4 month baby without passport

[Apoorva24]

Hello, my baby is 4 months, born here in UK and we need to go back to india. I had started the procedure for his passport but as our passports are submitted at Home Office as we are on FLRO, high commission wants true attested copy of our passports from home office. This process might take 40 days as written at home office website. After that high commission registration will take another 7 days and then when I will apply for passport it will take 3 weeks which will in all take upto 2 n half months minimum. Indeed to go back earlier than that. What is the procedure to take baby without passport? Is there any travel document? Please help.

[noajthan]

Hello, my baby is 4 months, born here in UK and we need to go back to india. I had started the procedure for his passport but as our passports are submitted at Home Office as we are on FLRO, high commission wants true attested copy of our passports from home office. This process might take 40 days as written at home office website. After that high commission registration will take another 7 days and then when I will apply for passport it will take 3 weeks which will in all take upto 2 n half months minimum. Indeed to go back earlier than that. What is the procedure to take baby without passport? Is there any travel document? Please help.

No, the passport is the travel document.
How could you even demonstrate you would be taking your child out of country without a passport.
Travel should not be arranged without appropriate documentation in place.

My understanding is that a child's passport may be organised by expedited service.

[Apoorva24]

Thanks for your reply. If the decision of our FLRO comes earlier and we have to leave the country and if till then the baby's passport doesn't arrive,what are we going to do?

[noajthan]

Thanks for your reply. If the decision of our FLRO comes earlier and we have to leave the country and if till then the baby's passport doesn't arrive,what are we going to do?

If no passport then clearly child cannot really prove who s/he is, who her family is and also cannot travel.
As mentioned, you can expedite child's passport with one week service:
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently/cost

And does child not have any other passport?

[CR001]

Thanks for your reply. If the decision of our FLRO comes earlier and we have to leave the country and if till then the baby's passport doesn't arrive,what are we going to do?

If no passport then clearly child cannot really prove who s/he is, who her family is and also cannot travel.
As mentioned, you can expedite child's passport with one week service:
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently/cost

And does child not have any other passport?

Child isn't British if parents are waiting for FLR(O). OP is trying to get an Indian passport, which I believe can also be expedited, but I do stand corrected.

[Apoorva24]

I know child isn't British. I have birth certificate of child in which our name (parent's name) is clearly mentioned. My query is we want to go back to india and if passport doesn't arrive on time and we have to leave the country soon, can we have any kind of permit to take him along as fast track service is too expensive. Thank you

[noajthan]

I know child isn't British. I have birth certificate of child in which our name (parent's name) is clearly mentioned. My query is we want to go back to india and if passport doesn't arrive on time and we have to leave the country soon, can we have any kind of permit to take him along as fast track service is too expensive. Thank you

In this context a bc is not an adequate identity document. It is just a record of an event.
A bc is not a travel document.
The child cannot travel without a passport and will need a visa to re-enter UK even if s/he does travel.

If you decide a fast-track service that authorities have put in place to help in these sorts of emergencies is too expensive then the authorities have still done all they can.
Its no concern of the authorities if you choose not to use it.