Baby Passport

This is for any one who has to apply for a passport for their baby in the UK.

These are the prereqs before you read ahead

• Baby must be born in UK
• Your application must be done within 1 year of your child's birth
• You should have original Birth Certificate of the baby
• You should have original Registration Certificate of the baby

Forms required

• Registration Form
• Passport Application Form

Both these forms can be downloaded from the Indian High Commission website
http://hcilondon.in/passport.php


Fill out the forms, to be wise, fill out 2 copies of the forms. Make sure both the parents sign the forms at the bottom.

Picture that I used for Nimi was 5cmX5cm, white background, both ears visible and try not to get any expression on her face (smile, frown etc). We did a photo shoot at our home with a white bedsheet in the back ground and printed the photo out. Get 4 copies of the photo and take all of them on the day of your application.

Things to take on the day of your application.

• Filled application forms (both) and take both the copies of the form that you filled (if you were wise :D)
• Paste the photo to the application form
• Parent's passports
• Photocopy of the back and front of the parents passport ( 4 copies self attested) 
• Photocopy of the UK VISA page of the parents passport (4 copies self attested)
• Original Birth Certificate
• Photocopy of Birth Certificate (4 copies)
• Original Registration Certificate
• Photocopy of Registration Certificate (4 copies)
• Glue
• Pen you used to fill out the form :)
• Spare photos of the baby
• Reg fee - £17 (exact if possible - no change given ;))
• Passport fee - £19 (exact if possible - no change given ;))
•  AND LOADS OF PATIENCE :D .....and I hope you did not forget to PRAY...

 You dont have to go in the wee hours of the morning. The coupon machine opens at 8:30AM and the actual service starts at 9:15AM. I reached there at 8:30 and was done by 9:45. Try beating that for time ....

When you reach there, you will see a huge line outside the high commission, dont loose heart. What most of them dont know is that they are in the wrong queue!!!
Walk straight into the High Commission (if there is no queue for it), you will be frisked and then you will see a machine that dishes out Tickets.

Get 2 tickets

• Consular Services (for registering your baby) - Counter 1
• Passport Services (for applying the passsport) - Counter 2 and 3

Wait for your turn. You will need to do the Registration first. Hand in your application and all the stuff that you are asked for. You should be pretty much covered if you have carried all the stuff that I have mentioned above.
You will be asked to pay the fee and then be given a receipt. You will be asked to take a photocopy of the receipt and go to the Passport application counter.

Show the person your middle finger, why the f*** do you need the photocopy, take a picture of the receipt with your highly sophisticated camera and wait for your turn on the Passport Services.

if your turn is already gone, because the A-Hole in consular services did not turn up for his job in time, just go to the counter and wave your Ticket number and he will ask you to come next.

Hand in your passport application form, the receipt that you got from the other counter, any number of photo copies that he asks for (since you have loads), hand over the original docs for verification. Pay the fees, they will give you a confirmation receipt and will tell you the date and time you can go and collect the new passport.

Note - You get back your own passports immediately.

You can now come out of the dungeon ...feeling a bit EPIC about yourself !!