Passport renewal.

[Jeebo72]

Yours sincerely,
An Irate British Citizen.

I got this in my email 2 days ago, saying it was "an ausie passport renewal".

[DaveB]

It's been kicking around since at least 2008.

Google for "Bert Smith of T.V. Rentals Basingstoke" and at least the first hundred hits are verbatim copies of the OP's post.

[Spacecadet]

Where have I suggested passports be issued without checks!? Talk about absurd!

Why do you think you're asked for all of that information when you apply?
A lot of it is to make sure its a genuine application

Simply firing off an email to the passport authorities asking for a new passport isn't exactly secure

and your Pakistani doctor is a registered professional, which is more than I can say for most of us here on CUK

[TheFaQQer]

which is more than I can say for most of us here on CUK

Being certified isn't quite the same, is it?

[Halo Jones]

Being certified isn't quite sane, is it?

FTFY