Thursday, February 10, 2011

BRITISH PASSPORT RENEWAL WHEN IN GREECE

If you need to renew your passport from Greece you now have to make your application through Madrid.
You can download the application forms and get full instructions if you click here.
The new passports are dispatched via DHL so you can track their progress on the internet.
A PO Box is not acceptable as a delivery address but you can use a local business address.
Officially the process can take up to 4 weeks so apply well before your current passport expires.  It might be worth a quick check  now to see when yours expires.....not having looked at my passport for a very long time I was checking in at Dubrovnik and an eagle-eyed customs official spotted that it was 3mths out of date.  In spite of seeking assistance from the local British Consul, I was thrown out of the country there and then..... and the seas were not nice!
Here's a comment from a couple who have just renewed their passports.."We were a little apprehensive about sending our current passports through the post to Madrid but the service proved to be quite efficient and we received our new passports within 2 weeks"