Passport Office strike

With the summer holidays only a few months away, Yahoo News UK explains why some Passport Office staff are striking and when people should renew their ...

More than 1000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union begin a five week walk out today (Monday)

You will need to have one of two new print photos validated if [renewing a passport for a child aged 11 or under](https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications), or if you are renewing your own passport and you cannot be recognised from your existing passport. To apply online, you will need your existing passport and a digital photograph. But you can still do it by or by post using a form from the Post Office at a cost of £93. The earliest you can get an appointment (where you will receive your new passport) is two days after applying online. EU countries require your passport to have three months of validity from the end date of your vacation. There are currently no plans to change official guidance which states that it takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport. At least nine months before your current passport is due to expire is a good rule of thumb. In a statement, the Home Office said: "We are disappointed with the union's decision to strike. That's been in place since April 2021, before that the advice was to allow three to six weeks. Passport Office workers will launch a five-week strike today (Monday) in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. There were more than seven million passport applications between January and September 2022. Picket lines will be mounted outside the offices in Glasgow, Durham, Liverpool, Southport, Peterborough, London, Belfast and Newport in Wales.

Passport Office workers will start a five-week strike period today as the dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions escalates.

More than 1,000 PCS members working in the Passport Offices in England, Scotland and Wales are to take 5 weeks’ strike action. The action will take place from April 3 to May 5 in England, Scotland and Wales, however, those in Belfast will strike from April 7 to May 5. Passport Office workers are to begin a five-week strike from today (April 3) in a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

British passport office workers have kicked off a five-week strike, becoming the the latest group of civil servants to demand a pay raise in response to ...

The strike is taking place as Britons seek to renew travel documents in preparation for their summer vacations. The walkouts are the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons’ lives for months. A cost-of-living crisis fueled by sharp rises in food and energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left many struggling to pay their bills.

Newport's Passport office have joined a UK-wide strike in the Service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

Then there’s an issue with pensions. The UK government have basically set a cap on pay increases over the past year of two per cent. So, that’s the main issue. Picture: Newsquest Picture: Nesquest

Passport Office staff have started a five-week walkout as part of a bitter civil service dispute - with union members and the Home Office at odds about how ...

You'll need to book and pay for the appointment online. To apply online, you will need your existing passport and a digital photo that meets the The Home Office said the Passport Office is "well positioned to manage an extended period of industrial action" and said there were no plans to update the guidance around timeframes for passport renewals. He told Sky News: "In my opinion there will be huge delays in the already 10 weeks that people are supposed to apply for passports, and there will be huge disruption on the fast-track service that people can use when they want to get a passport quicker. The Home Office's advice is to allow 10 weeks to renew a passport - and that hasn't been updated in light of the strikes. Passport Office strikes: When are the walk-outs and will I be able to renew my passport?

Passport Office workers will start a five-week strike period today as the dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions escalates.

More than 1,000 PCS members working in the Passport Offices in England, Scotland and Wales are to take 5 weeks’ strike action. The action will take place from April 3 to May 5 in England, Scotland and Wales, however, those in Belfast will strike from April 7 to May 5. Passport Office workers are to begin a five-week strike from today (April 3) in a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

PASSPORT Office staff in Scotland are “relying on food banks”, a union representative has said as workers begin a five-week strike...

He said: “We’ve been offered 2% but most people will only ever see 1% of that. He said he is aware it will have a “massive impact on members of the public” but that the impact on members of staff is “bigger”. He added: “We’ve been hearing the toots of the vehicles as they’ve been going past all morning as well and we’ve got the RMT with us and we’ve got solidarity with us so there seems to be quite a lot of support with us at the moment.” “We’ve got members of staff who are relying on benefits and food banks, members of staff who are spending their wages on their housing costs. [BBC](https://www.thenational.scot/news/media-and-the-bbc/) Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme that “20 to 30” people had joined him on the picket line in Glasgow. PASSPORT Office staff in Scotland are “relying on food banks”, a union representative has said as workers begin a five-week strike.

Over 1000 workers from the Public and Commercial Services union began a five-week walk out today.

You will need to have one of two new print photos validated if [renewing a passport for a child aged 11 or under ](https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications), or if you are renewing your own passport and you cannot be recognised from your existing passport. [Post Office](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/royal-mail) and book an appointment online. To apply online, you will need your existing passport and a digital photograph. [on the government website](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice). If you prefer, you can do it by post by using a form from the Post Office, which costs £93. Based on the current guidance, your new passport should be with you within 10 weeks, but if this is too long, you can pay to get it sooner. The advice has been in place since April 2021, before which the timescale was three to six weeks. Home Office guidance says that it typically takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport and no changes have been made to this official advice. There are currently no plans to change our guidance which states that it takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport.” In February, the Home Secretary Suella Braverman said: “Last week, approximately 97% of all UK applications were completed within three weeks. However, there has been a surge in applications as news of the strike broke, potentially putting services under strain. Passport Office workers are beginning a five-week strike today (April 3), amid a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

Passport Office staff in Durham are "going to foodbanks", a union representative has said, as workers begin a five-week strike in a row over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. The HM Passport Office on Freeman's Place is one of eight sites across the ...

There are no plans to change the current official guidance that states it takes up to ten weeks to get a passport. Durham Passport Office strike "We are starting five weeks of action and this is because we want a 10% pay increase underpinned by a minimum of £15 an hour. However, The Home Office has said there are currently no plans to change official guidance which states that it takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport. We need to do something about it now." More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) are taking part in the action with picket lines in Glasgow, Liverpool, Southport, Peterborough, London, Belfast, and Newport in Wales.

Passport Office workers will start a five-week strike period today as the dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions escalates.

More than 1,000 PCS members working in the Passport Offices in England, Scotland and Wales are to take 5 weeks’ strike action. The action will take place from April 3 to May 5 in England, Scotland and Wales, however, those in Belfast will strike from April 7 to May 5. Passport Office workers are to begin a five-week strike from today (April 3) in a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

Passport Office workers have today (April 3) begun their five-week strike in disputes over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

“There have also been cuts to the Civil Service pension and changes to the conditions. “There are currently no plans to change our guidance which states that customers should allow up to 10 weeks to get a passport.” The Home Office said the Passport Office has already processed more than 2.7 million applications this year, adding that more than 99.7% of standard applications are being processed within 10 weeks, with the majority of those delivered to customers well under this timescale. Home Office worker James Cox, speaking from the London Passport Office picket line as a union representative, said: “I’ve come down to support PCS members in the Passport Office today in their fight for fairer pay. He added: “In my opinion there will be huge delays in the already 10 weeks that people are supposed to apply for passports, and there will be huge disruption on the fast-track service that people can use when they want to get a passport quicker. However, the Home Office has said there are currently no plans to change official guidance amidst the strikes that states that it takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport.

Demand is already rising for urgent passport appointments as workers across the UK go on strike.

You are advised not to use this service. Only use Online Premium if you really need to - it costs more to use this service.” However, when you currently go to book an appointment (Monday April 3), there are none available as ‘demand is high’. You can still apply using the standard service. However, you need to book a passport office appointment and pay online. The phonelines are open Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm and Saturday, Sunday and UK bank holidays, 9am to 5:30pm. All you’ll need is your application reference number. The Home Office says that in January and February, 99.5% of applications were processed in 10 weeks. There are a number of different options - but demand is already high. There will be picket lines outside offices in Glasgow, Durham, Liverpool, Southport, Peterborough, London, Belfast and Newport in Wales. Advertisement The members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) are walking out at eight different locations across the country.

Passport Office workers will start a five-week strike period today as the dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions escalates.

More than 1,000 PCS members working in the Passport Offices in England, Scotland and Wales are to take 5 weeks’ strike action. The action will take place from April 3 to May 5 in England, Scotland and Wales, however, those in Belfast will strike from April 7 to May 5. Passport Office workers are to begin a five-week strike from today (April 3) in a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

Mr Kethu travelled from Basingstoke to the passport office in Durham to get urgently needed document so he can visit ill mum in India. | ITV News Tyne Tees.

She was supposed to have an operation this morning but I missed that time, so I need to find the next flight and go. Hopefully at least some people might be working and they will process it. "We've had backlogs in the passport office, and of course if you're going to pay people minimum wage it's going to be really difficult to recruit and retain those staff in the offices." Ms Alderson added: "The important thing to say here is that the members working in this office are the ones who are actually doing a lot of the work around passport processing...they are responsible for high level information and they're on minimum wage. I didn't have any choice." Karen Alderson, the branch secretary of the PCS Union for the passport office in Durham, was on the picket line this morning and said the strikes are a result of 10 years of below inflation pay rises, and pay freezes.

The union is now stepping up strikes, with a nationwide walkout of more than 130,000 civil servants planned for April 28. Picket lines have mounted on Monday ...

Postal applications are £93 for adults and £64 for children. “There are currently no plans to change our guidance which states that customers should allow up to 10 weeks to get a passport.” [Home Office](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/10/12/uk-home-office-criticised-for-inexcusable-delays-in-processing-cases-of-migrants-in-jail/) has said there are currently no plans to change official guidance that states that it takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport.

Passport office staff have begun a five-week walk out - affecting those looking to get a speedy turnaround on their passport applications.

Please continue to allow up to 10 weeks for all standard passport applications when applying from the UK. The strikes began on Monday April 3 and are set to last until Friday May 5. This advice has not been updated in light of the strikes. We advise all customers not to book travel without a passport that meets their travel needs." It comes as part of a bitter dispute between Union members and the government over their jobs, pay and pensions. He told Sky News: "In my opinion there will be huge delays in the already 10 weeks that people are supposed to apply for passports, and there will be huge disruption on the fast-track service that people can use when they want to get a passport quicker.