Passport. Check and send? Or Special Delivery?

I just send it special delivery!! all your paying them for is to check all the documents are there!

They should also be checking that the paperwork is completed correctly and that the photos are compliant.

Prevents the passport office rejecting it!

I sent mine via check and send.

I always do check and send. You're only saying a couple of quid anyway as Special Delivery is about £6.50 now.

Nothing has changed on my passport, apart from the name.

I had to get new photos done. Not even exaggerating, I look EXACTLY the same as in my current pasport picture (it was only renewed 2 years ago).

really?!?! bloody hell, when i asked them what they did they just said they check everythings there!! i wasnt paying them to do that as i knew it was there!

I was tight and didn't do the check and send but I did send mine off by special delivery. It's been over 3 weeks now *twiddles her thumbs* but I've noticed that the passport office have debited money from my bank account so it should be ok *crosses fingers*

Eeeek, I go on honeymoon 8 weeks today. That will be enough time to send it off and get it back, right?

Pay it. H sent off for his renewal and he got a letter last week to say he needed to send more photos as the ones sent orginially were creased!

I hope so! H only sent his off in the last 10 days and we go to Italy in 4 weeks! ?

It's the busy period now and it should take 3-4 weeks - that's what the post office said to me and it says that some where on the passport website too. I need mine back within the next 2 weeks because we've booked our honeymoon #2 for the end of the year and the travel agent needs my passport number asap to book internal flights.

In that case I'd defineitely be doing check and send. As I said earlierits a couple of quid difference anyway. My cousin sent her son's first application off 4 weeks ago, giong away in 5 weeks and it's not even logged in the system yet.