ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 1, 2008 Tomorrow I have a passport interview, all first adult passports require an interview now. I'm really nervous about it. I find it really hard coping with official interviews like this Wish me luck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted February 1, 2008 Good luck! I didnt know they did that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 1, 2008 Yeah they introduced it last year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted February 1, 2008 Oh crikey, never heard of this, do you know what exactly they are going to ask ???? Good luck SG, I should imagin that with all the people wanting pasports it will be a short interview. Clare x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loobylou2 Report post Posted February 1, 2008 Good luck SG <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 2, 2008 Utter nightmare! The interview itself wasn't too bad. The journey there on the otherhand was terrible. I had forgotten just how much I hate using the bus, it was only a 30min journey but felt like forever. I was ok when I got on the bus, then several gangs of kids got on the bus and were shouting with their music blaring out of their phones. I was getting a little stressed by that point, I don't get the bus to Cheltenham very often and didn't realise there were changes along the route. I looked up to find we were going past a housing estate that I didn't recognise, I was overloaded and I didn't know where I was. Panic set in and I was already feeling sick as I get travel sick anyway. In my panic I text Kinda and he tried phoning me but my hearing had shut down by that point and I couldn't really make out what he was trying to say. I pressed the bell to get off at the stop I needed to but the bus driver didn't give me enough time to get down the stairs, he wouldn't let me off the bus. After being mean and not letting me off the bus, I didn't apologise when I was sick on it. Finally I got to Cheltenham town centre and had to make my way to the Identity and Passport place. I had this nightmare last night that was me looking at this tall building, you can see where it is, but not how to get there. That was pretty much what it was like trying to get there today. I eventually found my way after taking many wrong turnings. The journey on the way back was ok. Now I'm back home with a cracking headache, feeling wibbly around the edges, and thinking about going back to bed. I wonder if I did go back to bed would it allow me to start the day again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted February 2, 2008 I wonder if I did go back to bed would it allow me to start the day again? I dunno, but my sister's having a bad time at the mo and she's just got up and had breakfast, claiming that as breakfast is a morning meal she still has a full day to sort her life out, so the sleep thing is worth a go Do you have Google Earth on your computer? I don't know how good the coverage is for where you are, but I use it to walk through (you can zoom in and change the angles) any new routes I have to take and I also do some screen prints of it as a reminder. I find it really useful. With the bus thing - well I've pretty much given up with buses - it is the screaming loud music teenagers/young adults (no, I'm not having a go at all teenagers . . .) who everyone is too scared to tackle. Could you go by train/taxi/bike? Or try an MP3 player and good headphones? Doesn't block it all out but can make your tolerance better. Or earplugs for a similar effect? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) Do you have Google Earth on your computer? I don't know how good the coverage is for where you are, but I use it to walk through (you can zoom in and change the angles) any new routes I have to take and I also do some screen prints of it as a reminder. I find it really useful. With the bus thing - well I've pretty much given up with buses - it is the screaming loud music teenagers/young adults (no, I'm not having a go at all teenagers . . .) who everyone is too scared to tackle. Could you go by train/taxi/bike? Or try an MP3 player and good headphones? Doesn't block it all out but can make your tolerance better. Or earplugs for a similar effect? I don't have google earth on my new laptop yet but I did use it on my old one. That is a good idea! As for the MP3 player I was listening to my ipod which made it a little better, I could probably do with buying some better headphones. I can listen to it full blast and it have no effect other than to give me ringing ears later on in the day. I could have got the train and walk in, but I figured it would have been more hassle than the bus. That was an incorrect assumption, when I did get the train instead of the bus I was a lot better off for it. Definitely going to get the train from now on! Edited February 2, 2008 by ScienceGeek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted February 2, 2008 Oh SG.....what a dam awful journey, hope you are feeling better this evening and managing to relax a bit ! <'> Clare x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 6, 2008 My passport arrived today! :thumbs: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted February 6, 2008 what did they ask you at the interview?how long did it go on for? ive never heard of that before Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 6, 2008 what did they ask you at the interview?how long did it go on for? ive never heard of that before Like I said in a comment above the interview procedure is a relatively new thing. It was only introduced sometime last year. The purpose of the interview is basically to confirm that the person is actually the person on the application form, to prevent fraud. They ask you questions that only you would know the answer to. They asked me about my family, where I was born and other stuff. To be honest I don't really remember that much as it went by in a blur. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted February 6, 2008 At least you won't have to do that again, and Whay you got ya passport now you just got to use it Clare x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted February 6, 2008 i remember when i got my first passport,i felt well excited!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 6, 2008 I am really excited about finally getting it. It only took me 8 years of filling out forms and throwing them away to finally get around to getting it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted February 6, 2008 So, where you going first then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 6, 2008 So, where you going first then? Not sure yet. The main reason I got it was so that I had ID and we could book the registry office. Probably either New York, Boston or San Francisco. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted February 6, 2008 Oooooh, nice. They are all on my travelling list. I'm going to be one of those pensioners who goes everywhere Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted February 6, 2008 Oooooh, nice. They are all on my travelling list. I'm going to be one of those pensioners who goes everywhere There are a lot of places I would like to go. My current list of places is: - Israel - Germany - Poland - Netherlands - Japan - Mauritius (where my grandad was from) - Canada Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted February 6, 2008 I've only been to Amsterdam out of all of those, but its one of my favourite places. I could quite happily live on a houseboat with a cat there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
