Aus/British Dual Citizen

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pennelton

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Hey all,

Im flying one way to LHR next month. I have both aussie and Uk passport and was wanting to know if anyone has come across any troubles whislt doing so. My concern is that my passports will have no stamps and the fellas at customs in the UK might give me a hard time

Cheers
Chris
 
Nobody will give you a hard time. Present your Aus passport when leaving Aus. Present your UK passport at LHR and answer any questions honestly if asked.
Very few countries have a problem with dual citizenship and the UK certainly isn't one of them
 
You can ask the immigration agents to stamp your passport even though there is no requirement for a stamp. I always ask for it and they have always obliged without comment.

And you MUST use your Aussie passport leaving and entering Australia, and you MUST use your UK passport when entering the UK (no outbound passport processing in UK).
 
NM, do you mean just asking for an exit visa in both as you head out?
 
SeaWolf said:
NM, do you mean just asking for an exit visa in both as you head out?
No Visas required if UK/AUS citizen.

When you hand your passport over to the Aussie passport processor at the outbound or inbound immigration, just say "would you please put a stamp in my passport". Its the usual exit or entry stamp that includes the port of departure/entry name and the date.
 
Yeah, that's the one I was refering too. Sorry, my international travel lingo is not so good. :p
 
NM said:
You can ask the immigration agents to stamp your passport even though there is no requirement for a stamp. I always ask for it and they have always obliged without comment.

And you MUST use your Aussie passport leaving and entering Australia, and you MUST use your UK passport when entering the UK (no outbound passport processing in UK).

Would they know when they scanned your UK passport that you had dual citizenship? How is this enforceable?
 
simongr said:
Would they know when they scanned your UK passport that you had dual citizenship? How is this enforceable?

Well, when you get Australian Citizenship, your Residency visa is immediately cancelled and you cannot get another visa. This makes using UK passport for entry/exit to Australia rather tricky

Dave
 
Ahh - hadnt thought about that - something to look forward to next year...
 
simongr said:
Would they know when they scanned your UK passport that you had dual citizenship? How is this enforceable?
Just because you might manage to get away with something (perhaps if you had a new UK passport, thus avoiding Dave's suggestion), does not mean it is allowable. If you have dual passports, then make sure you understand the laws under which they should be used. Enforcibility is not a requirement for law making.
 
I agree NM - I was just wondering about how it could be enforced. It was more of a conceptual interest thing. I work in audit - my life is spent working out either how to catch the buggers (bloody boring) or how to design systems that make it easy for people to be compliant whilst makiung sure U can still catch the buggers ;)

Also if you had a new passport you would need to get a new visa inserted - lost my passport applying for my UK drivers license by mail and had to have a new visa put in.
 
simongr said:
Also if you had a new passport you would need to get a new visa inserted - lost my passport applying for my UK drivers license by mail and had to have a new visa put in.
But you don't need a Visa if you hold a passport for the other country.
 
NM said:
You can ask the immigration agents to stamp your passport even though there is no requirement for a stamp. I always ask for it and they have always obliged without comment.

And you MUST use your Aussie passport leaving and entering Australia, and you MUST use your UK passport when entering the UK (no outbound passport processing in UK).


Thanks NM,

So when Im in Singapore for a night it wouldnt matter which one I use, as long as I enter/exit on the same one???

Chris
 
Yes I always enter and exit with the same passport. In Europe I use the UK one and most other places the Aussie one.
 
Dave Noble said:
Well, when you get Australian Citizenship, your Residency visa is immediately cancelled and you cannot get another visa. This makes using UK passport for entry/exit to Australia rather tricky

Dave

I'm sure that's the official line but FWIW I travelled for nearly a year on a UK passport with an AU residency visa after I was granted AU citizenship, without any bother at all. That was about 3 yrs ago. Things may have tightened up since then...
 
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pennelton said:
So when Im in Singapore for a night it wouldnt matter which one I use, as long as I enter/exit on the same one???
Correct. You make the choice.
 
Can anyone advise please...............I have dual passorts AUS/UK but my husband only has AUS passport. We are travelling to UK in June. I am planning to exit and enter Australia on my AUS passport and Enter the UK on my British passport which I understand is the correct way to do it???
Can my husband come with me in the UK line at London Airport if he only has AUS passport.:D :D :D
 
tykissy said:
Can anyone advise please...............I have dual passorts AUS/UK but my husband only has AUS passport. We are travelling to UK in June. I am planning to exit and enter Australia on my AUS passport and Enter the UK on my British passport which I understand is the correct way to do it???
Can my husband come with me in the UK line at London Airport if he only has AUS passport.:D :D :D

I experienced this scenario with my wife when entering the UK last year and we both passed though the UK/EU line without any issue. In case the rules have changed it may pay to check with one of the immigration officers hovering in the hall before joining the line though.
 
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My experience in Heathrow is that you and your husband can both use the "locals" queue. My experience in Stansted is that they will gleefully tell you that "You can go through sir, but you colonial wife and brats have to join that queue of aliens and wait another half hour."

There is an excellent expression in the UK called "Jobsworth" for such imbeciles (and another in Germany that goes "Ungefecht zum dienst" I think).

As the rules are changing almost monthly for air travel in the UK, it may be worth ringing to clarify, as there's nothing worse than getting dumped from front of one queue to the back of another.


Cheers,

Andrew

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acampbel said:
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My experience in Heathrow is that you and your husband can both use the "locals" queue. My experience in Stansted is that they will gleefully tell you that "You can go through sir, but you colonial wife and brats have to join that queue of aliens and wait another half hour."

I believe the issue is less "jobsworth" but that at some locations, the staff handling the UK arrivals lines do not have the thing to stamp the passport with for non EU arriving passengers since it is not needed at those desks

Dave
 
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