British passports

[cyril evans awaydays]

Re: British passports

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?

I would have thought the systems were designed and operated by the UK Government's Border Force rather than the airlines. If so, a bit of a cock-up to fail to design a new passport that works with existing e-gate technology or adapt the technology to cater for the new passport when it was introduced. Presumably those travelling with pesky old EU passports are flying through. Ironically this allows EU citizens to use those gates whilst British subjects are ushered towards the smiling faces that are the UK Border Force.

As an aside, I too have a new passport. I have failed to get through the e-gates at Luton airport on two recent trips with it but in fairness I had similar trouble with my old one. I have quite a common surname and a border guard once told me that the algorithm used to uniquely identify individuals does not always work in such circumstances and I was always likely to get rejected at the gates and sent for a human passport clearance.

[Citizen's Nephew]

Re: British passports

If it wasn't for the airports incompetence there wouldn't have been the problem.
Get over it.

If only we'd had a perfectly great system of freedom of movement and were European Citizens before we needed to reinvent the wheel.

[RichardM]

Re: British passports

So why are you mentioning Brexit when it was the airports fault?

Because be the government used Brexit as an excuse to change UK passports. Although, in reality they could have changed them at any time, there were EU rules saying what colour they had to be.

[Des Parrot]

Re: British passports

they just won't let it lie

I guess I’ll never let it lie. I’m now living in Poland and in the process of making roughly 750 British people redundant, moving those jobs to Poland due to Brexit. Our UK factory had trebled output and export value to around £120m per annum between 2009 - 2019. That will all be gone by 2025 as all of our European customers mandate that the product should be made within the EU. Am I bitter at the dismantling of a very successful UK business, of course I am.

[Swiss Peter]

Re: British passports

I guess I’ll never let it lie. I’m now living in Poland and in the process of making roughly 750 British people redundant, moving those jobs to Poland due to Brexit. Our UK factory had trebled output and export value to around £120m per annum between 2009 - 2019. That will all be gone by 2025 as all of our European customers mandate that the product should be made within the EU. Am I bitter at the dismantling of a very successful UK business, of course I am.

Sorry to hear that. It is scandalous. No doubt the Brexit apologists will be on with some spurious GDP and trade statistics that tell you absolutely nothing compared to your real life experience.

[RichardM]

Re: British passports

Because be the government used Brexit as an excuse to change UK passports. Although, in reality they could have changed them at any time, there were EU rules saying what colour they had to be.

That should have said there were no EU rules.

[CopenhagenBlue]

Re: British passports

In every major airport in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPassport_gates

I always use them as there are normally zero queues. Seems the, ones at Heathrow have not been set up for new British passports, despite having up to 6 years to do so!

The E-Gate worked fine in LHR Terminal 5 2 weeks ago, first time I'd used the new passport in a year of having it. Was actually surprised how smooth that process went, being the first time back in over 2 years. Was quite possibly just a lucky day though.

[Dorcus]

Re: British passports

Because be the government used Brexit as an excuse to change UK passports. Although, in reality they could have changed them at any time, there were EU rules saying what colour they had to be.

I loved the burgundy ones and will miss them.

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: British passports

if there wasn't brexit then there also wouldn't have been this problem

Things have improved since brexit .. Why dont you embrace it ?
Anything negative is covid.:-)

[Joe Gillis]

Re: British passports

No one should have to go through this kind of pain and suffering.

:hehe::hehe::hehe: