"have had to" and "had had to" are the perfect forms of "have to"/"has to"/"had to", so it operates very similarly to the difference between the simple and perfect in other cases: > I have to eat before noon compared to > I have had to eat before noon every day this week The first is an obligation one time; the second specifies a recurring obligation started in the past but with current relevance. The difference between "had to" and "had had to" is similar but in the past instead of the present; the past perfect "had had to" would express a past obligation starting before another past event with continued relevance to the second past event.