Passports

[BrilloPad]

Child passports run out soon : mine in 2010 and Mrs BP in 2011. We are not going abroad this year.

I believe biometric passports coming in 2009? I was going to get us all renewed this year to avoid the biometric stuff : is it worth it?

We might be going to the USA in 2 or 3 years : I think I heard somewhere that USA will only do a visa waiver if you have a biometric passport. Is there any truth in that?

Cheers

[HairyArsedBloke]

Child passports run out soon : mine in 2010 and Mrs BP in 2011. We are not going abroad this year.

I believe biometric passports coming in 2009? I was going to get us all renewed this year to avoid the biometric stuff : is it worth it?

We might be going to the USA in 2 or 3 years : I think I heard somewhere that USA will only do a visa waiver if you have a biometric passport. Is there any truth in that?
Cheers

This might help: Consular Affairs Visa Waiver Wizard

[Pogle]

Child passports run out soon : mine in 2010 and Mrs BP in 2011. We are not going abroad this year.

I believe biometric passports coming in 2009? I was going to get us all renewed this year to avoid the biometric stuff : is it worth it?

We might be going to the USA in 2 or 3 years : I think I heard somewhere that USA will only do a visa waiver if you have a biometric passport. Is there any truth in that?

Cheers

we got ours renewed last year (cost a bloomin fortune) and I believe that they are biometric ones

[scooterscot]

Child passports run out soon : mine in 2010 and Mrs BP in 2011. We are not going abroad this year.

I believe biometric passports coming in 2009? I was going to get us all renewed this year to avoid the biometric stuff : is it worth it?

We might be going to the USA in 2 or 3 years : I think I heard somewhere that USA will only do a visa waiver if you have a biometric passport. Is there any truth in that?

Cheers

Yes. Just returned from the US yesterday. Getting out not a problem getting in however.

As well as my £51 biometric passport (got Jan last year by the by) I had to do the visa weaver which is an electronic questionnaire over the computer and it gets personal, so if you don't have internet access you can't get in oh and at customs they take your finger prints using an electronic scanner so make sure your not standing behind the large sweaty chap in the customs queue.

Otherwise the US is quite a pleasant place to visit...

[HairyArsedBloke]

Yes. Just returned from the US yesterday. Getting out not a problem getting in however.

As well as my £51 biometric passport (got Jan last year by the by) I had to do the visa weaver which is an electronic questionnaire over the computer and it gets personal, so if you don't have internet access you can't get in oh and at customs they take your finger prints using an electronic scanner so make sure your not standing behind the large sweaty chap in the customs queue.

Otherwise the US is quite a pleasant place to visit...

That'll be me

[moorfield]

we got ours renewed last year (cost a bloomin fortune) and I believe that they are biometric ones

New Liebore stealth tax

[scooterscot]

New Liebore stealth tax

And if the little chip breaks you have to pay for a replacement. It's got an MTBF of 2 years and costs £325 to replace so a 10 year passport could cost you £1612.50.

Just kidding... I don't know the actual cost of replacement but it is your responsibility and the MTBF is about right from what I've read.

[realityhack]

I had to do the visa weaver which is an electronic questionnaire over the computer...

B) Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance; or have been arrested or convicted for two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentence to confinement was five years or more; or have been a controlled substance trafficker; or are you seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities? * Yes No

C) Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved , in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies? * Yes No

What a bunch of muppets.

[scooterscot]

What a bunch of muppets.

oppppssss

[wurzel]

I just had to get a new one from the consulate in Madrid, charged me 135 Euros the thieving bastards!

Just one question though, and forgive me for being so stupid, but what information exactly does that 'biometric chip' contain? My understanding of biometrics is that they describe attributes of your biological make up such as fingerprints, DNA, Iris scans etc. Given that I just filled in a form with the usual stuff, they have none of those details so how can it be a biometric passport?