Seriously thoughtful Price of a passport?

[columbus]

Originally Posted by GeoffC;

Ah ! - BUT - how do I prove to any official who I really am ?

Right here we go - by the biometric data on your id card (which the government has probably lost/given away/sold delete not applicable

( sorry)

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by columbus

Right here we go - by the biometric data on your id card (which the government has probably lost/given away/sold delete not applicable

ok - i have provided my biometric data - and that proves , what ?

[columbus]

Originally Posted by GeoffC;

ok - i have provided my biometric data - and that proves , what ?

(Think we should start another thread for this topic)

[kacir]

Originally Posted by HarryT

How much do passports cost in other countries, as a matter of interest?

Well, that depends.
An Ukrainian passport will be of course much cheaper here then, let's say ... American.
Was it reported as stolen?
It usually depends who it was stolen from

It might be even more expensive if you want it modified so it contains your actual photo

[columbus]

Originally Posted by kacir;

Well, that depends.
An Ukrainian passport will be of course much cheaper here then, let's say ... American.
Was it reported as stolen?
It usually depends who it was stolen from

It might be even more expensive if you want it modified so it contains your actual photo

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by columbus

(Think we should start another thread for this topic)

i shall offer you the opportunity .... (no poll please)

Now back to the topic in hand .....

[columbus]

Originally Posted by GeoffC;

i shall offer you the opportunity .... (no poll please)

Now back to the topic in hand .....

Thank you It's already up & without a poll

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by columbus

I'm not 100% certain but did the UK not opt out of that - so you still need to show your EU passport ?

anybody know??

That's correct - the UK and Ireland opted out of the part of the "Schengen Treaty" which abolished internal border controls within the EU. We still have them.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

lucky you - if our powers have their way we'll have to pay for both passport and an identity card !

You must have both of them? As in France (from what I understand from Z) here you have either a passport or an ID card. With a passport you can go anywhere in the world, the ID card won't let you leave Europe.

And neither are mandatory, as long you have a valid way to identify yourself (a driver's license is valid as well, for example), but I'm not sure what you need if you cross into a bordering country (Shengen country that is)

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

You must have both of them? As in France (from what I understand from Z) here you have either a passport or an ID card. With a passport you can go anywhere in the world, the ID card won't let you leave Europe.

And neither are mandatory, as long you have a valid way to identify yourself (a driver's license is valid as well, for example), but I'm not sure what you need if you cross into a bordering country (Shengen country that is)

The simultaneous issue of the passport and card was largely a method of 'forcing' the id card onto a seemingly reluctant public. As a tactic I think it has been quietly dropped as the 'credit crunch' has reduced the available funding.
But the current government is very reluctant to stop the process, they just keep changing the goalposts ....

[ahammer]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

What's a passport card?

they are id card. will only let you cross the border by car..maybe boat(not sure). but no airplane. most of the time if you get the card you have to go back at some point and buy the full passport too so it cheaper to just buy the full copy.

[astra]

Originally Posted by HarryT

That's correct - the UK and Ireland opted out of the part of the "Schengen Treaty" which abolished internal border controls within the EU. We still have them.

Thanks heaven.

[sakura-panda]

Originally Posted by ahammer

they are id card. will only let you cross the border by car..maybe boat(not sure). but no airplane. most of the time if you get the card you have to go back at some point and buy the full passport too so it cheaper to just buy the full copy.

In Michigan, with an "enhanced" driver's license or id, you can drive across the border without a passport. Local linky.

[RWood]

My first US passport costs $35, the last one was $75. All were good for 10 years.

Back in the 1980s when I was in Saudi Arabia, they collected your return plane ticket and passport (mine was held by a Captain in the Saudi Navy) and issued you an ID card. When you were scheduled to leave they exchanged your ID card for your plane ticket and passport.

I remember one flight out was via a week in London. We arrived and the Customs agent sat back in his booth and waved us all by saying that there was nothing we could bring from Saudi that the British were worried about.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by RWood

I remember one flight out was via a week in London. We arrived and the Customs agent sat back in his booth and waved us all by saying that there was nothing we could bring from Saudi that the British were worried about.

how times have changed, eh ?