kids passport query

ritchie

If parents are separated and going through solicitors for divorce etc....can the other parent with residence apply for a new passport for the kid, if the other parent is refusing to hand over the passport until matters have been finalised?

Baby_A

It might be worth giving the passport office a call, they are really helpful.
Number is 0870 521 0410 (Geographical num 01733 888000).

Glad

has the child already got a passport?

ritchie

yes and i am holding it until all is sorted out by she is after his passport desperately but not to take him on holiday...for other reasons i wont get in to here..

Glad

the passport office will not issue 2 passports for one person

ritchie

but cannot she not apply for one and say its lost???

Glad

probably but if you then reported her she would probably find herself in serious trouble

you best bet would be to call the passport office and explain what you think she may be trying to do, ask that a note is put on the file so this cannot happen

Smiley_Mum

If you have parental rights over the child in question then she would require a signature from you before she would be able to submit another passport application.

ritchie

cheers for the advice...i have just faxed a letter to passport office as per advice i had from them and from your help too!!

thanks

Scarlett1

ritchie wrote:

If parents are separated and going through solicitors for divorce etc....can the other parent with residence apply for a new passport for the kid, if the other parent is refusing to hand over the passport until matters have been finalised?

If your ex wife to be has residence, then surely you are in the wrong for withholding your child's passport ???

Have you been honest with the passport office and told them you arent the parent with residency, or are you only doing this to be awkward

Sorry to ask, but I have been on the receiving end of an ex threatening to get a passport in my daughters name, and if he would have managed to get hold of her passport and not give it back, I would have reported him to the police for theft :rolleyes:

ritchie

can only be done if its another adult passport, but its my kid's one...so no as i have a genuine reason to hold it and solicitor knows and concerned themselves.