Due to the passing of my mother in the uk, i have to return unexpectedly, having just looked at my daughters passport i found it had expired in july of last year, we are on a 175 permanent residence visa and have been in oz for 15 months,my daughter is 6 years old, will both the uk and australian immigration services allow her to both travel to the uk and return to oz.i know i could apply to the uk consulate in canberra but due to time constraints this is not practical at this time

Any advise would be appreciated

thanks
sharon

Cant help with your question,just wanted to offer my condolences for your loss.

Sincere condolences.

Your situation is not unique & in fact it happened o someone o here last November, possibly Soapy. I'll try to find the thread for you.

Here you go & hope it helps!
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=574529

Random drop-in here, but I believe she can enter the UK with the expired pp. You'd need to get the renewal done while you are there; she couldn't come back to Australia with it expired.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

A good poster to check with is JAJ.

Thank you, im in a real mess at the moment, never thought to look at my daughters passport, but never thought this would happen so sudden.
Any help woulkd be appreciated.

sharon

I know in the UK you could just turn up at the passport office and get issued with a new one on the day. Definatley speak to the consolute in Canberra for advice. Maybe an option would be to fly via Canberra to the consulute for a new one then onto the UK.

Hope everything works out for you

I've posted the link a bit further back on this thread.
Try to just slow down & take your time. I dounderstand how you feel but nothing is insurmountable. Pauline, Soapy's wife, got some great help I seem to remember. Have a read of the thread.

Dear Sharon,

I'm so sorry to read about the sudden loss of your mum.

Deepest sympathy,

Paul