UK passport applications will be fast-tracked in five days for Britons going on holiday in the next two weeks – as government battles with 400,000 Covid backlog

UK passport applications that have been delayed by the backlog caused by the coronavirus will be expedited if people are due to go on holiday within two weeks, the Government has announced. The Passport Office said that, in an effort to tackle the backlog and ensure people’s travel plans are not affected, customers who have been waiting for more than four weeks will receive their passport within five working days. The new measures, which come into effect immediately, will require applicants to prove they are due to travel within two weeks. The Home Office has announced new measures to tackle the passport backlog caused by coronavirus pandemic which means customers may receive their passport within five working days if they’ve been waiting for more than a month and are due to travel within two weeks Britons applying for passports are having to wait up to four months for their applications to be processed but new rules mean their application could be expedited if they meet requirements The announcement comes after latest figures revealed Passport Office workers are wrestling with a backlog of more than 400,000 applications as a result of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Reduced staffing to allow… Read full this story

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