Dual citizen?

[Ahoy01 31]

1 minute ago, shell20 said:

This is interesting, I was wondering what would happen if/when I become an US citizen. I know the USA want you to travel with an American passport, but I wondered what happened when I arrived at UK border, do I use my UK passport and get into the UK line.  I guess I am wondering as it use to ask what passport you  were travelling on, the number, the country of issue when I booked at flight to the UK, however i don't fill that in any more and it doesnt seem to ask me.  I guess I should just travel with both passports if I become a dual citizen.

 I have friend in Canada who is Canadian and UK dual citizen but she only travels on her Canadian passport. She has not had a problem, so far. She says she prefers traveling on a Canadian passport to the UK as the lines for foreign nationals are usually smaller then UK and EU passports. But not sure if UK requires you to travel on a UK passport.

[shell20 746]

56 minutes ago, Eli01 said:

 I have friend in Canada who is Canadian and UK dual citizen but she only travels on her Canadian passport. She has not had a problem, so far. She says she prefers traveling on a Canadian passport to the UK as the lines for foreign nationals are usually smaller then UK and EU passports. But not sure if UK requires you to travel on a UK passport.

Thank you!

[jkstark 97]

The US requires entry/exit for nationals using a US passport, and apparently Canada does too now.  However, the EU regulations do not have that kind of wording in it, though I find it much easier to enter the EU with an EU passport, since generally it allows me to pick any lane (including that for non-citizens), or even use the automated gates for entry.  My wife is a US citizen only, and as long as we travel together, she can join me in either line as well, allowing us to always pick the shortest possible line...

 

Obviously, entering the EU (for me) on an EU passport also means that I can stay as long as I like, and they cannot deny entry - though that is not a concern..