Philippine Embassy London

Almost makes the UK passport renewal service look good.

When my wife was told it could take up to three months for the passport renewal I remember saying to her "is that express"?

I really do not understand why these things take so long.

Nor do I mate, I think it's because of the new readable passports, plus it has to go to Manila.

Good news, I've just been down to the Post Office to pick the wife's passport up, she now has three days in which to book her ticket to the Philippines where she can now attend her daughters graduation, all is well that ends well

Did they stick the right photo in the passport?

Worth checking.

I gave it a good coat of looking at Dave before I texted the wife and informed her everything was in order

Congratulations Timmers!

Thank you Anne, my wife was going to tell her daughter today that she couldn't go home and attend her graduation so the passport has come in the nick of time. And of course she now has her married name in her passport which may make things a little easier for the official stuff, having said that the BRP, bank details and a few other things are in her maiden name.

All good news then, glad its all worked out in the end

I'm really glad you made it in time for her daughter's graduation. Are you going to change Mrs. Timmers' maiden name in the BRP right away?

Thanks Anne, we were discussing the very subject last night on when we should change her name on the BRP. When she returns from her trip to the Phils she will now have the passport with her married name in it and BRP with maiden name, therefore she will carry her old expired passport with initial entry visa and marriage certificate just in case.

You are given three months to get a new BRP when any of your details change for example last name change, you can be fined £1000 if you do not do this, below is a link giving more details. And be prepared to part with more cash, £107.00 for single application without dependants.

https://www.gov.uk/change-circumstances-visa-brp/youre-in-the-uk-and-have-a-brp

Oh, and true to form, I am not sure which form to download off the above Government site as it is as clear as mud

EDIT: I am pretty sure it is the TOC (transfer of conditions) form you download from the above site, I will start a new thread on this including the required forms and guidance notes once I have been through the process as many more here at BF will be going through the same process further down the immigration line.

Aw. Thanks for making our lives easier.

So, aren't you going back to the Philippines with the missus?

If the wife had not got her passport in time she was going to send me as proxy to the Philippines to attend her daughters graduation, as it is we are flying out of the UK on the same day from Manchester Airport, she is going to the Philippines and I am going to do some work in Norway.

I would have loved to have gone to the Philippines but I have just started a new company and the timings are not right.

The wife's sister, friend and mother are coming to visit us in a couple of months, the sister and friend have their UK visas we are just waiting to see if the mum in law gets hers. What I'm really looking forward to is her daughters visiting us here if they can get visas in the near future, I have been to the Philippines many times over the years and would now prefer to receive her family here as apposed to me going there.

That sounds fun and exciting for your wife's family and friends to see and gather here in the UK. Bet you'll be very busy in the next few months.

Please extend our congratulations to your wife's daughter. I can imagine all the hard work you both been through.

Thank you Anne, much appreciated.

The Philippine Embassy will hold a Consular Outreach Mission here in Glos by the end of the month. My husband and I are planning to report our marriage by then. Too bad I can't renew my passport with my married name since my BRP is yet to come with my maiden name on it. Anyway, my PH passport expiry is not until 2018.

Its a bit of a pain this different name on different documents business, the passport name is the key, all official departments in the UK will take the passport name. We are just looking now at replacing the BRP (cost around £100) to one bearing her married name, that still leaves the bank, her workplace and doctors that have her maiden name.

So Anne, you are stuck with your maiden name for a lot of things until you get your passport changed.

I think that the outreach idea is very good, also gives you chance to have a bit of chit chat with your fellow Filipinos

I feel you. Also, most of the people here find it difficult to say my maiden surname since it has a 'de la' in it.

Anyway, I got a question for Mrs. Timmers if you may. Just wondering what she wrote on the Foreign Service Post on the topmost portion of the report for marriage form. I'm trying to find info on the PH Embassywebsite but they don't provide guidance notes on how to fill out the form.

http://philembassy-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/RoMarriage-interactive-form.pdf

They actually sent the very form you are talking about back with her new passport, just looked and she left it blank, when it came back they had put a stamp in the box, "Philippine Embassy London".

So you leave it blank

If you need any help with the form, just post as I have the form in front of me.