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I need to renew my 5 year old sons UK passport from Spain, I am told all applications from Spain must be done online.
If I have to send a digital photograph, how can that photograph be countersigned?
Posted: Mon Jan 4, 2021 12:04pm
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jonfis wrote on Mon Jan 4, 2021 10:28am:
I need to renew my 5 year old sons UK passport from Spain, I am told all applications from Spain must be done online.
If I have to send a digital photograph, how can that photograph be countersigned?
If you have a post shop near you use them, we went into the post shop in Villamartin this morning to renew my husbands passport Martin in the shop took the photo completed the online application and by the time we got home a few minutes later we had received an email from the passport office confirming receipt of the application. The admin cost €20 plus the cost of the passport worth every euro. No need for photo to be countersigned.
Posted: Mon Jan 4, 2021 12:34pm
Pix Elated wrote on Mon Jan 4, 2021 12:04pm:
If you have a post shop near you use them, we went into the post shop in Villamartin this morning to renew my husbands passport Martin in the shop took the photo completed the online application and by the time we got home a few minutes later we had received an email from the passport office conf...
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...irming receipt of the application. The admin cost €20 plus the cost of the passport worth every euro. No need for photo to be countersigned.
I believe a 5 year olds passport must be countersigned, due to change of appearance.
Please correct me if I am wrong?
Posted: Mon Jan 4, 2021 3:31pm
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jonfis wrote on Mon Jan 4, 2021 12:34pm:
I believe a 5 year olds passport must be countersigned, due to change of appearance.
Please correct me if I am wrong?
I think it maybe worth checking that out. Phone the Post Shop in Villamartin and ask Martin
966765950 they close at 4pm open again 9.30am tomorrow.
This is taken from the official U.K. Government website https://www.gov.uk/get-a-child-passport/renew-a-child-passport
To renew your child’s passport you’ll need:
You’ll also need either digital or printed photos of your child.
Ask someone to confirm your child’s identity
If your child is under 12, you’ll need to ask someone to confirm their identity after you’ve submitted the application.
Let the person know that they’ll receive an email from HM Passport Office telling them what to do. They’ll confirm your child’s identity online - they do not need to sign a printed photo.
Find out who can confirm your child’s identity and what they need to do.
Hope this clarifies what you need to do.
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