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- Aug 22, 2007
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- Since 1996, had Elddis/Swift/Rapido/Rimor/Chausson MHs. Autocruise/Globecar PVCs/Compactline i-138
Well ... nearly!
I needed to renew my passport which was due to expire in February so as I'd heard that it could be renewed online I thought I'd do that to make it quicker than sending in a paper application, so I found the relevant website, filled in the application and managed eventually to get hubby to take a suitable photo to submit with it (you can upload them on-line), once I'd uploaded the photo I clicked through to pay for it then found that I had to send my old passport back BEFORE they would issue a new one! Sort of makes a joke of being able to do it on line as I could simply have filled in a downloaded form! So the only advantage really is that I could negate the need to have a 'hard copy' of a photo to send to them (saving £5 at the photo booth), but still have to wait for my old passport to be received by them before they could issue a new one and then send my old 'cancelled' one back ...
Anyway, I submitted the application on 11th December and sent off my old passport the following day (12th), got an acknowledgement that they'd received my old one on 15th, then this morning (18th) received another email to say it's been approved and a further one at lunchtime to say my new one is on its way!
I must admit I'm extremely impressed by how quickly it has been processed ... if only the DVLA worked so well!!! Just hope it's okay when it arrives in a couple of days and that my 'MAM' is correct!!!!
I needed to renew my passport which was due to expire in February so as I'd heard that it could be renewed online I thought I'd do that to make it quicker than sending in a paper application, so I found the relevant website, filled in the application and managed eventually to get hubby to take a suitable photo to submit with it (you can upload them on-line), once I'd uploaded the photo I clicked through to pay for it then found that I had to send my old passport back BEFORE they would issue a new one! Sort of makes a joke of being able to do it on line as I could simply have filled in a downloaded form! So the only advantage really is that I could negate the need to have a 'hard copy' of a photo to send to them (saving £5 at the photo booth), but still have to wait for my old passport to be received by them before they could issue a new one and then send my old 'cancelled' one back ...
Anyway, I submitted the application on 11th December and sent off my old passport the following day (12th), got an acknowledgement that they'd received my old one on 15th, then this morning (18th) received another email to say it's been approved and a further one at lunchtime to say my new one is on its way!
I must admit I'm extremely impressed by how quickly it has been processed ... if only the DVLA worked so well!!! Just hope it's okay when it arrives in a couple of days and that my 'MAM' is correct!!!!