Where's my son's passport?

The Passport Office received my application for my son’s renewal passport on the 10th June.  We leave for France on the 20th July.  Ample time for the stated three weeks to go by.  We have provided all requested documents, yet so far no passport has arrived.  Ten days left.  If his passport doesn’t arrive, the holiday is cancelled.  I have spoken to more than one of the staff at the office (Liverpool), and not one of them has been able to give me a clear answer.  You get a different one every time you call.

His first passport was issued in the Philippines in 2009 by the British Consul.  Five years have elapsed.  We’ve been abroad with him on numerous occasions.  Yet now, with Britain’s public services collapsing under a Conservative government, all bets are off.  I’ll keep you posted.

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