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@Foster Twelvetrees
I understand where you’re coming from, but just to clarify, I had been waiting for over 11 weeks from when docs were received and over 13 weeks from submission date which was the 19th of April. I had to do this as a last resort, because no amount of calls, emails, MP involvement or complaints were enough if I didn’t have travel plans. It is so frustrating to see others who have applied after me who got theirs within 3 weeks to a month, while I did everything by the book but to no avail. And I do actually have travel plans but I was not willing to risk 800 pounds to book tickets when I wasn’t sure when I would receive my passport.
Again, I would only recommend this as a last resort (which paid off thankfully) because I don’t accept that in a first world country like this, one should wait almost 3 months to get a passport. And it’s not really just about travel, it’s an important form of identification which if you don’t have can stop you from doing simple things suchs as opening a bank account, getting a new job, etc.
Had there been enough contact and communication from the office, I wouldn’t have needed to do that. But after lots of miscommunication, and lack of communication even, I just wanted to help out whoever is going through what I did.