16needhelp
31 Mar 2016 / #1
I have a very big problem with getting my British passport.
I am 16 therefore my mum deals with the legal side of things however recently we have run out of options so i decided to come to the general public for help.
Me and my mum are both Polish by birth however we have just received our British citizenship.
We know the Polish government does not accept dual nationalities however my mum does not want to cancel as it takes to much hassle.
My mum is married to a British man and we have lived in the UK for 10+ years. Mine and my mums Polish passports are in our old name however they HAVE been cancelled. Yet this is not enough for the British government. They refuse us a passport because we have a different surname on our old CANCELLED Polish passports.
They request that we change our name on our OLD CANCELLED Polish passports or to get new Polish passports with our new name however we all know this would cause a lot of hassle with the Polish government and trying to get a Polish citizenship cancelled is way to much hassle for what its worth. So now we are in a so called stalemate. Don't know what to do at all. We are not criminals looking to participate in fraud and we have shown a clear link between our old name and new name and even showed the home office how we cancelled our old Polish passports.
Now,
has anyone else experienced such problems and if so, how did you solve them?
Open to any suggestions and help as we had to cancel our holiday which i am extremely annoyed at.
Any hateful comments or stupid suggestions will be ignored.
FYI: I've looked everywhere.
Yours sincerely,
A fellow sad 16 year old.
I am 16 therefore my mum deals with the legal side of things however recently we have run out of options so i decided to come to the general public for help.
Me and my mum are both Polish by birth however we have just received our British citizenship.
We know the Polish government does not accept dual nationalities however my mum does not want to cancel as it takes to much hassle.
My mum is married to a British man and we have lived in the UK for 10+ years. Mine and my mums Polish passports are in our old name however they HAVE been cancelled. Yet this is not enough for the British government. They refuse us a passport because we have a different surname on our old CANCELLED Polish passports.
They request that we change our name on our OLD CANCELLED Polish passports or to get new Polish passports with our new name however we all know this would cause a lot of hassle with the Polish government and trying to get a Polish citizenship cancelled is way to much hassle for what its worth. So now we are in a so called stalemate. Don't know what to do at all. We are not criminals looking to participate in fraud and we have shown a clear link between our old name and new name and even showed the home office how we cancelled our old Polish passports.
Now,
has anyone else experienced such problems and if so, how did you solve them?
Open to any suggestions and help as we had to cancel our holiday which i am extremely annoyed at.
Any hateful comments or stupid suggestions will be ignored.
FYI: I've looked everywhere.
Yours sincerely,
A fellow sad 16 year old.