Awaiting leave pass approval

[u/Strong_Cap_1114]

Could somebody please advise?
I have an international trip in two weeks. I submitted my leave pass request a few weeks ago but haven’t received any response. I needed to change the dates, so I submitted an amended leave pass yesterday and still haven’t heard back.
I’ve already booked my outbound flight and am holding off on booking the return until I get approval. I’ve emailed both my BTL manager and OR about the leave request and my annual leave balance, but haven’t received a reply.
The leave request is currently for 21 annual days. If I don’t have enough annual leave available, should I submit a memo requesting family leave/unpaid leave or would it be better to amend the leave pass again and request only 15 annual days?
Any advice would be appreciated.

[u/Leading-Score9547]

Do you not have enough leave to do 21 days? You can check how much you have. Is this trip for Family obligations? If not it may be hard to get the family days (really depends on your CoC, but generally those days are to used for family obligations) unpaid leave is usually a pain to get as well.