Hi All
Just looking to renew my passport…am planning on travelling in 7 weeks time and realised that whilst my passport expires in 6 months I should renew it.
It states that the process takes at least 6 weeks. Which is ridiculous how much we pay and how long it takes.
Anyway ppl who have applied ..did they get it before 6 weeks or longer?
Thanks
When nobody was allowed to travel?
When EVERYONE who wanted to travel all applied for passports at exactly the same time.
To escape Dan?
What does 2022 have to with 2025?
My sister did her passport renewal a couple of months, and it was about 2 weeks
states that the process takes at least 6 weeks. Which is ridiculous how much we pay and how long it takes
How long do you think it should take to process, if somehow 6 weeks is a ludicrous timeframe?(Chances are you'd get it under 6 weeks, but I assume they quote reasonable average times so people don't order them last minute)
I don't know the answer but 6 weeks is way too long for an item that is constantly in production and costs so much and is a necessity for traveling which might be urgent. (Unless there is some vetting process in the background, but even then…)
Plus they should be free, or at least cheap. $400 might be fine for those who use it multiple times over its life, not so much for those who need it once for a "trip of a lifetime" to Bali.
That 6 weeks also includes the shipping time to and from (regardless of where you are in Aus).
And if your travel is urgent, they have a way to pay $ to jump the queue/rush job.
I agree that our passports are too expensive, but complaining about the processing time (which as you can see from plenty of anecdotal feedback, is much less than 6 weeks) seems like a strange one
4 days
and realised that whilst my passport expires in 6 months I should renew it.
Can't transit through Singapore if < 6 months… Probably other countries too…
Australia leads the world in passports !!!
https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/travel-insurance/feature…
$3.50 / per month is good value !!!
what does it matter just do it now
What is this logic?
Feb 2025, took 1 week delivered to my door. Didn't pay for any expedited processing
You can just renew it normally and then if it starts to get too close for comfort, pay the express fee.
Took 1.5 weeks for myself in mid-2024.
The 6 weeks is just a cover-all in case there's complications/delays. You'd have to be unlucky for that to happen.
But also, ultimately it's on you for not being more organised.
Passports are so annoying. I wish they'd just take our word for who we are when travelling.
Same when I go to the bank. Why can’t I just withdraw money from my account?!
Why can’t I just withdraw money from my account?!
That's what I do… Don't you ?
Like people did before WWI?
Just renew it
An excellent meme for my collection
I did mine last month.
Submitted on the Saturday, received, approved and printed by the Passport office the following Thursday (could've done a Passport office pick up that day). Delivered by registered post the following Wednesday. So all up, 11 days from a suburban post office. Could've expedited it by going to the GPO and picking up (probably within 3 days).
Lucky to be 2 weeks.
Took 1 week for me in Jan 2024
Wasn't it around a 3 month wait in 2022?