbing b******s!

edann42 · Post by **edann42** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 15:45

Will not work, John, I dont have an address in the UK and feel that I cant use a relatives address, because you can rest assured that 'Big Brother' will find out someway!!! All Government Depts. these days, seem to work together!!

john · Post by **john** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 17:40

edann42 wrote:Will not work, John, I dont have an address in the UK and feel that I cant use a relatives address, because you can rest assured that 'Big Brother' will find out someway!!! All Government Depts. these days, seem to work together!!

If I was going to save best part of a hundred quid,I'd be inclined to give it a go nontheless,Edann!

collioure_bee · Post by **collioure_bee** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 17:56

I know someone that god his dad to send out the forms, then he filled them in, sent them back where they were then forwarded on, and the passport was sent back to that address. He then sent the passport out to his son.

If they didn't rip you off, people wouldn't bend the rules.

john · Post by **john** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 18:25

TBH,I don't really follow what "rule" you,or in Bee's mate's case ,he, would be breaking or bending.

Surely a passport is purely a document to say what nationality one is and that he or she should be allowed to travel under the auspices of that country without let or hindrance? It is not,and never has been, proof of address. Nowhere on your passport does your address appear.

So,assuming you've ticked all their "nationality" boxes,what address it is despatched to is of little consequence to the authority.

collioure_bee · Post by **collioure_bee** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 19:19

The rule is, as he understands it, that you aren't supposed to apply in the UK if you don't live there. IE if in France you have to go to the Paris embassy as edan did.

Logic never seems to enter these things does it.

Post by **Kate** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 19:23

When I renewed my passport last year, I was told I could get it via Paris (quicker but much more expensive) or via the passport office in Liverpool (cheaper but slower). I have no address in England and nobody asked me for one.

collioure_bee · Post by **collioure_bee** » Sun 05 Sep 2010 19:40

I got the information from here
http://forum.anglophone-direct.com/seto ... l+passport

Seems they make it up as they go along lol.

mpprh · Post by **mpprh** » Tue 09 Nov 2010 15:37

Still being issued from Paris to French addresses, but with new costs -

The cost of an adult UK passport in France is €151 for a 32 page version, €182 for a 48 page version and a 32 page child passport costs €96, with return delivery by TNT priced at €20.

More info : http://ukinfrance.fco.gov.uk/en/help-fo ... ply/france

Peter

opas · Post by **opas** » Tue 09 Nov 2010 17:54

BLOODY RIP OFF!

Roger O · Post by **Roger O** » Tue 09 Nov 2010 19:07

National ID for expats in permanent residence outside the UK - at least those in the EU!!

polremy · Post by **polremy** » Tue 09 Nov 2010 20:16

collioure_bee wrote:I know someone that god his dad to send out the forms, then he filled them in, sent them back where they were then forwarded on, and the passport was sent back to that address. He then sent the passport out to his son.

If they didn't rip you off, people wouldn't bend the rules.

brilliant.
my sort of wheeze.

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Passport Charges

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