by PSD_Kiwi » Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:17 am
I posted this back in November last year...
Went with the missus to the passport office about 5 weeks ago, I was surprised at how efficient the staff and the entire process was. There are dozens of fixers hanging around who will help you fill in the forms and point you in the right direction for a small fee, but there really is no need.
Go in get the forms, fill them out, provide photocopies of ID, Family Book or Carnet de residence and Birth certificate. Take all paperwork and follow the footseps along the floor, stopping at each section (biometrics, photo, payment, etc). Missus took the 4 week return option $100. Total time it took from entering to exiting the.compound was approximately 40 mins.
3 weeks.later she got a.phone call saying her passport was ready to collect. I'm impressed with the quality of the new style passports, hard plastic bio page, valid for 10 years and 60 pages for visas/stamps.
Well done to the Passport.department, one govt department that seems to have their shit sorted.
I posted this back in November last year...
Went with the missus to the passport office about 5 weeks ago, I was surprised at how efficient the staff and the entire process was. There are dozens of fixers hanging around who will help you fill in the forms and point you in the right direction for a small fee, but there really is no need.
Go in get the forms, fill them out, provide photocopies of ID, Family Book or Carnet de residence and Birth certificate. Take all paperwork and follow the footseps along the floor, stopping at each section (biometrics, photo, payment, etc). Missus took the 4 week return option $100. Total time it took from entering to exiting the.compound was approximately 40 mins.
3 weeks.later she got a.phone call saying her passport was ready to collect. I'm impressed with the quality of the new style passports, hard plastic bio page, valid for 10 years and 60 pages for visas/stamps.
Well done to the Passport.department, one govt department that seems to have their shit sorted.