Check your passport to avoid delays this summer

Saturday, 6 June 2015 00:00

Do you know where your passport is?

The Passport Office is urging people booking their summer holidays to check their documentation is correct and up to date before doing so.

The reminder comes at an exceptionally busy time for the office when standard applications are taking over a month to process.

Passport and nationality officer Andrea Tabb says an invalid passport can lead to unnecessary stress:

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