Man celebrates honeymoon alone after wife loses passport

[Faizan Patel traveled to Italy with a photo of his wife when she lost her passport. Photo: Faizan Patel/Twitter]

An Indian photographer is currently spending his European honeymoon alone, after his wife realized she had lost her passport.

Faizan Patel tweeted a photo of himself on a plane, next to an empty seat and an image of his wife, Sana.

“This is how I am travelling with my wife as of now,” he tweeted.

Turns out Sana had lost her passport two days before the couple’s scheduled trip to Italy and Greece. Since the newlyweds weren’t able to get a refund for their tickets, Sana encouraged her husband to go at it alone.

But rather than forge ahead completely without her, Faizan committed to bringing his wife along in some capacity, though mostly in spirit — and with a photo of her face.

His efforts paid off as his tweet reached India’s minister of external affairs, who offered to help.

“Ask your wife to contact me,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted. “I will ensure that she is with you on the next seat.”

While the high-powered help did manage to fast track Sana’s passport, she still needed to obtain a visa.

“Thanks to @SushmaSwaraj, the passport is almost issued,” Faizan tweeted. “Now the problem is the next available date at the VFS is on Thursday.”

The good news is that the visa application is currently being processed, so the couple might be able to reunite soon in Florence.