Do we need two passports?

My OH (USC on ILR-eligible for naturalisation when we can afford it) and I (UKC) had a daughter (born in UK) NOvember 2014.

We went and got her US passport sorted a couple months ago and are planning on going to the US this November for a family wedding.

We weren't going to particularly bother getting a UK passport before we go (im still on maternity leave pay so trying to save funds wherever possible) but someone has pointed out that this might cause problems when we come back int the UK after our trip as our daughter won't have a visa to come into the country and we will have no way of proving that she won't need one...

Does anyone have any experience of this? I guess in the grand scheme of the £thousands we have spent on visas etc to this date a UK passport probably would be a drop in the ocean...

Thanks!

Yes, she will need two passports.

She must enter and leave the US on the US passport and she'll need to show the UK passport when she arrives back in the UK to prove she has the right to live in the UK without a visa. Otherwise, how will they know she is a UK citizen and allowed to live here?

You wouldn't try to enter the UK without your ILR as proof of your right to live and work in the UK, and same goes for your daughter - she either needs UK passport or a visa in order to get back in.


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Yeah, I guess it does make sense

Thanks Ksand!