Travel with dual citizenship
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He didn't get "stopped". He checked with the immigration office prior to travel and was told of the requirement for the mother to be travelling with them for the first time.VascoDeGrandma wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 3:22 pmDid he get stopped by immigration and refused access to plane the first time when trying to leave with the child and without the mom?
Can this be overcome by having the mom write a letter or go the airport and say she is OK with the child leaving?
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Your friend was fed a load of bullshit...there is no law/requirement that the mother has to travel with the child for the first time.
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I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if she was behind it. They separated some time ago and relations are very bad. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that she just wanted a free trip to Bangkok, as Machiavellian as that sounds.
He reads this forum and knows about this thread. I wonder if he is beginning to realise what has happened?
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One thing to consider is where do you want the passports to 'be' so to speak
If you exit on the Cambodian passport then both passports will be out of the country and if you re-enter on the Cambodian passport he can only exit on that. This may not be important for you but i would consider getting the visa in his British passport so he could exit with either should the need arise. If for example you didn't do this and he needed to leave the country when they were not allowing Cambodians to exit, he would be unable to leave on the basis of his British passport as it would never have legally been in the country
If you exit on the Cambodian passport then both passports will be out of the country and if you re-enter on the Cambodian passport he can only exit on that. This may not be important for you but i would consider getting the visa in his British passport so he could exit with either should the need arise. If for example you didn't do this and he needed to leave the country when they were not allowing Cambodians to exit, he would be unable to leave on the basis of his British passport as it would never have legally been in the country
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For anyone interested in how this turned out; We showed both of his passports at all "passport showing" stages of leaving Cambodia and arriving in England and it was fine, zero issues. We also got the tax refund.
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Do K visa holders who were born abroad and traveling on foreign passport (no Cambodian passport) get the tax refund?
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UPDATE...Doc67 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:36 amI wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if she was behind it. They separated some time ago and relations are very bad. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that she just wanted a free trip to Bangkok, as Machiavellian as that sounds.
He reads this forum and knows about this thread. I wonder if he is beginning to realise what has happened?
His problems just get worse. He applied for a new UK Passport for his child in the UK, the old one is getting close to expiry but would have been good for a return trip. When he got it he took the new passport to the Cambodian Embassy in London and asked them for a K-Visa in the new passport, as per the child's K-Visa in the old passport.
NO! They won't issue a K-Visa without the mother being present - this mother business has reared it's head again.
They said he would have to get an additional letter from his employer stating that they want his daughter to come with him, and then they will Issue her a visa - an ordinary visa I assume. The child is 6 years old.
I have been told that the K-Visa's 'follows' the person from the old passport to the new one automatically. A Khmer guy with a Canadian passport told me that.
Should he just chance it and book a flight with the child having a new UK passport without a visa but with a cancelled UK passport with a K-Visa in it?
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I'd say no, the kid would more than likely be denied boarding, and this after getting the COVID tests and medical certificates and everything.
I'm surprised they won't give a K visa without mother being present.
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Doesn't sound right. My kids mother wasn't with me when I obtained both my kids' K Visas. She wasn't terribly far away, but the issuer wouldn't have known that. Provided he has the necessary documents showing mum is Khmer it should be processed. Sometimes this crap happens with power tripping desk jockeys.Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:14 pmUPDATE...Doc67 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:36 amI wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if she was behind it. They separated some time ago and relations are very bad. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that she just wanted a free trip to Bangkok, as Machiavellian as that sounds.
He reads this forum and knows about this thread. I wonder if he is beginning to realise what has happened?
His problems just get worse. He applied for a new UK Passport for his child in the UK, the old one is getting close to expiry but would have been good for a return trip. When he got it he took the new passport to the Cambodian Embassy in London and asked them for a K-Visa in the new passport, as per the child's K-Visa in the old passport.
NO! They won't issue a K-Visa without the mother being present - this mother business has reared it's head again.
They said he would have to get an additional letter from his employer stating that they want his daughter to come with him, and then they will Issue her a visa - an ordinary visa I assume. The child is 6 years old.
I have been told that the K-Visa's 'follows' the person from the old passport to the new one automatically. A Khmer guy with a Canadian passport told me that.
Should he just chance it and book a flight with the child having a new UK passport without a visa but with a cancelled UK passport with a K-Visa in it?
However, should he get the old passport back and present it upon arrival with the new passport the K visa within the old passport should be acceptable to passport control, - for example when I got a new passport lately my visa was in the old one - so I simply took both passports with me on my first trip using my new passport.
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The problem isn't presenting it on arrival and being rejected.Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:14 pm
However, should he get the old passport back and present it upon arrival with the new passport the K visa within the old passport should be acceptable to passport control, - for example when I got a new passport lately my visa was in the old one - so I simply took both passports with me on my first trip using my new passport.
The problem is being denied boarding because the child possesses no valid unexpired visa for Cambodia.
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