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Solving `Passport Application` with Haskell

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306 points jameshh | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 23:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.265s | source
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mcsniff ◴[29 Jun 25 00:27 UTC] No.44409319[source]▶
Not only can you complete a UK Passport Application completely online (save for mailing any required documentations to HMPO), you can apply for a brand new passport as a "new" citizen (by adoption, naturalisation, or descent), online, from outside the UK, with just a mobile device without downloading some special app, including taking the photos.

Sure, you can play it on "hard mode " and do it with paper and pen for the lulz, but my experience was extremely efficient, fast, and straight-forward.

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1. dazc ◴[29 Jun 25 15:53 UTC] No.44414068[source]▶
You make it seem much simpler than it is in reality. I accept the process for renewals has been streamlined with considerable success but, as someone who recently helped a friend apply for his first passport a couple of years ago, I can attest the process is drawn out and tedious. An in-person interview is required, as is a signature from a 'responsible person' that many people do not have access to (Doctors are not accepted, for instance).