Hi Sylvia, Oh I feel for you as I'm going through the same nightmare as you. I have applied for my and my sons first British passport at the beginning of March. We used post office to do all the checks and I have read the booklet I was given by post office number ILB37 10.15 and there was nothing t...
PS and another annoying thing, I didn't receive any correspondence from my examiner since the initial "please align your other passport in line with your application" mid March, just before I sent them the first letter stating that the Polish passport is cancelled. Since then , no letters. Whenever ...
Sylwia, You've obviously done everything that you were supposed to do. I think they are just taking a p###. You can write to the head of the HMPO: Mark Thomson Director General, Her Majesty's Passport Office 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF It's probably a good idea to use a recorded delivery and...
How did they know about this cancelled Polish passport in a different name? Did you send it to them or did the birth certificate amendment flag up suspicion? I concur with those in the thread saying the government should be taken to court and have this injustice put right. Hi I sent it by mistake b...
I know... A 5 hour trip with me and dad (or paying for a legally written permission) to register the birth, paying a fee, after having paid for translation of BCs, then paying for application of pesel and again a 5hr roundtrip for both me and dad for the passports... Plus paying around 250 for "dama...
Sylwia, Yes. We've been through that, too. We've got both of our kids registered in Poland. My mother-in-law went to the town hall and got them registered. I think my wife had written some kinda statement beforehand to nominate her mother as her representative (but I may be wrong). Once they were r...
Sylwia, We've "almost" got into a situation like that. Our son has Polish and Japanese passports and the latter has no middle name at all while the former has his Polish middle name. So, I wrote a ridiculously lengthy (and utterly absurd) letter like this: "(Quote) Date:####### To: Caseworker, HMPO...
Anyone? :( If you have read back a few posts you will see some people who were not able to make changes in their country (for whatever local legal, cultural or other reasons) were able to make enough of a fuss/campaign, (sometimes involving a proactive MP). And HMPO was then persuaded or felt able ...
Hi Sorry for jumping on the thread, but this one has a little more traffic than mine :) My situation in short is that I applied for my daughter to have British Passport (dad is British, I am Polish), but as she has a temporary, expired and cancelled Polish passport in different name (we recently cha...
Hi, Yep, IF I renewed the passport in the old name then changed the name to what it is now, there would have been no problems, the Polish authorities would have rejected the change and I could then apply for British passport. IF I did it that way, it would have been fine (possibly). But I have chang...
Poland from what I've read, Poland only allows name changes for important reasons, like name being insulting etc, not just because one fancies it. Also, apparently they don't approve changes by deed poll. Well, the source I've found says an example of a good reason is that "the current first or las...
Hi, He emailed me back just before Easter saying he will make enquiries after taking my details. I will chase him up again today. Unfortunately, I stumbled upon the HMPO complaints page and it says to follow "complaint, then another complaint, then MP" procedure- not sure if I HAVE to, but being pes...
Update- it got worse Whiel last week the manager said I need to have written confirmation from the Polish Mebqssy saying that the passport is cancelled and cannot be replaced in old name, now he changed his mind to me having to get a Polish passport first altogether. There is no legal requirement to...
Why don't you simply cut the upper right corner of the cover page and punch a few holes through the machine-readable area to "cancel" it yourself? After all, it's expired and the Polish diplomats have apparently told you that it had already been "cancelled", anyway. I don't think it's a criminal of...
Another update for those still enjoying my misfortune lol. Had a few phone calls with some of the staff including a manager, as well as some emails with him. They're not budging. Explaining that the passport is already cancelled, that they don't take cancelled passports into the account as per own p...
Hi everyone, Bit of an update. Got a call from the passport office saying that as the passport is in a different name, I still have to get a whole new passport for my child in her current name. I kept saying to him that the passport is cancelled, I shouldn't have sent it in the first place as it was...
It's sad to see that there is not more discretion for case workers when applying this new rule. I was hoping to add an extra letter to my first name once I get BC to anglicise my name but given that one of my passport countries (Germany) doesn't allow name changes I'm not sure how I'll ever manage ...
Hiya Thanks for your reply, I had a brief read. It still seems a bit odd though, as even in the notes it says that if the documentation provided states a different name than the one on application (like in my case) they ask to provide evidence of name change, one being BC, which I did provide- and ...
HMPO won't issue a first passport if the name is different to the foreign passport. It is their policy, see the link below which contains other links to useful information. http://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/british-passport-policy-t184012.html You will likely need to get a new Po...
I do not wish to apply for a whole new Polish passport either It may be worth enquiring whether the Polish embassy would cancel the expired Polish passport at your request. As it is only uncancelled passports that need to be submitted when making a British passport application. That sounds like a g...
Hello, I have a bit of an unusual issue so would appreciate any advice. I am Polish and my partner is British. I have recently applied for a British passport for our 3 year old, which she is eligible for given her dad's British nationality. I have sent everything, including her Polish expired passpo...
