my five and a half week old daughter is an illegal alien

this is nothing to do with parties but i thought i post it as it shows how our lives are not our own in many ways

we're off to sweden in August to visit the family, show off our five and a half week old daughter and get married

or so we thought

being born here to a British father and Swedish mother has left our little girl in a citizenship anomily

we applied for a British passport (new born babies have to have a passport)...she was born here, her dad is British, and we all live here

she can't have a British passport because her mother (my partner) doesn't have 'indefinate leave to remain in the UK' stamped in her passport, nor does she have a residence permit

she can only get the 'indefinate leave to remain' stamp if she successfully claims refugee status - which she can't do as she isn't being persecuted (much) in this country or in sweden

she can get a residence permit - but her nationality (and that of all EU citizens) permits her to reside here already - so it is of no benefit to anyone...

if she applied for one, the process takes 6 months, costs money and includes hearings at the home office!!!

the upshot of it all is that my five and half week old daughter is an illegal alien...(one to add to Blair's '570,000')

she cannot have british citizenship, but equally she cannot leave the country without a passport

British Immigration, UK Passport Service and the Home Office are:
full of ****
rude and ignorant
stupid
mindless drones working for a dysfunctional system that does not benefit the general public
and one bloke i spoke to after 4 hours on hold sounded like Papa Lazaru

anyone else ever feel like going and living in a cave in morroco or somewhere?