Pretty much one year to the day since I went into lockdown. Dear God.
I really want to get my Passport app going. Asked CH to come over and take pictures inside my house, everyone masked, socially distanced, etc. She was so helpful! Unfortunately, the pictures she took didn’t work for one reason or another, but after chatting with her, I realised I could set up a ‘selfie stand’ (tablet on boxes on books on crate on table on table) in my office when the outdoor lighting was just right coming through the windows, and do my own selfies at any time of the day without bugging others or getting too near people. Over 30 photos later, I got one that the UK passport office accepted – we’re off!
Their criteria for citizenship is interesting: born before 1983 (yep); proof that father was born in UK (not mother – seems quite patriarchal); and he had to have been married to my mother at the time of my birth (how judgmental).