{"id":820,"date":"2013-11-21T00:32:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T05:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/passport-application-process-not-easy-for-uyghurs\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:30:45","slug":"passport-application-process-not-easy-for-uyghurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/passport-application-process-not-easy-for-uyghurs\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Passport Application<\/b> Process &#039;Not Easy&#039; for Uyghurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Going on holiday? Check your passport<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"apply for passport\" src=\"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/8d462_apply_for_passport_8492577300_70e71bf541.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><br \/>\n<i>Image by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/49956354@N04\/8492577300\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ukhomeoffice<\/a><\/i><br \/>\nMore than one million people left it until the eleventh hour to apply for a passport last summer and risked delaying or missing out on their summer holidays.<\/p>\n<p>This month the message is clear \u2013 check your passport and apply early. And to remind people the Identity and Passport Service has launched Passport Pete, a cartoon about a man who didn&#8217;t check his passport in time and missed out on a holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homeoffice.gov.uk\/media-centre\/news\/renew-passport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.homeoffice.gov.uk\/media-centre\/news\/renew-passport<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Passport Application<\/b> Process &#39;Not Easy&#39; for Uyghurs<\/strong><br \/>\nEthnic Uyghurs in China&#39;s troubled Xinjiang region are facing increasing travel restrictions despite a policy introduced last month aimed at simplifying procedures for citizens to apply for passports, sources say. 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