Passport date of issue obvious error dated year 184
Sep 17, 2019, 3:01 am
#16
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This is pretty terrible from VFS side, and knowing that they charge a hefty "service fee"; I would make a complaint to re-coop some of that, or look at launching a complaint with UK Trading Standards; as it's clear the service they are charging the fee for is not being used appropriately.
Sep 19, 2019, 12:58 pm
#17
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I would get it fixed. That said, when I went in to renew my Global Entry the first time, agent was taking a long time reviewing it on his computer. Finally he said that my date of birth had been listed as 1834. Since I obviously wasn’t that old he had been trying to fix it on their computer. So no one had noticed in 5 years.
Sep 21, 2019, 10:45 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2011
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That's a pretty terrible act of customer non-service.
I've used these private white-glove services for visas many times. (They obviously do passports too, but I've never been abroad at the point in time I needed a renewal.) Their entire value-add, and the reason their fees are often well more than the consular fees, is because they triple-check everything and make sure your papers are in order both ways. The current company I use, which is one of the big ones many here have heard of, would almost certainly *not* send me back my passport with an obvious typo in it.
I've used these private white-glove services for visas many times. (They obviously do passports too, but I've never been abroad at the point in time I needed a renewal.) Their entire value-add, and the reason their fees are often well more than the consular fees, is because they triple-check everything and make sure your papers are in order both ways. The current company I use, which is one of the big ones many here have heard of, would almost certainly *not* send me back my passport with an obvious typo in it.
Sep 21, 2019, 11:07 am
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All of that said, when there are paperwork errors, it always pays to get them fixed. It is all about the one lone check in agent at an airport or passport control officer somewhere who does not really care that one looks quite well for someone born in 184 (presumably A.D.).
