UK child passport application - grandparents' documents

[phuket2013]

Has anyone else applied for their child's UK passport from here, and had to provide the (British) grandparents' documents?

According to the guidance notes, because I was born after Jan 1983 I have to provide my Mum and Dad's birth certificates, and marriage certificate. Which is fine, BUT the gov.uk website states that you have to provide ORIGINAL supporting documents.

Do I really need to ask my parents to mail their original marriage and birth certificates to me in Thailand?! Has anyone else been through this process with requiring grandparents' documents?

Just when I thought the passport application process couldn't become any more unreasonable... :-(

[thepool]

If required copies can be obtained

https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate

[phuket2013]

Thanks for that, much better than having to provide the originals.

I'll just add it onto the long list of unnecessary expenses incurred in trying to get this bloody passport lol!

Appreciate the help thepool :-)

[JeremyBowskill]

I did it 5 years back and didn't need the things mentioned. I did need my own full birth certificate, showing the grandparents on it. Things quite possibly have changed,as they have moved everything back to the UK from Hong Kong and apparently everything was much easier when it was in HK.
I can confirm that the 5 years renewal was a bigger headache than when I actually got the first passport 5 years ago, it took 3 months to get it finished all in all.