 Poster: A snowHead
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About 75p per month in value to the user, for the government probably a way of compensating for inflation without putting the headline price up.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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gov.uk says "An adult passport is valid for 10 years" but in reality it's not is it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Layne wrote: |
| gov.uk says "An adult passport is valid for 10 years" but in reality it's not is it. |
No, I only got mine on 11th and it was issued on 7th, outrageous!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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@ster, the point being you can't use in the last few months.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Layne, but thats not the UK govt’s doing/issue/fault. You can use it until the last day to easily enter the UK.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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And a Schengen resident can use it until the last day to enter Schengen countries as well.
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They're EU rules aren't they that a passport for entry to the EU can be valid for no more than 10 years and must have at least 3 months left on it, so we get shafted at both ends!
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@JDL65, you are correct:
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| If you are a national from a country outside the EU wishing to visit or travel within the EU, you will need a valid passport and possibly a visa. Your passport should be valid for at least 3 months after the date you intend to leave the EU and it must have been issued within the last 10 years. This means your travel document must have been issued within the previous 10 years the day you enter the EU on condition that it is valid until the end of your stay plus an additional 3 months. |
Fookin EU. For the USA: "To enter the US, your passport must be valid for the length of your planned stay."
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| NickyJ wrote: |
| For adults yes, kids less so, but just another of the long list of extra costs having kids brings, including tied to school holidays.... still not long now (youngest is 15). As I said just moaning as it feels like intentional fleecing where as with Adults there is a rule which vaguely justifies it.... although the cynic in me says the rule is to make sure more income from renewals.... |
| Layne wrote: |
| Seemed more like money making to me. |
Not to be boring and bring numbers to the table, but HM Passport Office took in £630m in passport and related income against costs of £852m in FY23/24 and (£711m/£845m, respectively, in FY23/22) See the Home Office's annual accounts at page 192. From the accounts: "Passport costs include all activities relating to the issuing of passports and includes downstream costs such as processing UK passport holders at UK borders. The financial objective of this activity is that income should cover the full costs of these services."
I say this as someone who had to juggle passport renewals for kids on the regular (even worse as they have 3 passports each), but given that kids' biometric data (or even mark 1 eyeball photographs) are very quickly out of date and the cost of processing an application for kids will be identical to (if not more than, given the additional checks required) an adult application, and the administrative overhead on having different rules on expiry dates (as opposed to just +10y/+5y from issue), I don't really think government's goal here is money making unless you think we should go back to no attempts at identity confirmation at the border for kids (open to arguments on that front, but that's a different kettle of fish).
The real money spinner for the Home Office is Visa & Immigration Services, which accounted for a £1,381m surplus of fees to costs in FY23/24.
(for the record, I support massively increasing cash payments to parents for kids in general, ideally funded by means testing state pensions and the NHS ( , runs away ...), but doing it through increased subsidies at HMPO seems the wrong way to go.)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@brianatab, you’ve been flagged or someone with the same name has. Unlucky.
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