An Australian woman says that a minor bit of damage to the corner of her passport barred her from travelling abroad to migrate.

In March, Lindsey Grey intended to move from Sydney to New Zealand with her partner and 1-year-old son.An Australian woman says that a minor bit of damage to the corner of her passport barred her from travelling abroad to migrate.

In March, Lindsey Grey intended to move from Sydney to New Zealand with her partner and 1-year-old son.Due to the epidemic, the move had already encountered difficulties, and Ms. Grey had to wait longer than six months for the trip to start.

She claims that when a New Zealand immigration officer examined her passport, he or she first saw the damage.

She notes that because she is an Australian and the New Zealand border was still essentially blocked to Australians at the time, a New Zealand immigration official had to personally “override” or something similar her passport at check-in rather than merely having the Qantas personnel scan it.My one-and-a-half-year-old son must have found and nibbled on the corner of my passport at some time during the six months I tried to move.

They were completely displeased when they noticed the nibble on my passport, she said.

They informed me that I would not be permitted to go because it might have been tampered with.

Ms. Grey claims that getting an emergency passport required her to run back into the city and cost her AUD$533 (£302).
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