Passport lost before applying for ILR?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:35 pm
This query is more pertinent here.
a) What happens if you lose your passport when abroad just before applying for ILR?;
a)
1) Do you get another free entry into the UK with a new passport (which will probably take ages to get) and copies of your old visa, reference number etc?
2) Do you apply for ILR or Ind. Leave to Enter from outside the UK with the new passport?
3) Do you apply for an entry clearance/spouse or fiance visa/ and only upon arrival in the UK you apply for ILR?
b) What happens if you lost it when in the UK?
b)
What is the process, as obtaining a new passport from any country's consulate may take some time, and by that time your existing visa would have expired. Do you:
1) write a letter to the HO; or
2) apply without a passport?
We all hope that this would never happen to us, alas, things happen and especially before the time comes to apply for ILR you get paranoid etc.
a) What happens if you lose your passport when abroad just before applying for ILR?;
a)
1) Do you get another free entry into the UK with a new passport (which will probably take ages to get) and copies of your old visa, reference number etc?
2) Do you apply for ILR or Ind. Leave to Enter from outside the UK with the new passport?
3) Do you apply for an entry clearance/spouse or fiance visa/ and only upon arrival in the UK you apply for ILR?
b) What happens if you lost it when in the UK?
b)
What is the process, as obtaining a new passport from any country's consulate may take some time, and by that time your existing visa would have expired. Do you:
1) write a letter to the HO; or
2) apply without a passport?
We all hope that this would never happen to us, alas, things happen and especially before the time comes to apply for ILR you get paranoid etc.