There are currently 112,000 applications outstanding with the Passport Service as an army of would-be foreign travellers and holidaymakers sweat on when their precious documents might arrive.
Some 50,000 of these applications require additional documentation – usually a signed form by parents/guardians and a witness in the case of children, in order to conform with the Geneva Convention aimed at preventing the abduction of minors.
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