Wife denied boarding on flight back from Thailand because she forgot to bring her BRP card on the trip

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The best option for you is to use a courier such as FedEx to get her brp to her. This will be faster than trying to get some special exception for her from the embassy.

Something like this happened to me and I didn't even try to argue the toss with the airline, I just got a friend to courier the documents out to me.

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As a South Korean, your wife doesn't need a visa (if she were a tourist), but would require to show a ticket leaving the UK within the 6 months given to South Korean tourists. So if your wife bought a ticket bought another ticket (possibly refundable), she couldn't be denied boarding by Finnair, as she would comply, at least in appearance, with visa rules.

However, yes indeed, after landing in the UK she might have to face an uphill battle to prove that she is indeed a resident. You might be able to take her BRP to the airport and bring it to Immigration, who knows? But a DHL would be probably fast and cheaper.

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