Thread: Getting a new passport when on the run

I've wondered about this for a while.

A friend of mine here claims to have been on the run for about 6 years over a rather serious drugs charge.

He has a six year old daughter thai/foreign who now has a British passport.


His passport is coming up for renewal in 2 years time. Is he going to get lifted when he applies for it?

Should he not have been lifted when he was applying for his daughters passport.

Is he telling porky pies?

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

I've wondered about this for a while.

A friend of mine here claims to have been on the run for about 6 years over a rather serious drugs charge.

He has a six year old daughter thai/foreign who now has a British passport.


His passport is coming up for renewal in 2 years time. Is he going to get lifted when he applies for it?

Should he not have been lifted when he was applying for his daughters passport.

Is he telling porky pies?

I imagine his applying for a renewal will ring a few bells, dont imagine he'd get nicked just then due to slow beaucratic process.

Applying daughters passport, i guess it's all computerized and the flags just werent rasied on that one...

If he has enough cash, from drugs presumably, he can obtain a passport from the Dominican Republic. Following this I suggest he discovers an Irish grannie and applies for an Irish Passport.

^^pity the canadian in Nan didn't know this, cause he got found when he tried to renew his passport...

Different rules for different nations.

As for German consulates, they must process passport renewals for all German citizens, regardless of status.
Any criminal charges don't fall under their concerns. If there's an international warrant out, or there are reciprocal agreements, they could, of course, notify local authorities about the 'case'.

First off, am wondering how your friend managed to stay on the lam for so long; if he feels the need to let you know, he has probably also told others, which is the easiest and fastest way to be nobbled.


Extracted from Privacy Wisdom, courtesy of the author:

Discretion

Be bland and uninteresting. Avoid arguments, strut away from trouble.

Suppress your ego if it means otherwise compromising the golden rules of being your own person; in other words, discipline yourself to overcome the natural human tendency to impress others. It will not make you any less of a person, and you will soon begin discover a satisfaction few people are lucky enough to experience.

Learn to keep your mouth shut and trust nobody! Whatever information others have about you and your activities has the potential to turn into a weapon that causes you no end of grief. The overwhelming majority of Her Majesty's involuntary guests are wondering how they got to be where they are. Why is this? - because they trusted unreliable people with volatile information; they had a pathological need to impress their wives, girlfriends, partners and friends with tales of their magnificence! No more than one in ten languishing souls were actually captured by solid police work, and the rest were stupid.

There are two parts to discretion; need-to-know and revealing feelings.

Need-to-know is the basic principle. Do not tell anyone anything crucial unless they have an absolute need to know. It may be expedient to reveal certain facts to your doctor, lawyer or accountant, for example, but not to your drinking buddies. The second point is that you may feel close to somebody, and in tender moments have need to talk, to vent your emotions. In this case reveal only feelings, never facts. For example, you might say you're worried about how your family are coping in your absence, but never reveal, for example, that your rainy day is catered for in a safety deposit box.

Although the reader is probably a 'nice' person, there may be others with unusual tastes, so for their benefit - if you have vices or secrets or god forbid are on the run, don't advertise it. Getting a little something on the side may end up a very expensive indulgence. - - - end - - -


Procedures have surely tightened since some 8 years ago but as of then, the Passport Office was under no obligation to check applicants against any hotlist other than the one they have been checking since their inauguration, which deals with serious suspects and offenders, those who have had their passports withheld, or need to report or cannot leave the country as a bail condition.

no problem, go for it...a passport is the same as getting an ID card.