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Apeksha Bagchi

6yo denied a passport for breaking the law – it destroyed her ‘absolutely devasted’ single mother’s ‘dream’

For two years, Lucy Holloway worked relentlessly, even working 50 hours per week sometimes. Her husband had left when their daughter was barely a month old, never looking back or fulfilling his responsibility as a father. It all rested on Lucy’s tired but determined shoulders, and she built a “dream” around it… only for the passport office to bring it all crashing down.

Despite their hardships, she and her 6-year-old daughter harbored a long-held dream – that of going to Disneyland Paris. Even though it was not an easy expense, Lucy, from South West England, carefully planned the trip and worked hard to collect the required money. And when she finally achieved that difficult goal in 2024, she booked the tickets in advance to avoid the hiked prices closer to the trip date and applied for her daughter’s passport.

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