Passport Damage

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What constitutes general wear and tear in a passport. My current one has a curly corner on the bottom right (opposite side to the picture) of the laminate on the photo page. It lifts up roughly about 1cm. It's a bio mechanic passport so it has the chip.

I'm needing it to go on holiday in 5 weeks to Corfu. I've only just noticed the slight damage. I can apply for a replacement but that will take 3-6 weeks which might not be good enough, or i can fast track the application but that involves me attending an interview in Liverpool, which would be a massive ball ache since i don't drive and i live nowhere near Liverpool.

Anybody had any experience of this?. I'm flying with Thomson, if that helps. I would imagine it would be fine. The photo is nowhere near the damaged part and it's quite clearly not been tampered with. What are my chances of getting a complete jobsworth at the airport refusing me? I'm travelling with one other person so if this was to happen, his holiday would essentially be ruined as well.

Cheers for any advice. I think it will be fine but i don't know :/
 
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Manc passport control thought my passport looked a bit yellow

I was there 10 mins whilst they checked double checked, triple checked, blah blah fucking blah

I said to the ****....do I not sound like im from Manchester you silly ****.

Get a new passport pal
 
TCIB said:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/118581/damaged-faulty.pdf
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Cheers mate

I've already read that and that makes me think it will be fine, as the photo is absolutely nowhere near the offending area. Would the bio-mechanical chip make any difference (in my favour) if i were to get pulled on it?
 
Rascal said:
Manc passport control thought my passport looked a bit yellow

I was there 10 mins whilst they checked double checked, triple checked, blah blah fucking blah

I said to the c**t....do I not sound like im from Manchester you silly c**t.

Get a new passport pal
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Did they let you through after all the checking? I would get one, but it's going to probably cost me more than the cost of my holiday by the time i've arsed around paying for it and getting to liverpool and back.
 
Simple; cancel the holiday. Job sorted. And think of the money you'll save (all the more to spend supporting City).

No need to thank me, I'm just glad I could be of help.
 
ono said:
Rascal said:
Manc passport control thought my passport looked a bit yellow

I was there 10 mins whilst they checked double checked, triple checked, blah blah fucking blah

I said to the c**t....do I not sound like im from Manchester you silly c**t.

Get a new passport pal
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Did they let you through after all the checking? I would get one, but it's going to probably cost me more than the cost of my holiday by the time i've arsed around paying for it and getting to liverpool and back.
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Yeah they let me through mate, but I was dying for a piss and a fag.

Miserable bastards
 
Rascal said:
ono said:
Rascal said:
Manc passport control thought my passport looked a bit yellow

I was there 10 mins whilst they checked double checked, triple checked, blah blah fucking blah

I said to the c**t....do I not sound like im from Manchester you silly c**t.

Get a new passport pal
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Did they let you through after all the checking? I would get one, but it's going to probably cost me more than the cost of my holiday by the time i've arsed around paying for it and getting to liverpool and back.
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Yeah they let me through mate, but I was dying for a piss and a fag.

Miserable bastards
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Yep. The c*nts :-)
 
bgblue said:
Rascal said:
ono said:
Did they let you through after all the checking? I would get one, but it's going to probably cost me more than the cost of my holiday by the time i've arsed around paying for it and getting to liverpool and back.
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Yeah they let me through mate, but I was dying for a piss and a fag.

Miserable bastards
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Yep. The c*nts :-)
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Hahahhahahha you were behind me
 
On the way back from Amsterdam they had this scanner which you place your passport on and you look into a camera and it matches your photo to your face, in the arrivals building. Only the scanner wouldn't match my face to my photo, then they complained about the fading on the cover and then finally they didn't believe me that I was the person on the passport. Took them about 20 minutes of discussions and a simple 'okay off you go' to let me through.
 
My picture looks nothing like me to be honest. Another worry haha. The Government guidelines on the passport website basically say this

Definition of a damaged passport
A damaged passport is one which is not in a condition to be accepted as
proof of identity. Damage may include the following:
• Details are indecipherable.
• The laminate has lifted enough to allow the possibility of photo
substitution.
• Discoloration to the biodata page.
• Chemical or ink spillage on any page.
• Missing or detached pages
• The chip or antenna shows through the endpaper on the back cover for
the new style e-passports.
• The chip has been identified as damaged following investigation.



There is no possibility of a photo substitution so unless i get a complete arsehole at the airport, i should be fine. Fingers crossed.
 
Do you think i can do anything to make the curling look less noticeable without actually glueing it (not doing that as it equates to tampering with it and it will make it look dodgy. Also i'd fuck it up). Maybe if i put it underneath something heavy for a while? Maybe reverse the curling process, slightly.
 
I'll come with you and when the passport control lanes split into two you go in one lane and I'll go in the other.
It'll be the non English speaking person in front of me that gets pulled and you, along with the thirty people behind you will flow straight through whereas I'll be stuck waiting for the twat in front of me to get sorted.
If I switch to your lane the one who was holding everyone up in lane 1 would pass and the one in front if me in lane two would now be the one holding everyone up.
 
There are signs all over passport control telling you to remove your passport from its holder/cover as they will not fit in the scanning machine. As I remember they do not check your passport when leaving Manchester, the only time it will be checked is when you arrive in Greece and when you return.
 
RadcliffeRick said:
There are signs all over passport control telling you to remove your passport from its holder/cover as they will not fit in the scanning machine. As I remember they do not check your passport when leaving Manchester, the only time it will be checked is when you arrive in Greece and when you return.
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Last time I arrived in Greece the passport guy was on the phone arguing with someone and he basically let everyone through without even looking at the passports haha
 
My son went through a stage where he'd take his passport with him on a night on the town (for age I.D. purposes at the nightclub door). Long story short, it wound up in the washing machine, clothes line and airing cupboard. It finished up in a poorer shape than yours, by the sound of it. He used it through airports at Ireland, Manchester, London, Spain and Portugal, without a hitch, over a three year period. Like you, he was always nervy about it, so he'd keep his driver's licence on him, too but he never had to produce it.
Based on his experience (and as it seems to meet the standards set out above) if I were you, I'd chance it. I don't suppose yours will be the only tatty passport that they'll encounter all day.

On a side note, I'm surprised that it takes so long to renew a passport in the UK. Ten working days, by post, in Ireland - and remember, we have US customs pre-clearance at Shannon and Dublin (the only place outside the US where you can do that), so our passports have to meet the standards of those fussy so and so's, on top of anything the EU might demand. I know the population here is far smaller but honestly, six weeks in this day and age is a joke.
 
I know 6 weeks is ridiculous but it's also ridiculous that there isn't a passport office in Manchester or somewhere like Leeds. Durham and Liverpool are the only two up north. It's 2014. Surely there's a better way of doing things. It's just seems really shit.

Thanks for the reply though I think I will end up just chancing it. It's really not even bad.
 
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