We did take it to our MP. Due to there help or otherwise my wife's passport arrived within 2 weeks of us doing the paper form to replace the online form. It arrived on Sunday, and we go on holiday tomorrow! I also contacted the BBC and the Daily Mail - the BBC e-mailed me back to speak to me, but I ...

We rang the 0845 number in the letter, and after approx 5 - 10 mins of getting the same boring loop of speech and music got through to a real person who acknowledged it was a home office error and gave us meaningful information. Unfotunately though we still ended up with the same answer that it will ...

If you have a valid passport that you are able to travel on, I would suggest that you just delay your passport application until you have completed your travel. New passports take 6 - 8 weeks, and you need to attend an interview for your first adult british passport, so potentially you could receive ...