Job Discussion Forums

[scot47]

http://ukinsaudiarabia.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/passports/change-passport

Service with a smile !? I sometimes wonder if those chinless wonders running Her Britannic Majesty's Foreign Office realise how they must seem to the Great Unwashed ?

[007]

[zooey]

Thanks for this advice, Scot; it was news to me.
and thanks for the link, provided much information and interest!

May I point out to Brits that you can apply up to 9 months in advance for a new passport, without decreasing the validity period. So if you're going to be in UK for the summer, it will be significantly cheaper and less hassle to get a new passport there, from what is now called the IPS, Identity and Passport Service. (6 regional offices) (but I don't think you can get a new identity, even if you're over there)
The UK fee for "Jumbo" passport (jumbo?!!) is 90.50 pounds; if you're in a hurry use fast track= one week, 112.50 pounds as opposed to the Dusseldorf fee of 179 euros, PLUS courier fees both ways of 180 SR.

Quite a convoluted procedure; if it weren't for the fact that we're already here, I'd say it was good practice for KSA.

[scot47]

Thanks for that to you zooey

I did not think of that method