37 minutes ago, TorquayFan said:

An echo of a comment from Billd earlier - in the past it would have been possible to visit the British Embassy and get an 'Emergency Passport' - hopefully such help can still be obtained in genuine circumstances.

 

Years ago, I got one from the British Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria which allowed me to leave the Country and they later helpfully recovered my original passport from my Employer, (a very powerful Man), and returned it to me in the UK.

 

(I then returned to Nigeria to work for another Company).

 

Snoop - you've gotta ask at least ! Good luck.

I don't know the UK, but usually there is not an emergency 'passport' but emergency travel documents for returning a limited purpose such as returning home or a specific country and return.  The passport would have to go through normal (or expedited -- if available) process.  Not all countries accept emergency travel documents for entry.

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Brits back in the news

A stunningly insightful observation from Nok again...

1 minute ago, nchuckle said:

A stunningly insightful observation from Nok again...

Whats wrong darling?

Just now, bignok said:

Whats wrong darling?

Look in the mirror ,then make another vacuous contribution..

Just now, nchuckle said:

Look in the mirror ,then make another vacuous contribution..

You must be fun to hang out with.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

How does he get from Phuket to Bangkok to get travel documents?

No passport, and no money.

Need passport to get on a bus.

Tourist police arranged bus travel, the photo is taken at the Phuket Bus Terminal, it says in the link to Thaiger News. 

Ps, there's a bus in the original photo. ????

11 minutes ago, bignok said:

It is his official id so therefore his property. Only him can use it.

You are correct that only he can use it, but it is NOT his property.  If she was to be charged, it would be the UK government charging her for theft of official documents or something like that. (they don't tend to do that with relatives though unless they use them for other purposes).

 

If you open your passport, I think it is even printed in there (if not it was on the application form).  The owner of passports is the state (I don't know of any states that actually grant you ownership).  [depending on when issued]

 

 "This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government and may be withdraw at any time if the holder ceases to be entitled to the protection of Her Majesty's Government,"

or 

"This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government and may be withdrawn at any time."

 

9 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

I don't know the UK, but usually there is not an emergency 'passport' but emergency travel documents for returning a limited purpose such as returning home or a specific country and return.  The passport would have to go through normal (or expedited -- if available) process.  Not all countries accept emergency travel documents for entry.

The UK accepts emergency travel documents from its citizens, and that's where he's going.

Just now, bkkcanuck8 said:

You are correct that only he can use it, but it is NOT his property.

 

If you open your passport, I think it is even printed in there (if not it was on the application form).  The owner of passports is the state (I don't know of any states that actually grant you ownership).  [depending on when issued]

 

 "This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government and may be withdraw at any time if the holder ceases to be entitled to the protection of Her Majesty's Government,"

or 

"This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government and may be withdrawn at any time."

 

Yes and no. The person can use it. Others cannot. So still technically his therefore she stole it. Plus loss of money. 

8 hours ago, timendres said:

Years ago, my wife burned my passport during a difficult divorce.

At least she saved you from the same fate 

Somebody please catch me up here...  I'm not seeing any indication, except guesses, whether the wife is Thai or a foreign national, or a Brit....

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

Me too.

 

26 happy years

 

25 for her 1 for me!

????

3 minutes ago, bignok said:

Yes and no. The person can use it. Others cannot. So still technically his therefore she stole it. Plus loss of money. 

They are married, proving the money was exclusively his - is problematic.  (updated original post - with reference to a guess of what the charge would be if the UK were to charge her ... but then they would only do that if she sold it or gave it to someone else to use - and again that would be charged in the UK not Thailand)

2 hours ago, bignok said:

What did he do to her?

He married her.

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

Somebody please catch me up here...  I'm not seeing any indication, except guesses, whether the wife is Thai or a foreign national, or a Brit....

It doesnt say.

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

Somebody please catch me up here...  I'm not seeing any indication, except guesses, whether the wife is Thai or a foreign national, or a Brit....

Obviously a Brit, or they would have added to the click bait

Just now, bkkcanuck8 said:

They are married, proving the money was exclusively his - is problematic.  (updated original post - with reference to a guess of what the charge would be if the UK were to charge her ... but then they would only do that if she sold it or gave it to someone else to use)

Unless she took cards in his name

She probably found him in a bar balls deep in a bar girl and walked off,, stop crying and start walking idiot

Just now, bignok said:

Unless she took cards in his name

They would have to be actually for accounts only in his name... and then it is still a stretch since debts during marriage are communal and would be divided by divorce court (my parents credit card accounts are ... the same account)

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Unless she took cards in his name

Which in the UK is likely to be "controlling behaviour",  - a form of domestic abuse - another offence.  

1 minute ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

They would have to be actually for accounts only in his name... and then it is still a stretch since debts during marriage are communal and would be divided by divorce court (my parents credit card accounts are ... the same account)

Best not get married then. 

1 minute ago, Ironmike said:

She probably found him in a bar balls deep in a bar girl and walked off,, stop crying and start walking idiot

I could see that... to many temptations here... and that is as good an answer as any guess.

Just now, bkkcanuck8 said:

I could see that... to many temptations here... and that is as good an answer as any guess.

They could have had a fight over her weight or her nagging. 

6 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Obviously a Brit, or they would have added to the click bait

Given that she took them and went travelling as married tourists, my guess is... he is a tourist and his wife is not Thai.  

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

They could have had a fight over her weight or her nagging. 

Could be, but this sounds more like the type of reaction of infidelity than normal nagging...

2 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

Given that she took them and went travelling as married tourists, my guess is... he is a tourist and his wife is not Thai.  

The good news is he knows where to find a gf

Just now, bkkcanuck8 said:

Could be, but this sounds more like the type of reaction of infidelity than normal nagging...

Special massages

Just now, bignok said:

The good news is he knows where to find a gf

lol, except he does not have the money to have a gf...

I see by a few of comments here that again the full story has not been read, 

10 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The husband needs to make a complaint of theft to the police first and he hasn't done that.

How do you know he hasn’t done that? You spoke to him or the police?