i need to renew my passport but ive misplaced it and to save time im thinking of telling them ive lost it :suspect: what im wondering is how much will it cost me for a replacement and will i have to do what i did when i got the passport ie get someone to confirm who i am etc

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I'm just doing this at the mo too. You basically have to fill out all the forms again as if you were applying for the first time, yes you'll need to get the photos signed again. You'll also have to fill out a seperate form (LS01) about where and when you lost it, was it stolen ect.

Price is the same as your first passport,which is actually the same as what it costs to renew one! Its about £42 i think.

Hope that helps. :)

cheers thats the info i needed:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I recently renewed my expired passport, and was astonished to find my new one arriving after only 3 working days. Thumbs up passport people. :clap:

I've also just renewed my passport using their online service - www.passport-application.gov.uk - you fill it in online, pay by credit card, and the form comes back pre-printed for you to sign. Much easier than trying to decypher the paper version, queue up at post office, etc.

I've got a question for the forum, which has puzzled me for some time.

Why do people in the media, always talk about their occupation written in the back of their passport. Especially people who have become rock stars or actors or something.

There is NOWHERE in your passport which says your occupation.

Did you have to have your occupation written in your passport 30 years ago? As I have had one for the last 12 years and there is nowhere for occupation in there.

Is it just one of those urban myths which is constantly repeated until everyone believes that it's true?

I've just checked an old Black Passport. There was nothing in there either.

You do, usually, have to state your profession when filling immigration forms when visiting countries that require them.

Could readers with passports from other countries check theirs and let us know?

Panda,

I am going through a similar thing myself in that my passport expired 20 years ago and obviously over the years it has gone astray.

I can't be issued with a passport until I have filled all the forms described above AND also I have to go to the police to get a crime number. Can you believe that? I think I will be getting some peculiar looks when I report what was not even a crime that happened 20 years ago.

Originally posted by cgksheff
I've just checked an old Black Passport. There was nothing in there either.

You do, usually, have to state your profession when filling immigration forms when visiting countries that require them.

Could readers with passports from other countries check theirs and let us know?

I'm a non-British passport holder and my passport itself does not mention profession or occupation. Although sometimes, business visas issued by certain countries have annotations/details that could include specifics such as occupation (to establish role/work of the passport holder during the duration of stay).

I'm showing my age but when I was a young 'un it did show your occupation. I think it stopped doing so in the late 70s.

Be sure to read the forms very carefully. They can/will reject/delay application forms for things like:
not completed in black ink (think it's black, but could be wrong)
signatures that touch edge of box (remember they get scanned into a database these days)
photos not exactly the right size and with a plain white background
face not filling photo sufficiently

If doing the paper forms It's a good idea with this kind of thing to get two and fill one in as a draft. Triple-check it against the accompanying notes and then complete a final one.
Also, the Post Office use to offer a checking service for a couple of quid where they will check you've filled it out correctly before sending it off. It then allegedly gets processed quicker.

Looking at my old black passport, the top line on the second page reads....Profession....(this expired in 1967)