Passport

[jennyjoan]

At long last I applied for a passport since last one was Jan 14. Anyway goes to the post office and behind grids etc nice fella was dealing with me. So he is checking the information on the form and I asked him how much is it today and I lipread him saying 25. Here's me happy days.

When I put my card in it came up £82.25 - I near took a canary.

[DTCwordfan]

£125 through an embassy though....plus courrier costs to get it there.

[Psybbo]

Irish or British, Conne?

[jennyjoan]

just applied yesterday through postoffice - and it is British

[Psybbo]

Thanks, we bought Irish Passports, 85 Euros each

[Pete65]

What's a canary?

[-Talbot-]

coronary?

[Buenchico]

You pay nearly a tenner of that fee, Jennyjoan, just for the guy at the Post Office counter to have a quick flick through your form to check if it looks OK. It would have only cost you £72.50 by post:
https://www.gov.uk/passport-fees

[Pete65]

Maybe?
I have no idea.

[Pete65]

What does "I near took a canary" mean?

[jennyjoan]

Chris if I had have known that I wouldna bothered my a%%%ss

[jennyjoan]

anyway it is done now and the way I look at it is only £8 per a year as it does you for 10 years (doesn't it)????

[Buenchico]

As long as you live that long!
;-)

[jennyjoan]

Ahahahhah - that is true Chris -

[janbee]

I renewed my passport earlier this year and it came back all done by return of post. Wow, great service.