Passport Renewal

[malagabob]

My son possibly needs to renew his passport. His present ones expiry is Feb 2021. Wasn’t there something about the added on time that was withdrawn. I remember a . gov link to check If passports were valid. Can’t find it now. Any ideas. Thanks.

[DTCwordfan]

passport renewal was running incredibly well - I got mine in 6 days from submitting at a post office, my daughter in five and my bro-in-law, during lock down, 6 days...and done online.

[bhg481]

If you renew the new one will be valid from now, not from the expiry date of the old one.

[alavahalf]

Here's what the Post Office say ..

https://www.postoffice.co.uk/identity/soon-to-expire-passport

[Buenchico]

https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport/renew

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53494998

[237SJ]

The system was running OK at the beginning of lockdown but it's pretty dire now (from what I have heard) as the backlog has caught up with them.

[woofgang]

mine took 4 months.....I guess I shouldn't have mentioned the job in the KGB......

[Etch]

Gov.uk checklist for visiting Europe from 1 January 2021:
https://www.gov.uk/visit-europe-1-january-2021

[malagabob]

Chris. this part in one of your links is the issue “Only renew your passport now if you’re travelling on or before 30 September 2020” He maybe traveling around 5th Sept.

[Etch]

I travelled to France in March with a passport that had less than 6 months validity (expired in July) and there was no problem. The need to have 6 months left (as shown in the link I gave) only comes in after 1 Jan 2021.

[Etch]

Some feedback on the time taken to renew my passport:
Applied for online on 4 Aug
Old passport posted on 5 Aug, received (by HMPO) on 8 Aug
New passport issued on 11 Aug
Printed and sent on 13 Aug
Received today (17 Aug)