You can find practical work-arounds. You can for example leave the dog at a doggie daycare center or with a sitter during the day, or you can bring it to work. But if you are planning to leave it alone for 12 hours straight on any regular basis, then no, you should not take a dog. Views Â· View Upvotes.
What you might not realise is that with so many people trying to get new passports or renew old ones the waiting times for receiving your passport goes up dramatically, as the passport office deal with the backlog of waiting passport applications. The average waiting time to receive a UK passport via the standard postal service is 3-4 weeks but between the months of May and September this could go up to around 5-7 weeks.
American citizens have the choice of standard processing or expedited service when applying for a passport. Standard processing is estimated to take from 4 to 6 weeks to complete. Depending on when and where you apply, the application could be processed more quickly.