Comments on: Government Statement On Passport Processing

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:38:32 +0000

BDOT’s can’t be trusted to do it properly. That’s the issue.

Plus, the delays are due to our own Dept. of Imm.

By: Observer

Observer — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:20:38 +0000

Oh for the good old days. I remember when one nice middle-aged lady, Mrs. Lambert was the ONLY person dealing with passports. She helped you fill out your form if you had difficulties and you had your passport, most times the NEXT DAY!

Recently, you have about 20 people replacing her, you (used to) get your passport in 8 WORKING days which was bad enough. One would tell you you from had errors while another would tell you the same form is correct.

Today, our British masters have taken over the printing, replaced BMU with GBR which gives many of us difficulties when travelling, and preventing many from travelling while they take 20 weeks to process your passport.

Time for Bermuda and all the British Territories to demand a return to printing our own passports.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:09:51 +0000

“Just another tool in the plandemic”

NO. It’s been that way for decades. If your old passport is expired when you apply for a new one you do not have to return your ole passport. If your passport is still valid when you apply for a new one, you return your old passport and the Passport Office will clip a corner and return it you defaced.

None of this is new or has anything to do with the pandemic.

By: Burtcoin

Burtcoin — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 19:12:36 +0000

Yup! And that’s exactly what they’re deliberately trying to do. Just another tool in the plandemic

By: BS

BS — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:52:11 +0000

I agree 100%! They want to hire more staff?? Replace the ones there are NOT coming in to work giving 100% or tell us what the real issue is!

By: Jeeves

Jeeves — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:50:13 +0000

Why can’t certified copies be used instead of sending the passport with the application? At least then we are able to travel until the new one arrives. Having to send the passport with the application traps us here.

By: St David’s

St David’s — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:49:41 +0000

The minister forgot to mention that the requirements for travel into St. David’s will be processed as usual!

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:29:01 +0000

“the Department of Immigration continues processing passport applications and endeavours to complete and send them to Her Majesty’s Post Office [HMPO] for printing as soon as possible.”

Perhaps if you sent passport applications to HM Passport Office instead of the Post Office things would speed up!

By: unknown800k

unknown800k — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 11:24:13 +0000

we will continue to deceive you.
well done voters.

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:21:13 +0000

UK passport renewals take 8 weeks round trip.

By: Question

Question — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:50:27 +0000

If new staff in Bermuda will bring the processing time back to 11 weeks, then almost half the current 20 week delay is the fault of Bermuda’s Dept Immigration.
A suggestion for the Dept Immigration… how about picking up the phone and answering it when it rings? Perhaps your customers, the public, would hate you a bit less if you actually answered phone calls.

By: La Verdad

La Verdad — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:09:27 +0000

“…recruitment began in mid-July, and additional personnel are expected to be hired by the end of August.” That would be a significant achievement (a miracle even) by the defunct, red tape, tick-every-box,Department of Human Resources.