sm16

Unfortunately you have to give them a copy of the passport/visa used to get into the country.

Not sure how long passports are taking from Russia at the moment but the guy on the passport advice helpline told me 10 weeks (and i didn't even hear any sniggering in the background!)

BritInParis

I suspect that even if you were allowed to lodge an application for your daughter in the UK then the security checks would still takes months to go through. At this point, barring writing a complaint letter to your MP, I think you will just need to suck it up and wait.