To whom it may concern,

My name is Erickson Diarra. I was born in Cote d'Ivoire in 1982 and in 1996, I moved to Ireland with my  two brothers and my mother. I lost all contact with anyone in Cote d'Ivoire then. I have an Uncle and Grandmother living in the UK. A few years back I lost contact with my mother in Ireland and stepped in as legal guardian for my two younger brothers, Ismael and Kassim. The only documentation any of us now hold from Cote d'Ivoire is our birth certs as we travelled here on our mothers passport in 1996. I am registered with the immigration bureau in Ireland but it is necessary that I obtain my passport from Cote d'Ivoire in order to renew my status here. If I couldn't get my passport due to any reason, I was advised to get a letter to state why, to prove to the immigration bureau in Ireland that I had tried. I made every effort to try to do this. I was granted a temporary travel document to travel to the embassy in the UK to apply for this. I arrived for my appointment with my receipt of payment, birth cert, Immigration identification card from Ireland, temporary travel document, copies of all of the above, Filled in form, signed photos. I also had all of the letters from the immigration bureau to state they required my passport. I had contact information for my Uncle in London too, who holds an Ivorian Passport if they needed to ring for a reference. The only thing I was missing was a cert of nationality which I have never had as I explained at the start as I left Cote d'Ivoire as a child. The people at the embassy in London were very rude, did not help me at all. Would not look at my documents or letters. They basically said they didn't believe I had no contacts in Cote d'Ivoire. I told them the truth about my situation and received no help at all. I then asked for a letter to state why my passport couldn't be processed and was also refused that which I found very unfair. I am an Ivorian national and I need your help to either obtain my cert of nationality or my passport or both as I have no clue how to do this now as I was turned away by my own countries Embassy. If you can please advise or help me. My two brothers are also in the same situation. Regards, Erickson Diarra