we got it finally guys it arrived this morning so this is my former passport is is former now
he's actually supposed to expire next month and then this is the new one that I just got
oh my god I've been there so long for this thing
what I really needed it for but anyway we are here now in today's video guys I'm going to be
sharing with you how long it took me to get back my passport my Nigerian passport in the
United Kingdom and also I'm going to be doing some comparison I'm going to be unboxing it of course
let's unbox I'm going to be unboxing it and I'm going to be comparing the two they are both for
five years so this was for five years and this new one also is for five years make sure that
you stay tuned to the end of this video especially if you're looking forward to renew your passports
in the United Kingdom because some things I'm going to be sharing with you will save you a
lot of stress a whole lot of stress so first let us unbox this thing if you're new to my channel
I hope you like it yeah please stay like this video Leave Me comments below share my videos
and subscribe if you enjoy my content this is what I was talking about in my previous
video where I showed you how it all went down at the Nigerian High Commission in
London this Royal Mail special delivery C4 envelope was bought by me and taken to the
Nigerian High commission and as you can see I put my address as the tour and then
the Nigerian I Commission address as the from and yeah so I'm just going to take this house
we got it it feels like
I don't know the right words to use but I love the feel anyway it's it's feeling
good it is different from this one this one feels like this is the old one by the
way feels like leather wow this one it has one unique lovely Fields with like that and
wow so this is what the first page looks like and this feels laminated somehow it's not
um it's not just a normal paper it's it is laminated this is what it looks like I was
thinking it's it looks bigger than the previous one but it's actually the same size if it's bigger
just like a little very very little inch see the difference between both and this is what's
the inside looks like so I actually thought I'm going to be maintaining my previous passport
number but apparently my passport number has changed now finally I got my passport delivered
almost exactly six weeks after I attended my appointments at the Nigerian High Commission
office in London basically in total I paid 142 dollars online when I was applying for my passport
and the earliest days for appointment that I got when I paid was 30th of January 2023 so that was
seven weeks between the time when I paid online to the date of the appointments that I had in
London now from the date of the appointment which was on the 30th of January 2023 till today today
is 11th of March 2023 so it took me six weeks from my appointment date up till now to get my
passport so that thing that is on the website that you get your passport within three weeks
now lie now lie then lie same thing happened with my friend my friend also got as roughly
within six weeks so whenever you're applying for your Nigerian passport just give it two
months honestly just give it to know that in the next two months you'll receive it so basically
I received mine within six weeks and um I am so happy because I've had and read and seen a lot of
story from people who have not received theirs in five months in four months I mean I saw two
people there on the day of my appointments who came all the way from Scotland Scotland long
long they came from Scotland and the other person came from somewhere in England to requests for
their passport because they said is over three months over four months that they've you know
done the appointments and they haven't received it blah blah blah anyway I thanked a lot that my
passport is here so now to the things that I said I would like you to know if you are planning to
um get your passport renewed in the United Kingdom these are based on some of the challenges that I
had when I was trying to renew mine number one is it might not go through immediately like when you
get to the path where you apply online of course you apply online first and then you pay it might
not go through immediately I was using a MacBook to pay online I didn't use my phone I didn't think
I used my phone this is my phone but anyway it did not go to I don't know why you wish her I use the
Windows computer and it went through so if you are getting frustrated with pay in online and it's not
just going through maybe you should try changing devices change your computer if you're using a Mac
try and change to a Windows computer another thing that I want to say is that when you get
to the Nigerian I Commission on that day locate where the line is and join the queen immediately
establish your sports immediately let the people in front and at the back know that this is your
sports so that by the time maybe you stroll away or something you get back and you see that the
line has gotten longer and nobody is acknowledging that you have been there before then that means
you even take longer time before you leave your appointment so once you look at the line just
grab your spot and know that you are here number three don't forget your documents you can forget
anything or if I you can forget your jackets but don't forget your document so don't forget any of
your documents I'm going to listen on the screen again things that you will need and I'm going to
be making a short video also please look out for that about the things that you need the documents
that you need while going to renew your passports in London as a Nigerian another thing that I will
say is that listen for instructions when you get there let's see oh listen if they say something
I did not hear please ask your neighbor ask them to confirm and reconfirm because you'll be filling
in a lot of things they will ask you to feel this you know like I showed you earlier for my
um for this one they asked us to fuse our address don't go and feel your from address at the toe
space if you guess what I mean make sure that you do everything right if you don't get it please ask
questions another thing I want to say is that you get everything done within less than four hours
so I've forgotten the time I actually lived there but I think I mentioned it in my Vlog then these
days it is getting shorter and shorter so if you can return the same day there's no points booking
a hotel in London for you if you're not staying in London there's no points just like just leave
just book your return train or return flight since you're spending less than four hours at
your appointment anyway let me also say that you really do not need to take your National
Insurance number photo card or sleep along with you to London if you already have stated it when
you are applying online so when you're applying online they will ask for your nin and once you've
imputed it imputed imputes once you've imputed on there by the time you print out it will be
on your paper on your sleep that you present to them at your appointment so you don't need
a physical evidence of your nin even if it is just stored on your phone that's okay moreover
to be on your appointment sleep already so you do not need to take your nin photo card or nin sleep
along with you when you are going my passport was issued on the 7th of March and it was delivered
to me on the 11th of March which is great so it was actually the production time that took
longer their delivery after it was issued I mean it took just four days so it was issued on the
7th of March and today is 11th of March I got it on the 11th of March which is not bad if you
have other questions please leave them in the comment section and I'll try my best to answer
them thank you so much guys for watching I hope this has been helpful and oh my God I'm so happy
I was just thinking about say I'll be going to Swindon sometime soon and I was like okay when I
get to Swindon I'll just go to London from there and go and demand for my passports not knowing
that they will actually send it to me before then so I'm so I'm so happy like I am so happy
thank you guys and I'll see you in my next one
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