Why do they ask them type of questions? What they gotta do with MY personal passport?
Because somebody committing identity theft might not be too familiar with their fake family background?
Of course, I suspect anybody planning such fraud now makes sure they've done their research so they can answer the questions - I read a while after they had started the interviews that they had detected a grand total of zero dodgy applicants.
The same. All adult first time passports require an interview even if you have had a child one.
Not currently true. There is a tentative proposal to move to that (and, indeed, to a random sample at renewal), but the volumes would be immense and the system simply won't scale.
Not currently true. There is a tentative proposal to move to that (and, indeed, to a random sample at renewal), but the volumes would be immense and the system simply won't scale.
My daughter just upgraded from Child passport to Adult end of May. No questions, no interview, nothing. Posted application on Monday, received on Thursday!
Just basic family questions like parents birthdays, wedding aniversary etc, going by the other threads on here.
There was a girl in my work place, applied for here first passport, and she is 48 yr old, getting married later on this year
They asked her some awkward questions, like, so your mums name is boyle, which was wrong and she had to correct them, they were trying to catch her out
when it came to her signing the form, she was told to sign here name as she did before on her application, in fact her application hadn't been signed for
They even asked her, how she got to the passport office, and how does she get to wotk
I had one several years ago but I remember it being basic questions like my brother's name and birthday, stuff on my parents, who my bank account was with and what branch, simple stuff really.
Wow - does that mean everyone who gets a passport over the age of 16 has to have an interview? No wonder passports are so expensive if they have to cover that kind of cost.
The official reason for the cost was to pay for biometric passports and the ID card system, which got scrapped. The cost hasn't done down to reflect that though.
They can ask about bills that are paid by you at your home, all stuff that can be accessed, ie phone supplier etc and things like the profession of the persons whos signed your passport application.
You only get asked to an interview if you apply for your first passport as an adult, if you had a child passport you don't need one. If you were included on a parents passport as a child then you will need the interview as an adult. They have been doing the interviews for a few years now.
I had to go for one a few months ago, it was really easy. They just ask you questions like your name, date of birth, address, parents names, who countersigned your passport, how many bank accounts you have & who are they with, how many siblings you have, are you youngest or oldest from your siblings. I didn't get asked parents date of birth or wedding anniversary but the questions vary from person to person and they don't expect you to remember it all, if you can't remember just say so You won't fail because you can't answer a question.
When i had mine my countersigner was a family friend. One of the questions they asked me was how old she was! I didnt know. Does everyone who is 20 know exactly how old their parents friends are? I also didnt know the date my parents got married, or even what season it was!
Im lucky i got my passport when i did. I just had to go to an office in the town about 20 mins away and answer a few questions and show my birth certificate and proof of address. When my sister did hers a few years later she had to travel an hour and a half, go through security checks like at an airport and show even more proof. Then she had her interview in a more formal setting.
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If it is your first adult passport application then you will get asked to go for an interview.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/overview
Just basic family questions like parents birthdays, wedding aniversary etc, going by the other threads on here.
Thanks, just checked for him and there's an office in Hull that does them. He was worrying in case he had to take a day off work andgo to London.
Great,looking forward to my first interview
Why do they ask them type of questions? What they gotta do with MY personal passport?
Because somebody committing identity theft might not be too familiar with their fake family background?
Of course, I suspect anybody planning such fraud now makes sure they've done their research so they can answer the questions - I read a while after they had started the interviews that they had detected a grand total of zero dodgy applicants.
The same. All adult first time passports require an interview even if you have had a child one.
Not currently true. There is a tentative proposal to move to that (and, indeed, to a random sample at renewal), but the volumes would be immense and the system simply won't scale.
See https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-adult-passport/overview
I only ask because a family member is getting their first adult passport after a child one and nothing was said about an interview.
There was a girl in my work place, applied for here first passport, and she is 48 yr old, getting married later on this year
They asked her some awkward questions, like, so your mums name is boyle, which was wrong and she had to correct them, they were trying to catch her out
when it came to her signing the form, she was told to sign here name as she did before on her application, in fact her application hadn't been signed for
They even asked her, how she got to the passport office, and how does she get to wotk
The official reason for the cost was to pay for biometric passports and the ID card system, which got scrapped. The cost hasn't done down to reflect that though.
I had to go for one a few months ago, it was really easy. They just ask you questions like your name, date of birth, address, parents names, who countersigned your passport, how many bank accounts you have & who are they with, how many siblings you have, are you youngest or oldest from your siblings. I didn't get asked parents date of birth or wedding anniversary but the questions vary from person to person and they don't expect you to remember it all, if you can't remember just say so
Im lucky i got my passport when i did. I just had to go to an office in the town about 20 mins away and answer a few questions and show my birth certificate and proof of address. When my sister did hers a few years later she had to travel an hour and a half, go through security checks like at an airport and show even more proof. Then she had her interview in a more formal setting.