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dsanchez
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My passport is in the UK embassy, but I need to travel!

Post by dsanchez » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:19 pm

hello!

I want to travel to London next november and since I am Peruvian, I do need a tourist visa. I am currently a legal resident in Slovakia.

So I applied today in the UK embassy in Vienna, and normally I should get it without problems.

However, I just learn I must travel next friday (14 October) to Portugal, and you know, non EU citizens must carry our passport + resident permit.

Please advice. What can I do in this case?
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Post by vinny » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:06 pm

You may request the return of your passport. However, if your UK visitor visa has not yet been decided, then your application will be treated as abandoned.
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Post by dsanchez » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:22 am

vinny wrote:You may request the return of your passport. However, if your UK visitor visa has not yet been decided, then your application will be treated as abandoned.
I just applied for the UK visa yesterday and I payed the 90 EUR fee. Does anyone went through something similar? My only fear is to lost the money already payed.

Thank you.
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Post by geriatrix » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:49 am

You may request the return of your passport. However, if your UK visitor visa has not yet been decided, then your application will be treated as abandoned.
and you'll lose the application fees.
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dsanchez
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Post by dsanchez » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:48 am

I just called the embassy and they confirmed I will lose the money I payed if I ask for my passport back.

So now I have only two options 1) change my flight date or 2) try to travel only with my resident permit. This is normally OK when you go by bus, but in airports they use to check your passport. I am travelling with Lufthansa.

Please advice.
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Post by dsanchez » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:12 pm

Hello guys,

No news about the decision of my visa yet, and I don't think they will call me tomorrow to tell me it's ready.

I called to my embassy (the peruvian embassy) and they told me if they issued a new passport, the other one (the one currently in the british embassy) won't be valid any longer.

However, I was reading in a US blog, that the US embassy suggested someone to apply for an emergency passport (the person also had his passport waiting for a UK visa).

My question is: in your experience, can I ask for a new passport and then use the another one (which I hope will come with the UK visa in) to travell to the UK?

Please advice as this is very urgent.

Thank you!
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