 UK Passport Fees question...
I expect 5 year passports will become standard over the next 5/10
years. A ten year replacement cycle is really not long enough to stay
technically ahead of forgers.
Canada already has 5 year passports, and NZ will follow next year.
The real problem with the 5 year passport is that many countries
demand more than 6 months validity on a foreign passport in order to
accept it for entry to their country, so your 5 year passport is
really only good for 4.5 years.
That '6 month rule' some countries have could be addressed by an
international agreement but don't hold your breath.
Jeremy
>"Marcus Fox" <please-reply-via-newsgroup-th@-i-posted-to.com> wrote in message >news:<f997d.35$QW5.15@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>...
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> Thanks for that, very helpful. I see more in there about the rumour I heard
> a while ago about them moving down to five year passports and interviews for
> first time applicants. Still wondering whether to wait to get my British
> passport, or get it now, I already have an Irish one expiring 2013. You can
> bet that in a few years, the British one will cost more and will be expiring
> before this one, if they start issuing five year passports.
>
> Marcus | 
