Traveling to UK after US Citizenship

[CoffeeBeans 1]

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The U.S requires U.S. citizens to leave and to enter the U.S. with their U.S passport.

The U.K. requires U.K. citizens to leave and to enter the U.K. with their U.K. passport

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While the rule is true for US citizens, not sure it is also true for the UK. I heard of a few Britons have used their Aussie or Kiwi passports to enter UK. Majority of Britons with foreign passports will use their UK passports because the line is a much faster (on top of no restriction on duration of stay and working in the UK).

I guess most Britons know the custom officers can easily pick up they are using their foreign passports by their accent or country of birth on their foreign passports.

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That pretty much covers it. Keep in mind that showing the appropriate passport means showing it to customs and border patrol, not the drone at the flight counter, not the guy at the bar, not the taxi cab driver or auto rental employee.

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That depends on visa requirements and arrangement between the two countries in question. Travelers on dual passports may also need to show both passports to the airline counter agents because airlines do not want to pay hefty fines for carrying passengers without proper visas into the destination country and then have to turn around to fly these people back immediately. That is a huge money losing proposition for the airlines.

In general, people traveling with dual or multiple passports do need to distinguish which passport(s) to show to the custom/border control officers and which to show to the airline agents, depending on visa requirements of the countries in question.

[sib 7]

I never showed two passports to the flight people.

When I travel to Europe I leave US with my US passport and I enter Europe with my German passport. You do not need a visa for entering Europe being US citizen, so no need to show a european passport.

A friend of mine (also dual citizen) was booking a one way flight to Europe and that is when they normally should check about visa and they did not. He was using his US passport to leave. Nobody checked or cared.

When leaving Europe in summer, the passport control lady mentioned something about whether I have a different passport to enter US. I said yes, I have a US passport also and she meant that is fine because my german one is expiring soon and I would not be able to enter US with that one.

I guess next time I am flying I have to use only my US passport because the hassle to get a new german passport means 12 hours of driving to the german embassy. We will do that when all of us need new passports!

I can use my US passport only to travel and if I decide to stay longer then I need proof of my eureopean citizenship. A shortly expired passport will actually work, too.

Have fun travelling!

Sib

[CoffeeBeans 1]

I never showed two passports to the flight people.

When I travel to Europe I leave US with my US passport and I enter Europe with my German passport. You do not need a visa for entering Europe being US citizen, so no need to show a european passport.

A friend of mine (also dual citizen) was booking a one way flight to Europe and that is when they normally should check about visa and they did not. He was using his US passport to leave. Nobody checked or cared.

When leaving Europe in summer, the passport control lady mentioned something about whether I have a different passport to enter US. I said yes, I have a US passport also and she meant that is fine because my german one is expiring soon and I would not be able to enter US with that one.

I guess next time I am flying I have to use only my US passport because the hassle to get a new german passport means 12 hours of driving to the german embassy. We will do that when all of us need new passports!

I can use my US passport only to travel and if I decide to stay longer then I need proof of my eureopean citizenship. A shortly expired passport will actually work, too.

Have fun travelling!

Sib

Like I said whether you need to show two passports to your airline agent is dependent on the border control rules and visa requirements of the country you are entering. Many European countries do not insist their citizens enter/exit using their native passports, but many other countries do, US is one, Australia is another one.

Australia allows its citizens to hold dual and multiple passports but these citizens must use only Australian passports to enter/exit Australia ports, because non citizens not in transit through Australian POEs must obtain specific type of visa, and Australia cannot issue visa to its own citizens. In the case of transiting visitors, no visa is required, but that also means they must not sneak out of the POE and wonder about on the streets !

This is why airline agents check passengers on flights bound for Australia to ensure they either have Australian passports or valid type of visa, to avoid having to turn around and fly passengers denied entry back. Not only this costs the airlines money, they may be fined by Australian government for transporting illegals into Australia.

This is also why I mentioned in my previous post, citizens with dual or multiple citizenship may sometime need to show airline agents multiple passports, on top of showing whatever passports in their possession to the border control officers in question.

Cheers

[CoffeeBeans 1]

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I guess next time I am flying I have to use only my US passport because the hassle to get a new german passport means 12 hours of driving to the german embassy. We will do that when all of us need new passports!

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I am surprised Germany as one of a top technologically advanced nations does not let its citizens renew passports online or through traditional snail mail method. But then I ain't German, thus do not know jack about how Germany government conducts its passport issuing business. LOL

BTW, I sincerely do not mean anything bad in my comment, just curious why you cannot renew your passport online and/or by mail.

Cheers

[scotinmass 588]

You must use your US passport to leave the US. You can use your UK passport to enter the UK in which case you wouldn't have to fill out a landing card so you don't have to list your nationality. When you leave the UK to fly back to the US you'd have to use your US passport because you will have filled out the Advanced Passenger Information and will have used your US passport so if you try to leave on another passport the details won't match and they'll not let you board the plane. When you enter the US you must use the US passport.

You could however just us the US passport to enter the UK too in which case you'd put your nationality as US.

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