Passport demanded by Home Office but family holiday planned
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:12 pm
Feeling so upset.
My husband applied for citizenship back in Spring and with no restrictions that I could see we booked a family holiday to Greece. He’s had the Schengen visa approved and we’re due to fly on Monday 13th. But today he got an email saying he needs to send his Zimbabwean passport to Liverpool by 18th or his application will be rejected. They won’t be able to return it for him to have it to travel. He called them and they said there isn’t a way round.
This feels completely wrong. Our family will miss our first summer holiday together, we’ll lose all the cost of the holiday and it doesn’t seem even travel insurance will pay out.
Any similar experiences, or light at the end of the tunnel?
My husband applied for citizenship back in Spring and with no restrictions that I could see we booked a family holiday to Greece. He’s had the Schengen visa approved and we’re due to fly on Monday 13th. But today he got an email saying he needs to send his Zimbabwean passport to Liverpool by 18th or his application will be rejected. They won’t be able to return it for him to have it to travel. He called them and they said there isn’t a way round.
This feels completely wrong. Our family will miss our first summer holiday together, we’ll lose all the cost of the holiday and it doesn’t seem even travel insurance will pay out.
Any similar experiences, or light at the end of the tunnel?
