passports

[grannie39]

my husband's passport has expired, and he has been invite to the war grave cemetery in nord france to see his uncles war grave, can you still get those short quickie passports for short trips? does anyone know? and how much are they? many thanks for any help.

[dzug]

No - you need a 'proper' passport.

I think they are �72, and take about 3 weeks but you can pay extra to get them quickly

[Mr Veritas]

By quickie passports I think you mean "British Visitors Passports",which were quick to obtain (from a Post Office) and lasted just one year.
These ran from 1961 to 1995,and were dropped because they did not contain enough information.
As dzug says,your husband will need a full passport.
The passport service aims to return passports within 3 weeks (but this CAN take considerably longer) in busy holiday periods.
This page from the passport service deal with urgen passport applications.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport /Passports/howlongittakesandurgentappplication s/DG_174149