My wife will be applying for a UK residence card soon. She is Argentinian.
I understand that the HO will keep both of our passports ( II am the British citizen) until the decision is made.
Is there any possibility of her getting her passport backback so that she can go to Argentina for a family event? Alternatively, would a copy of her passport satisfy airlines/border agency etc? She has an Argentine ID card, which will suffice for getting in and out of Argentina with the passport copy, but I doubt that would be acceptable here.