Raiden Khan wrote:
is it compulsery to pay council fees?
I really didnt know it will cost more then £100 to send the damn application off!
Not at all. Council fee is not compulsory. This is for people who cannot fill the form, or don't have time to go and make copies, or don't want to read the instructions on the form, or they want to keep their original documents.
Anyone can do this by themselves but depending on their situation and understanding of the process. Average person can do this by themselves but do not attempt it because of the above reasons I mentioned. Home offic edoes not force you to go to council to fill the application but their are benefits to it.
All services require fee if you want to utilize it. Emergency passport fee is much more then regular passport fee but efforts in producing passport are same. So if you want to use the facility, you need to pay up or don't use it.
I personally think it is a very reasonable fee, eventhough I did not use my council services (35 pounds) and did it by myself. For which they kept my documents for two months and processing took approximately 4 months. Council service userhave completed process in less then a month in some cases
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