EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:It's not necessary for you to do that. If you wish to renew your passport, it is likely that your home country will want to have the old passport. If your passport is expired, UKBA will likely put your residence card on immigration status document (aka a piece of A4 paper).
my wifes embassy wont issue her a new passport without either a police reference number stating it is lost / stolen AND sufficient proof of ID.
or the old passport and further ID....
when my wife had new documents before, she recieved the old documents with the indonesian words of "not valid" stamped. we have approached the embassy already with these two documents she holds but they wouldnt accept them. they need the most recent document issued. they did say they would issue a passport if we had reported it to the police as lost and gave them a reference number (however, this is a crime - so really not worth trying.)
if i was you i would write to rob whiteman's email address. highlight the fact that withholding the travel document of the primary carer of a british citizen hinders their rights under directive 2004/38/ec to free movement without hinderance.
if enough of the derivative residence applicants on here do this, then surely ukba will get their acts together and stop breaking so many EU / UN treaties that they agree to be bound by.
