To where is she travelling?
Within or outwith Europe?

spain *school trip*

hi aimee.  You will need her full birth certificate, which will have her and her father's name on it so you have to obtain that first.  You don't need for her to have the same surname as yourself.  I think you have to get it from Somerset House in London, but ask at your Library about where to go for it. 

I read today that the Postal Strike may affect the delivery of Passports towards the end of October but I think you can pay extra for a carrier to deliver it (at an extra charge) to ensure you get it on time.  Your first step is getting the Birth Certificate.

I hope this helps. 

The official passport website may be able to help you.

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/...ive/hs.xsl/index.htm

I don't know anything about getting birth certificates, Aimee.  The only advice I can suggest is that when you have completed the form, pay the post office clerk to check it for you, and that way you are guaranteed that it will go through without a problem.

thanks twee  she's always gone on the school passport before , more bliddy expensive

Thank you  i just like it broke down in terms i can understand

i will do, thanks fab  it's going to cost me about £100 and the trip is £330.oo for 5 days

The Library or the Council can advise you where to go but if you know the Registrar of Births district that your daughter was born in that may be where you go.  It's best to ask and you can't go wrong.  I had to get my Birth Certificate from Ireland when I needed a passport and that was more complicated but you should get yours straight away.  I had to pay a charge for mine as well, so be prepared for that.  It's then just a case of filling out the Passport form and enclosing the Birth Certificate but you can get it checked at the Post Office to make sure it is all ok.  The Post Office also charges extra for this service.  I recently renewed my Passport and it cost nearly £70! 

Good luck aimee

You shouldn't need a full '10 year' passport for Spain. Ask at the post office, assuming they haven't gone on strike yet. I think you can still get a One Year Visitor's passport (or whatever they call it these days).

i hope thats true, that would be ideal

thanks also twee

They're really strict on the photos now.  I had to get mine renewed this year, and had my application sent back because my glasses were very slightly off centre.

this is what i'm worried about, my daughter wears glasses as well

Birthcerts you get from your local BDM in the town hall, no need for postage just turn up, its the same place you registered her..
Passports you can take all your documents to your nearest passport office, no need for post....

Aimee you will get a birth certificate from the registry office you registered her at,a child's passport is for 5years,you will need 2 passport photos signed by
people that has known her for so-many years.a school teacher, doctor, vicar,etc.hope this is of some help.

thats what i wanted to know about the town hall  the passport office is too far for me to get to, without taking the train and it's costing me too much already

the doctor wants £20 to sign the photo

That's disgusting .....ask any teacher or business person that you know who has some sort of professional qualification. as if doctors dont earn enough that they require £20 for a bloddy sig ..............disgusting IMO

My grandchildren' s was signed by there teacher and a shop owner no charge, if you take form etc to the post office for 7 pounds they will check it all over for you so there is no mistakes.

when my mate applied recently for a passport, they sent off the birth certificate and  the passport office didn't want it, they wanted  the document showing the entry of birth??

if you phone the registrars office where they birth was registered and pay about £7  by debit card, they send  the certificate to you in a couple of days, don't use the sites offering to do it for you they charge about £30.

That is a disgrace

The Post Office are not going on strike, Fluffy - it's Royal Mail. Please don't assume people who work in Post Offices are in support of it either.

But yes Aimee - it is well worth getting it checked at the Post Office. When I applied for my son's earlier this year, I had it done - I checked what we had filled in but didn't think to check the entries of the person who has to sign the photo, and he had made a mistake. It saved me a lot of hassle, cos otherwise I'd have had all the forms sent back.

Definitely go to the Registry Office where her birth was registered if you can. (Or write, giving full details of what should be on the cert). Check online for the relevant office, and they should give you details how to apply. They usually ask for an SAE as well. Don't go through any third party, as they invariably hike the price up.
I'm tracing family history, and it costs £7 for a cert this way. At least at the Registry Offices I've used, and I would think that would probably be the same at all local Registrars.
A teacher can sign if they've known your daughter long enough. What a cheek for a doctor to charge £20!
I'd recommend you have the Post Office check on the form too. Well worth the saved hassle.

That is a standard charge that is applied by ALL doctors....probably because you'd have to book an appointment to get it done, time which could be used to treat a sick person and more than likely to deter people from using up the doctors time.

so what do i ask for at the registry office then?

Just take along tre short birth cert and tell them you want a copy of the full certificate

thanks

it was what jackson said that confused me

Yeah...he does that!!

If the child was born or adopted in the UK

IPS needs to see the child's full birth or adoption certificate showing parents' details and one of the following:

• the mother's UK birth certificate, or her Home Office certificate of registration or naturalisation, or her passport that was valid at the time of the child's birth
• the father's UK birth certificate, or his Home Office certificate of registration or naturalisation, or his passport that was valid at the time of the child's birth* and the parents' marriage certificate

Note*: if the passport expired before the child's birth, you need to send the passport on which the father entered the UK.

I'm sure they don't do the one year passport any more - sorry

I don't think they've done them for years...

just been on passport website and it says £49 for a first time child passport  i thought it was 70 odd quid, unless i'm reading it wrong

I've just looked about Aimee and it seems it is $49 unless you try and fast track it...

This is wef from 3rd September just gone

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/...live/hs.xsl/1167.htm

thanks  i'm trying to find out if she is still classed as a child at 15

Aimee...she'll get a child's 5 year one....

All the info is here...and she has to sign the forms herself.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Tr...ldpassport/DG_174105

A child is anyone under 16, Aimee.

Get a form from your post office (not all of them have them) and it will tell you everything you need.

As in my post above, for a first passport, she will need her birth certificate and yours too.

She will have to sign section 6, but Aimee will have to sign other parts.

Thanks blizze  what about her dads certificate?

Either yours or his. You don't need both.