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Failed by arrogant British passport officials | Letter
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Failed by arrogant British passport officials | Letter

Gerald Harrison on being trapped in the middle of bureaucracy with his British and Irish passports Regarding the “colonial attitude” of the British Passport Office, which asked your letter writer’s sister to change her Greek surname ( 1 June ), I am in a similar situation, but prefer to call it arrogance. I had an English dad and an Irish mum. For nearly 40 years, I used two passports. Last November, when I needed to renew my British passport, I enclosed my Irish one. My renewal was refused because my Irish passport has my first name and one middle name, whereas my British one has my first name and two middle names. Continue reading...

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