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Getting a second passport...
...does anyone know where on the UK passport form i apply for a second passport as opposed to just renewing my current one.

I know its possible to get a second passport, but they were never mad keen on anyone having two....do i need to give them a call>
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Joe, it is possible, just use to renew form and attach a letter explaining why you need it.
Type "second passport" in the search field, top right of page, there's plenty of info there.

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the important thing is to stress that the passport is for business purposes- and ideally you have a back up letter from work stating this - I'm in the process of getting mine - I did phone up first, pretending to be the HR person at work, and so the passport office people told me how to phrase the letter - really helpful,I have heard through others that it might be a complete NO if you let them know it's for leisure travel.

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"phoned up, pretending to be the HR person at work" to get hints on how to phrase the letter - brilliant! Why on earth didn't I think of that?!

I got a second one, but boy did I have to jump through some hoops to get it. Be careful how you use it, as well, if you're looking to leave one country on one and enter another with the other. Some countries (or maybe it's just the thick border guards) are very difficult about letting you in when you don't have an exit stamp in the same passport from the country you've just left.
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Guys, can you expand on the above, what hoops did you jump through and do you have a draught of the letter.

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For me it was a bit difficult because I was taking a sabbatical from my job, so my employers didn't want to tell the Passport Agency that I needed a 2nd passport to travel for my work - and as I work in local government it was pushing it anyway!

I thought it was a bridge too far to try and forge anything, so what I did do was put together a letter saying I was going to be travelling for the purposes of writing (freelance) a travel book, and needed a 2nd passport as I would be travelling to 'incompatible countries'. In Passport Agency-speak this means Israel and other Arab countries ie countries that won't let you in if they see an offending stamp on your passport. If I can find a cc of this letter I will PM you.

I must say the Passport people were very helpful to me and they did assist me through the process, in terms of making suggestions about things I could do to bolster my claim. At their suggestion, for eg, I made some hotel bookings (and paid for them) in Israel. Luckily they weren't non-refundable!
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Blagging is a good English word for those who aren't familiar with it -

the wording I used was
a job role as overseas development officer
needing to travel extensively whilst also needing to apply for visas, therefore two passports required for business purposes.

Ali-wotsit- the only reason I have got a 2nd passport is because of the limited time available to get the Russian visa this would mean having to race through the 'Stans, and hey, I've got a feeling that I'm going to enjoy these countries so I'm just ensuring I can have the extra time, and have my passport with the russian visa in it sent out to me in Kazakhstan.

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