EC question

[Alagomeji]

Are we going to have to submit our passports when we apply for EC? It seems the EC takes a while in some countries, and I travel quite a bit where I work (I'm out of town at the moment as a matter of fact)

[John]

I can see the difficulty but ..... Entry Clearance is a sticker put into the passport! So unless you surrender your passport with the application they can't possibly agree to grant it.

[Square]

Alagomeji,

I'm afraid you might have to put off some travel plans if you have to get that EC sticker into your passport as you can't have one without the other!

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[f2k]

Alagomeji,

its not that bad really. in some countries it only takes a day if you go in person. just find out how it is like in your own country. also you dont have to apply for EC straight away, you can plan the date of your application around your trips. if you get on the british embassy/ high commissions website you should get most of the information on how to submit and the average turnaround times (these are more accurate than the hsmp ones), also in some countries you can now fill in the forms online and you will be told which documents to submit with yuour passport, this apparantely speeds up the process