Passport delays 'forcing hundreds in Wales to cancel trips'

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A nurse is waiting for her passport after 11 weeks, having already missed her retirement holiday.

The 59-year-old nurse from Denbigh will retire at the end of the summer so had planned a four-day getaway with friends to Rome to celebrate.But as the date of her flight got closer she began to get more anxious that her passport had not arrived and despite contacting the Passport Office multiple times, she missed her holiday at a cost of about £250."I worked through Covid so this was the first holiday for about three years so I was really looking forward to it," she said.

Ms Griffiths said she had contacted the Passport Office a number of times but was yet to receive her passport and said officers were trying to track down her passport after telling her it had been lost.Long queues are becoming a familiar site outside passport offices, including Newport "It's creating a huge amount of stress and worry, whether holidays are going to be cancelled and hard earned money is going to be lost," said the Aberavon MP."There are also people who need to go abroad for work assignment or job interviews. We've heard lots of stories of people missing out on employment opportunities and it's creating huge trouble."

 

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Chaos.

It is sad but shouldn’t people make sure they have a passport before booking holidays?

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