A trip to Switzerland in 1928

This small booklet was included in Eisik Hersch Kahan's passport. On each page (center) there is a round stamp from the Romanian General Consulate in Antwerp who issues this addendum to the passport. The stamps and writings testify of a short trip to Switzerland end of september and beginning of October 1928. Interesting to me is the small stamp showing the application for a visum for the UK done in Zürich. Was this the purpose of the trip ? Was it not possible to apply for a visum for the UK in Belgium at that time ?

Document analysis:
It is a VISA for entry in Switzerland and a stay of maximum 2 months, requested Sept. 11th 1928. The reason for the VISA as documented is a Cure.

Opening the booklet , the stamps and handwriting on page 2 and 4 show us :
Upper-right : the request for a visum to the United Kingdom, requested in Zürich on Sept. 26th 1928.
On the left-page: a transit visum from france to transit to Switzerland, requested in Antwerp on Sept. 11th 1928. Accross this visum is a stamp "SORTIE" , exit, dated Sept. 14th.

 On page 4 and 5 :
Left page:
Bottom left: "Entrée Arlon 16-10-28"
Upper left: An authorisation for one continuous stay in Belgium for 3 months starting september 30th, made in Berne on Sept 29th.
Upper right :
- a diagonal stamps of Entry on October 4th at "St Louis"
- a transfer visa for France dated October 4th , made in Bâle.
As this map shows,  Saint Louis is the north-west entry point in France when coming from Basel, Switzerland. Eisik Hersch crossed this border on October 4th, 1928.

I would thus summarize this 1928 trip as follows ;

• September 9 : requesting visa for Switzerland and transit via France
• September 14: exit of France, entry into Switzerland
• September 26: request for visum to UK asked in Zürich
• September 29: request authorisation for 3 month stay in Belgium
• October 4th : crossing border into France from Bazel
• October 10th: Entry in Belgium in Arlon

Photograph of Eizik Hersch Kahan

I have provided Eizik Hersch Kahan's photograph to Yad Vashem database of Holocaust victims.

The undated picture comes from a romanian document and is autographed by the owner.

Letter from the Home Office, UK

This paper of which about only the upper third remains raises more questions than providing any answers.

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It emanes from the Home Office in London, is adressed to Eizik Kahan and holds a reference number K.10856. It is dated April 28th, 1938.

Today the Home Office defines its missions as (link)

The Home Office leads on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and counter-terrorism and works to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK.

The seal in the middle represents a Union Jack flag around which is written "National Scheme for Disabled Men". Some research on the net learned that this seal was granted to those employers (in this case the Hoome Office) that employed a minimum percentage of disabled men from the first World War.

I have found in Eisik's passport a stamp for a visa to the UK in september 1938. I will come back to this later in another post where I will scrutinize all stamps and dates of the passport.

The object of this letter remains hidden to me. I understand the passport is directed to be returned with an endorsement. That endorsement has a condition attached, but the text is missing.

What was the original request ?
In which (immigration) procedure was this part of ?
What were the UK regulations regarding east european jews in 1938 ?

many questions...