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Originally Posted by astreal
I think you will love it hear in singapore. We have our good and bad but from what i know, nobody has ever complain about their stay in here. =) If you need a pointers feel free to private msg me.
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Thanks for the offer Astreal. I may just take you up on some hints.
Now I can't normally find a lot about British bureaucracy to get enthusiastic about, but hats off to the Passport service. My wife's was due to expire in October, so it needed renewing but, we also needed it for ID when opening bank accounts etc. So a couple of weeks ago, we filled in the online form which they then posted to us ready completed. I then made an appointment with the Passport office in Liverpool for last Thursday. We arrived at 10:20 for a 10:30 slot, handed over the form, 2 photos (no countersignature required any more for a straightforward renewal) and the old passport, paid, told to return at 14:30 to collect the new passport and were out by 10:35. I pulled up outside the office again at 14:45, the wife nipped in and was out again 5 minutes later. Job done! It seems they grade applications and only certain ones are eligable for same day service, you also MUST have an appointment so you don't get the huge melee that you used to see.
Singapore flights now booked for middle of April and I'm just sorting out who I need to tell I'm going and working through the list. I'll post further on this later in case it's any use to those in the UK thinking of doing one.