Here's one I cant find on the search engine..

I have just made a call to the Passport Office, here in Australia.

The young lady assured me that I can indeed apply for, and receive a full passport from ANY Australian Consulate overseas regardless if it has been lost, stolen or a simple renewal.

To put it completely to bed, I emphasised to her that I wanted to apply at The Hague and even though I have fully read and examined their web site, I was seeking assurance that a full passport will be produced for me there in The Netherlands, either a 32 or 64 pager.. She once again told me that " of course they will "..
She did add that I should give it plenty of time for processing, that being 10 working days. ( as the web site states)

I then explained to her that although I had read and understood those to be the facts, some people were claiming that only an emergency travel note would be offered for me to fly home to Australia to organise the complete renewal there.
She laughed, sighed and commented " you go and enjoy your holiday and when you get to The Netherlands apply for a renewal and in ten working days you will have a brand new passport valid for 10 years with 32 or 64 pages for me to fill up with Visa's..

Pheeeew, glad thats all sorted then... Giddyup.

Cheers guys.

Glad it's working out.

some people were claiming that only an emergency travel note would be offered for me to fly home to Australia to organise the complete renewal there.

I've re-read the thread. There's only one person who said that, I hope he comes back and reads your last response in order to update his knowledge.

Thanks..

This is not the only forum I have thrown the question to and received the "emergency paper" response..
I guess, just like me, others use and comment on other travel forums too.

All good then.. Cheers.

Edited by: frugaldugal

It's alright for you Aussies, us Brits have to hoof it to the consulate in Amsterdam for a new passport. Right pain in the arse that was when I used to live within half a mile of the embassy in The Hague. Problem I had then was that the issuing office code was "NLD" on my new passport. The immigration guys at Heathrow did not like that at all. I used to get the third degree for the following 10 years cos it looked out of the ordinary, every time I passed through Heathrow, without fail.

OP did you check if the consulate issues passports to non residents? Some countries consulates do not issue any passport except for emergency documents in case the passport has been lost or stolen or you're actually permanently residing in the country where you request the passport.

Oops I now saw your post 20 so it should be OK

Edited by: TheDevil

It's alright for you Aussies, us Brits have to hoof it to the consulate in Amsterdam for a new passport. Right pain in the arse that was when I used to live within half a mile of the embassy in The Hague.

But the cool people all live in Amsterdam Fwoggie. So that was your first mistake.

#25 Not so, I lived in Scheveningen, 30 metres from the crazy pianos under the Kurhaus :) Great place to be, apart from the bastard crazy traffic jams in the summer.

Ah, I remember a great night in Crazy Pianos...

#25 Not so, I lived in Scheveningen

LMAO, yeah, you and all the cool dudes.