A second passport or ETD?
A friend is applying for a UK visa, and has sent off his New Zealand passport while he applies (he lives in Australia). He's not told his work he's considering leaving.
Then he finds out that in a couple of weeks, he's supposed to travel overseas on a business trip.
Awkward, as without said passport, he can't travel, and he can't explain easily without giving away his intention to depart.
My understanding is that it's possible for some countries' citizens to get a second passport or ETD (Emergency Travel Document) - indeed a mutual ex-colleague of ours had to get an ETD in South Africa when his NZ passport was stolen.
Is it possible to get a second passport, and if not, what other options are there?
Best Answer
Most countries allow second passports if you have a good reason: typically acceptable reasons are conflicts with existing visas (eg. previously traveled to Israel but now need to go to Saudi), or simply frequent business travel. The case you state -- passport already in visa processing, and you now suddenly need to go for a second trip -- is actually pretty much a textbook example, although you may be required to produce a letter from your company attesting to it.
Emergency travel documents/express temporary passports are not the way to go. You'll need to produce eg. a police report about what happened to your old passport, which will promptly be invalidated, and you'll pay through the nose to boot.
All that said, I can't actually find any info online about the specific case of New Zealand. Why not just give them a call, and report back here?
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I don't know specifically re New Zealand, but my country will only issue ETD to get you back home (its not something you can travel with, and you'll probably need a visa for every country on the way anyway), and only if the passport was lost/stolen.
Your friend didn't lose the passport, it was not stolen, and I see no reason why would a government issue him an emergency document just to save embarrassment (really?) at work.
He sent his passport out to get a visa for a trip he plans in half a year, what's so difficult to tell the boss about?
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