Australian Dual Citizens Entering UK after February

[New to this]

Thanks for the information. Had your existing UK passport expired?

No, was still current. So, just a basic renewal.

Had 5 months on it. I am travelling just after the 25/2 deadline and didn’t want to risk turning up at check-in and finding a frazzled person telling me “you need 6 months left on your UK passport.”

(You don’t need 6 mths, but didn’t even want the debate - so took the risk on the turnaround being sufficient)

Good luck to others. Seems the system is working well enough. #britainnotbroken

 

[VPS]

SIL did her application for an expired passport this week. They didn't mentioned posting anything but said the complete application was extremely easy and completed quickly. They did say they took longer photocopying all her Oz passport pages than doing the actual application. So likely that's what they posted and not uploaded.

Many Travel Agents don't even know about it. Also someone they know applied for the UK visa in December and is a Brit citizen, there was no mention that within a few weeks this Visa would no longer work. Many will likely get caught out.

I’m still very interested in what will happen if they get there and they don’t have a British passport but just an ETA on their Aussie passport. I doubt that they would refuse them entry

 

[Pushka]

I’m still very interested in what will happen if they get there and they don’t have a British passport but just an ETA on their Aussie passport. I doubt that they would refuse them entry

They have friends in this predicament in February. No time to get the UK passport back they think. Last week SIL wasn't going to bother as they don't go back to UK. Then found out her daughter is giving a lecture at Oxford in May and feels the need to have it just in case.

I'd like to get British citizenship. Am trying to check if Dad ever took it out.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I’m still very interested in what will happen if they get there and they don’t have a British passport but just an ETA on their Aussie passport. I doubt that they would refuse them entry

That’s the big question.

According to the UK govt, any ETA issued to a british citizen won’t be valid come 25 February.

If they cancel/invalidate the ETA then there will be a ‘do not board’ message at check-in. The airline won’t carry you.

So not possible to even get to the ‘refused entry’ stage.

If however the system doesn’t cancel the ETAs then sure, no way a UK citizen can be denied entry if they reach the border.