spiggy_topes said:I'm in the same fortunate position, and have to visit the UK 4-5 times a year.
I always enter and leave Australia on my Australian passport, and enter the UK with my British one - it's much quicker, UK immigration just check the expiration date and wave you through. Very handy too if you have to go to Europe - no visas required!
It is illegal to hold two passports in Saudi Arabia: second passports will be confiscated by the immigration authorities if they are discovered.
spiggy_topes said:On the journey, it's probably best to swap passports at some point so you don't end up inadvertently showing both to the immigration officer when you arrive. While there is absolutely no problem with having two passports it might cause some raised eyebrows - especially in the US these days.
d15.in.oz said:Oh, and another thing to be aware of – the cost of a visa (where required) may differ between your nationalities. I was entering Zimbabwe last year with a Brit, who unfortunately on that day had to pay twice the price than I (with an Aussie passport) for a visa on arrival.
Bloody Kiwis, no wonder your passports are the most prized of all!Kiwi Flyer said:And in some countries (eg in South America) it is the Aussie (and US) passports that have the higher costs.
mabunji said:I think UK immigration is much more relaxed.
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I wouldn't keep thinking this if I were you.
My wife and I (both EU nationals) were subject to immigration questioning when we stepped off our LH flight at LHR from FRA recently (as was everyone else on the plane).
Never heard of the suicide bombings in London?
Relaxed???
NM said:The only time you have a choice is when entering and leaving a country for which you do not hold citizenship. Note that is is wise to use the same passport to leave as you used to enter.
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NM said:In most countries, and certainly so for Australia, it is a legal requirement for citizens of the country to use that country's passport to enter and leave. So for leaving and entering Australia, if you have an Australian passport (or are an Australian citizen) you MUST use your Australian passport to enter and leave Australia.
I also believe this is the case in the UK. So you need to carry both and use the correct one for entering and leaving each country.
The only time you have a choice is when entering and leaving a country for which you do not hold citizenship. Note that is is wise to use the same passport to leave as you used to enter.
tuapekastar said:That's interesting NM, and I'm wondering where I sit in this scenario.
Born in UK, lobbed here in Oz at age 3 and travelled quite a lot on a UK passport till late teens, when I took out Oz citizenship. Let the UK passport expire long ago (it's still sitting in a drawer or cupboard somewhere) and have travelled exclusively on Oz passport since, including a couple of UK trips.
Now I've always assumed I'm still a UK citizen (don't recall renouncing it or anything like that) and have on a couple of occasions considered obtaining a new UK passport for potential work reasons but never did.
So it looks like the key difference to the scenario you outlined is that I've entered and departed the UK, multiple times, on an Oz passport, as a UK citizen, but not as a current UK passport-holder. Have I snuck under some radar here, or is the key bit being a UK passport-holder rather than a UK citizen? Or am I officially not a citizen unless I have a passport? And if so, how does that work for someone born in UK who has never owned a passport?
Dave Noble said:If you are a "citizen" of the UK, you are one whether you have a passport or do not. I am not aware of there being a UK law which requires entry to the UK on a UK passport if a UK "citizen"
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I would suggest that you didn't enter the UK as a UK citizen, but in fact entered as an Australian citizen. The UK landing card does ask for your "Nationality". What did you write there? I assume you wrote Australian since writing British or UK would have the immigration agent asking to see your UK passport.tuapekastar said:So it looks like the key difference to the scenario you outlined is that I've entered and departed the UK, multiple times, on an Oz passport, as a UK citizen, but not as a current UK passport-holder. Have I snuck under some radar here, or is the key bit being a UK passport-holder rather than a UK citizen? Or am I officially not a citizen unless I have a passport? And if so, how does that work for someone born in UK who has never owned a passport?