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A father remains separated from his three children after only one of them was successful in securing a passport.
Carl Wylie, 40, migrated from Gateshead to South Africa in 2020, where he married his wife Zandile, 31. The couple have three children - twin daughters Harley and Holly, aged four, and Freddie, aged one.
However, following job redundancy as a data analyst in March this year, Carl returned to Gateshead to earn a living for his family. This resulted in the family having to vacate their Cape Town dwelling, compelling Zandile and their children to temporarily reside with a relative in Soweto, a region in South Africa known for its unsafe surroundings.
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In a bid to unite his family in the UK, Carl filed British passport applications for all three of his children. Regrettably, the passport office issued a passport solely for Harley while denying his other two offspring, reports Chronicle Live.
The Felling native has been left puzzled by the seemingly irrational decision. He protested: "How can one twin child be British and the other one not? It's the lack of common sense that's very frustrating. I have been on the phone to them 40 times easily.
"It's hard, it's very distressing being apart from them. It's affected them greatly because their father's not with them. They're trying to understand why their father's not with them. This has made me cry too many times."
Carl revealed that the regulations in South Africa make it difficult for him to remain there. Unable to secure his own bank account or mobile phone sim card, he has had to depend on Zandile, a local resident, to handle everything.
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