helcat12

What can my OH and I do about submitting passports when requested by London VO, as I am still here in the UK and he is in Canada working?
If I am still here and haven't tied up our personal affairs by the time the request comes, I would want to go to London and submit my passport in person, but he cannot be here to do that as he could not take such a long time off work.
We also could not post them together, as we are not in the same country!
Does it matter if I get mine in person and his by post?
Could he send his passport to me and could I take them both to the VO or does each person need to take their own?
If anyone knows about this or has any experiences which are relevant I would be very grateful.

el_richo

He can post them to you before you go drop them off in person.

Mhut

Hi Helcat,

We were in a similar situation and asked our attorney if my hubby could courier the passport to me in UK, she said it was fine and I then went in person got the visas, two weeks later collected them and couriered it back to him no problem.

helcat12

Thanks very much to both of you for replying.
Thankfully, it seems simple, which is unusual for this process so far!!
I could do with something that is straightforward and doesn't involve loads of stress and waiting longer than expected, so dropping the passports off would have been my method of choice. I was just worried that there would be something that prevented me taking such a simple route, but it seems not.
Hurrah!!

wolstie

That's right, but she'll also need a letter of authorisation from her husband, allowing her to drop it off on his behalf. At least, the Buffalo office does, I'd imagine London would have the same requirement.

helcat12

Thanks, Mhut for letting me know about this experience.
Did you need any letter of authorisation, as mentioned by wolstie in the previous post?

el_richo

You don't need that in London. Well, we didn't so i imagine it's the same all round.

helcat12

Thanks for that! I assumed that either you or Mhut would have mentioned it if you had needed such a thing, but I thought I had better check. I am hoping for meds very soon now and then with house sale, probably new Police checks to get and cats to ship I just need to know exactly what I am doing about all the steps so I can be prepared.
It'll probably all come at once, knowing my life!
Why is it that things never seem to space themselves out in a nice, easily-managed kind of way?

Waggle

Hi - I think PA or spouse can deliver or pick up the passports.

We went with both of us, but only 1 of us was allowed in anyway so I had to wait outside both times!

Wayne.

Mhut

Hi Helcat,

You are welcome and no did not need any letter from hubby, I just took all our family passports and docs requested and handed them in. In return I got a raffle ticket and a info letter when to pick them up, which is after two weeks.

They will ask you to read the file number when you are handing in the Passports, don't forget to put the names and file number at the back of each photo.

Regards

helcat12

Brilliant! Thanks Mhut, el richo and Waggle for you personal experiences. So kind of you to post and help me put my mind at rest.