{"id":93471,"date":"2018-07-09T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-the-uk-passport-office-having-another-meltdown\/"},"modified":"2018-07-09T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T07:03:15","slug":"is-the-uk-passport-office-having-another-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-the-uk-passport-office-having-another-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the UK Passport Office having another meltdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI\u2019ve been trying to book a face-to-face interview appointment, but the system is down againThe UK Passport Office\u2019s appointment booking system has been out of action for 36 hours and I cannot get any sense of what is going on. There has been no information, but callers are being told to keep trying on subsequent days as the system is down nationwide. I need to urgently book an interview appointment for my brother, who has Asperger\u2019s, so it\u2019s making the whole getting-a-passport saga even more trying. Is this going to be another passport meltdown? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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