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Passport interview office for Berwick is good news, says Beith

11.10.30am GMT Wed 28th Feb 2007

Berwick-upon-Tweed will be one of the 69 places in the UK where people can get the personal interview which will be necessary for a first passport when a new system is introduced. Alan Beith has pushed for Berwick to be one of the interview centres, since the nearest main offices are expected to be in Edinburgh and Newcastle.

People who apply for a passport for the first time will soon face an interview of 10-20 minutes. From 2009, people applying to renew their passport or who need a replacement passport will also have to be interviewed.

Alan Beith says

"I was very anxious to make sure that people in north Northumberland would not have to travel very long distances to get a passport.

"The new system has been introduced on the grounds of improving security. It is going to be much more difficult for people that the existing arrangements and it was therefore vital that Berwick should be one of the limited centres at which interviews will be held. Most of the other centres are in major cities."

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