Advice needed - holiday cancellation

budgetflyer

He'll need to be carefull. Even if he gets allowed access to Morocco. Without the proper paperwork, he may not get back into the UK without citizenship.

jasonrat

Amazombie wrote:

The holiday was booked many many months ago and numpty has had plenty of time to get this sorted but he's one of those put everything off until tomorrow people so I'll hold my position that he's the numpty not my daughter :rotfl:

some people need a helping hand others need a kick up the butt this is one of the reasons for this forum. i am married to a non british citizen but we take dual responsiblity on any decisions we make. so when she wanted to get an american visa i downloaded and arranged all visa requirements and forms. like another poster said it takes two to tango. so back to the original topic. i gather he has lived in this country for a while even though he's your daughter's boyfriend you have no knowledge of where he was from. did he come on a passport? or was it his parents passport? sometimes it might be quicker to deal with his native country? if he shows his birth certificate it might be easier

jasonrat

budgetflyer wrote:

He'll need to be carefull. Even if he gets allowed access to Morocco. Without the proper paperwork, he may not get back into the UK without citizenship.

oooppps forgot about that. depends where hes from and if they need visas to enter the uk. if he does then he'll have to apply for a visa which can be again time consuming and waiting for an interview date etc etc

Amazombie

jasonrat wrote:

i gather he has lived in this country for a while even though he's your daughter's boyfriend you have no knowledge of where he was from. did he come on a passport? or was it his parents passport? sometimes it might be quicker to deal with his native country? if he shows his birth certificate it might be easier

Im getting full details tonight but I think he has lived here virtually all his life (30 years) His father was Yugoslavian.

I need to find out all details so I can contact the Passport Office on monday to see if anything can be done. I'll also be contacting the travel operator to see what needs to be done and deadlines for transferring the holiday into someone elses name if it comes to that.

Many thanks to everyone for all the info so far!

LondonCanuck

If one of his parent's is british, which I beleive you said is the situation then he'd have a right of abode and can freely leave and enter the UK.

If he has his Yugoslavian passport than he should get down to the Moroccan Embassy sharpish to see if he can get a visa in time.

From their website:
Application requirements: (a) One completed application form. (b) Four passport-size photos taken within the previous six months. (c) Valid passport with at least one blank page, and with a photocopy of the relevant data pages. (d) Fee, payable by postal order only. (e) Photocopy of all flight bookings. (f) Photocopy of hotel reservation. (g) Self-addressed, stamped, registered envelope for postal applications (for those living outside London only).

Amazombie

LondonCanuck wrote:

If one of his parent's is british, which I beleive you said is the situation then he'd have a right of abode and can freely leave and enter the UK. If he has his Yugoslavian passport than he should get down to the Moroccan Embassy sharpish to see if he can get a visa in time.
From their website:
Application requirements: (a) One completed application form. (b) Four passport-size photos taken within the previous six months. (c) Valid passport with at least one blank page, and with a photocopy of the relevant data pages. (d) Fee, payable by postal order only. (e) Photocopy of all flight bookings. (f) Photocopy of hotel reservation. (g) Self-addressed, stamped, registered envelope for postal applications (for those living outside London only).

Thanks for that it could well be very useful.

I have a horrible suspicion he has no passport at all but will find out later.

Kindest Regards

LondonCanuck

Amazombie wrote:

Thanks for that it could well be very useful.

I have a horrible suspicion he has no passport at all but will find out later.

Kindest Regards

Eeek... Well best of luck. Hope it works out. :cool:

jasonrat

If one of his parent's is british, which I beleive you said is the situation then he'd have a right of abode and can freely leave and enter the UK.

not all true. my daughter who was born in england has a british passport and birth certificate who has dual nationality with thailand. we lost her british passport over in thailand. she did have her thai passport but the only way for her to enter the uk legally was either wait for a new british passport or apply for a visa for her to enter the uk. we would of had to prove we were ok financially show bank statements give them plans of our house so there would have been enough room for her and wait for an interview date. she was treated like a normal thai citizen even though she was born here in england to a british father. it was very traumatic and stressful and proved how insensitive some beaurocratic systems are oh and she was only two

LondonCanuck

jasonrat wrote:

not all true. my daughter who was born in england has a british passport and birth certificate who has dual nationality with thailand. we lost her british passport over in thailand. she did have her thai passport but the only way for her to enter the uk legally was either wait for a new british passport or apply for a visa for her to enter the uk. we would of had to prove we were ok financially show bank statements give them plans of our house so there would have been enough room for her and wait for an interview date. she was treated like a normal thai citizen even though she was born here in england to a british father. it was very traumatic and stressful and proved how insensitive some beaurocratic systems are oh and she was only two

I'm sure that was a right polava!

I think you might have mis-understood me though. This guy does not have his UK nationality recognised yet (that's why he doesn't have a passport) so therefore, his Yugoslav passport would have to have a relevant permit for him to be here. If his parent was British, he could have the right of abode. and therefore is entitled to a visa that would go in his foreign passport.

I understand what you say if he didn't have a UK passport but it sounds like he should have something in his foreign one or he wouldn't have been allowed to live and stay here on a permanent basis. If he doesn't have nationality yet and doesn't have a visa, then he's living here illegally....

make sense?

budgetflyer

If his mother is British, then he may have a chance. Id contact the passport office asap to find out.It may be as simple as applying for a passport.