UK BRITISH PASSPORT NEAR EXPIRY WITH PENDING FLR (M) APPLICATION

Evening all,

I was wondering if anyone could help with this query.
My british passport is about to expire in a few weeks and I am looking to renew it as soon as possible (trying to wait it out due to covid-19 delays)

Now here is the pickle.... We applied for my wife’s FLR (M) way back at the beginning of June 2020 and during this time MY UKC passport was valid... (therefore the application contains details of my current UKC passport which is about to expire shortly)

Will it cause any problems if I were to renew my existing british passport whilst her FLR (M) application is pending? The UKC passport application website states that you need to send in your existing/expired passport in order to obtain a new one. I am not entirely sure but do they also send your old passport back along with the new one?

Has anyone been in this position before, I’m not desperate to travel or anything but just want to make sure I am following the process.

Thanks


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Yes, they do send your old passport back with the new one - they just cut the corner off to show it is no longer valid (I have my valid US visa in my old passport so I carry 2 passports with me when I travel to the US - my old, expired one with the visa, and my current, valid one)

You should maintain a valid passport in order to show your UK citizenship for the FLR(M) visa (otherwise you have to send your birth certificate and several other documents to prove your citizenship instead), so I would just go ahead and renew your UK passport now so that you continue to hold a valid passport.

If UKVI query the expiry of the passport you provided, you can send them a copy of the new one when you get it. Looks like it's taking up to 4 weeks at the moment to get a new passport if you apply online.

I got a new (Dark Blue!) British passport a month ago - 7 days from application to delivery.  It's all online, you eve do the photo yourself now at home.
Sorry to contradict the eternally awesome Ksand but the old passport was sent back separately about another week later.

I would scan the lot before you send it so you have readily available records and can demonstrate in case of unforeseen circumstances but Ksand is the final word on that.

Sorry to contradict the eternally awesome Ksand but the old passport was sent back separately about another week later.

That’s not a contradiction - we both said that you get the passport back. You just gave more detail on how you actually get it back (I didn’t specifically mean it arrives in the same package, I just meant that they don’t keep it... you get both back).


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I got a new (Dark Blue!) British passport a month ago - 7 days from application to delivery.  It's all online, you eve do the photo yourself now at home.
Sorry to contradict the eternally awesome Ksand but the old passport was sent back separately about another week later.

I would scan the lot before you send it so you have readily available records and can demonstrate in case of unforeseen circumstances but Ksand is the final word on that.

And this was the standard passport application not the expedited/urgent travel one ?! The standard application fee is about 75.00 right ?


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Anyone know where you can get digital photo done with a code where you can then enter the code for the passport digital photo on the website?
Tried to take the photo last night however the lighting at home is not great!


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We've gotten passport photos done at the booths at Asda and they give you a QR code on them so it can be used online.

We've gotten passport photos done at the booths at Asda and they give you a QR code on them so it can be used online.

Thanks KristieP!
Appreciate the prompt response :-)


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Thanks all, managed to get digital photographs done over the weekend (so easy at a photo booth at our local sainsburys!) submitted application for new UKC passport and sent over the old passport via courier service.


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New passport arrived!
Exceptional service and turnaround time given the current situation.

9 days (including weekend) from Application submission to approval, print and send.

Type of application: Adult Renewal
Processing centre: Glasgow Passport Office.




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