Quote Originally Posted by scottish-guy View Post

Even then a considerable number of passports still fail to be read by the software. I read somewhere that the "chip" in the passport can fail and if it does it's tough titty and you'll be expected to fork out for a fresh passport.
Not so ...they are replaced free in those circumstances.
And before you favourite mod accuses me of publishing duff gen again, see here...
http://www.alphr.com/news/servers/10...-year-warranty