UK Passport by graememooney
If you, like me, are entitled to obtain a European Passport through lineage you may need/want to stop at the national registrars office. I needed to get a copy of my father's birth certificate (long form) and a copy of my parent's marriage certificate. The cost is reasonable and the efficiency of the office is amazing. It's too bad all our government offices couldn't operate like that. After completing my request form the person at the front desk asked when I would like to pick them up. I asked when would they be ready, only to be astonished by the fact that if it hadn't been for a slight illegibility problem of one of the certificates on their system I could have had it then and there, but due to this it would be about an hour! WOW. That was great. I went and had some lunch and by the time I returned the documents were ready.To get there I would need to direct you from leaving the Castle. You walk down the Royal Mile and turn right at Bank Street. A short walk south and you will turn right again on Victoria St. and the office is on the left hand side of the street. (see map below - it's not the clearest but can be had by going to google.co.uk/maps and inputting Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland) Please check their website, I just did and their office may have moved: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/contacts/opentime/colormap.html
