legion wrote:if you read the comments on the Grauniad there are some pretty bad cases, people who find themselves without ID in countries which don't have ID cards for foreign residents, one guy saying they got fined and nearly deported.
I am so glad I didn't send my daughter's Japanese passport in with her UK one, though they say you should send in any other passports you have, if I had I would be facing the prospect of cancelling our flights to the UK in July, which would be a great disappointment for all, my parents are in their mid 80s and are really looking forward to seeing us.
It's pretty obvious it is us tax avoiding expat immigrants that are being put on the back burner while they process the resident voters
Yes, indeed - I have the same parental situation. Forewarned is forearmed eh? I decided to just cancel renewing my daughter's for now as they are clearly not to be trusted. I'll do it in the early winter when we have no travel plans and hopefully things have settled back to the 7 or 8 weeks it took in January.
I heard/remembered today that to board some flights you not only need an unexpired passport but it also must have 6 months left on it. My daughter might get caught out by that on a side trip, but if that happens we can just fall back on her Japanese passport. Sending that off to Liverpool at the moment is a seriously lousy idea.