A celebratory trip has turned into a nightmare for a Mississauga couple stranded in the Turks and Caicos Islands after their Canadian passports were stolen during a break-in at their rental property.
Jessica Botelho and David Parreira say their Canadian passports were stolen after their Turks and Caicos rental property was broken into. Now, they're struggling to get home.
A Canadian couple says their passports were stolen after their Turks and Caicos rental property was broken into. Now, they're struggling to get home. Last Tuesday, Botelho said, they filled out the necessary forms under the supervision of a consular official in Turks and Caicos, got new passport photos, paid $700 for what’s called a temporary passport, and spent $150 in courier fees to send those documents to the High Commission of Canada in Jamaica.
Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CTV News Toronto in an email that it is providing consular services to two Canadian citizens in Turks and Caicos but did not disclose their names due to privacy reasons. CTV News Toronto has reached out to the Royal Turks and Caicos Island Police for a comment on the break-in, but has not received a response. Police to provide update on deadly shooting at Toronto bus stopBrain wave-powered tech allows Canadian kids 'trapped in their own bodies' to playMounties recommend criminal charge in 2021 crane collapse that killed 5 in Kelowna, B.C.
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