Can refugees use national passport for identification purposes (giving marriage notice)?

TheOneDesire1 wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 16, 2021 5:02 pm

Dear everyone,
I hope you are having a great summer.

Long story short, I am in the process of giving a notice for marriage in the UK (next month), I do have the refugee status, and I currently hold a valid original national passport that the home office returned to me after granting me with asylum. I am aware that I cannot renew this passport or travel on it as this means that I am re-availing myself to the protection of my country of origin, however, can I use this passport to prove my nationality when I give notice for my marriage? (they require a passport or a convention travel document to prove nationality).

I am aware that I can apply for a convention travel document, but seeing the processing timeline (4-5 months) to obtain this one I am in a tight spot as I am only one month away from giving the notice.

I'd appreciate any advice or help you can give me, have anyone been in a similar situation and used their national passports for (identification) purposes?

Cheers!