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Anyone got an emergency travel document for a newborn?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 25 April 2012 - 19:13

My baby is two weeks old and we want to travel back to the UK in 4 weeks for a family christening / to introduce him to family and friends. British passports take up to 6 weeks, so we don't want to risk applying and it not being ready in time. I believe we can get an emergency travel document from the British Embassy to fly back (and get passport sorted in UK before returning again). Has anyone got any experience of this?

I have all the forms ready to fill out - but wondered if anyone could reassure me that we will definitely be eligible. And did you book flights first? Or apply first? And do the forms need to delivered by hand to the embassy with passport photos?

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 26 April 2012 - 11:55
Yes we did this. I don't know how they decide eligibility - ours was an actual emergency, but we were never asked to prove it in any way. You have to book flight and show evidence of this when applying, as the outbound travel doc will only be valid on this flight. Then you take everything to the embassy and they will process within 24hrs. My husband had it all done in a morning, it was very simple. If you call them, they can explain the process to you.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 25 April 2012 - 19:24
Congratulations on the birth of your baby! It is possible to get an emergency travel document from the British Embassy although I'm not sure that they would class your reason to travel as an emergency. If you do manage to get it then you will also need to get an exit pass from immigration as your baby will not have a visa within 90 days of birth. Good luck hope you mange to make the trip.
 
 

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