Lisa Pires
Dec 7, 2007, 02:51 AM
Hi there, I hope you can help me out.
I hold dual citizenship for the EU (Portugal) and South Africa, I live in London on my EU passport, however recently I have been mugged and had my passport stolen. I applied for a new one MONTHS ago in which time my ID card has expired! Talk about spectacular timing huh? I have an appointment to get both renewed in Jan 08 (a full 5 months after actually applied for the appointment... ). In the mean time I have to travel to Switzerland on my South African passport (urgent business trip), which should be fine but what will happens when I have to return to London? I have an expired Portuguese ID card and proof of an appointment to get a new one and of course I have a SA passport. How do I get back home to London?
Please help!
I hold dual citizenship for the EU (Portugal) and South Africa, I live in London on my EU passport, however recently I have been mugged and had my passport stolen. I applied for a new one MONTHS ago in which time my ID card has expired! Talk about spectacular timing huh? I have an appointment to get both renewed in Jan 08 (a full 5 months after actually applied for the appointment... ). In the mean time I have to travel to Switzerland on my South African passport (urgent business trip), which should be fine but what will happens when I have to return to London? I have an expired Portuguese ID card and proof of an appointment to get a new one and of course I have a SA passport. How do I get back home to London?
Please help!