Indian man on honeymoon in Italy...without his wife

Having only taken a short break after their wedding, Faizan Patel and his wife Sana, from New Delhi, had looked forward to their dream honeymoon in Italy.

But just two days before they were due to leave, they discovered that Sana had lost her passport.

They failed in their attempt to get a travel document in time, and so Faizan, a lifestyle and product photographer, decided to go on the trip alone, leaving his wife to grapple with Indian passport authorities.

#Yay #PartyTime he declared on Twitter as the pair posed for selfies before his 'tearful' departure from India.

But he didn’t abandon her completely – he took with him a cardboard cut-out of her face, which accompanied him on long train journeys between Italy’s fine cities, all the while taking ‘selfies’ with it and chronicling the trip on Twitter.

His posts soon went viral, capturing the attention of India’s Foreign Minister, Susham Swaraj, who pledged to swiftly process his wife’s passport so that she can join him for the rest of the two-week honeymoon.

The passport was soon issued but the couple’s next hurdle was getting an appointment at the visa processing centre. According to his last tweet on Wednesday, that appointment was scheduled for today.

All being well, he'll soon be reunited with his sweetheart.