in expecting DD's renewed passport to be delivered in the time stated? She lives in Australia but still uses her UK passport. She is due to fly to the UK in 2 weeks time for a long awaited but short visit with her youngest child. The British Consulate in Canberra no longer deals with renewing passports so she had to send it back to Liverpool of all places and was told it would take 4/6 weeks. On contacting the office to check its progress she was told it could take up to 9 weeks and as it had already been processed it could not be retrieved for fast tracking. They could, however, return it to her and she could then fast track it back to the UK - in 13 days?? She now has to acquire emergency paperwork from the Consulate in Sydney at a further cost off $200. If she can't travel on time, I will be out of pocket to the tune of £1000 for a house we are renting close to family in Berkshire for the duration of her visit. I wonder if my travel insurance will cover this? Any ideas.......perhaps I could send the bill to HM Passport Office 
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