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Entering UK, passports
« on: June 29, 2012, 09:43:48 AM »
I (US citizen with ILR) will be flying back to the US with my dual citizen children this summer to visit family. My son was born in the US and has both US/UK passports. My daughter was born in the UK and has her US passport but not her UK one. I know it's the law that you have to enter/leave the US on an US passport if you're entitled to one, so we've got that covered. But is it the same way around for the UK? Is it the law that the kids have to enter on UK passports? Or could my son enter on his UK passport and my daughter enter on her American one if I show her UK birth certificate? (I have her British father's birth certificate as well.)
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Re: Entering UK, passports
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2012, 10:37:18 AM »
It's not the law but it would be much easier if you have the UK passport.
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Re: Entering UK, passports
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2012, 07:41:12 PM »
Oh, definitely! I'm just not sure if I'll have time to apply for and get it before we leave (plans are tentative at the moment but if we are going, it's going to be very soon) and I can't afford the fast-track services. Do you happen to know what I would need to prove her citizenship if I'm not able to get her UK passport in time? Would her [UK] birth certificate, US passport showing her birthplace as the UK, and her British father's birth certificate (and copy of his passport if necessary) be sufficient?
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10/15/08: Visa application package sent to courier overnight
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10/20/08: Called courier to ask about delays, told it was approved!!
10/21/08: Visa in hand.  Date issued 10/18/08
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Re: Entering UK, passports
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2012, 09:20:34 PM »
You can apply for the British passport in the US, or you can get a certificate of entitlement in the US passport, which is apparently faster.
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Re: Entering UK, passports
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2012, 03:47:40 PM »
Actually, it is the law, I have come into the UK numerous times on my US passport and I shouldn't have but of course I haven't been waving my UK passport too.

I came through the EU channel with the baby (so far only US passport) and was told I should be in the non-EU channel. Next time I go through the non-EU with my UK and his US passport I bet I'll be told I should use EU. I'm going to continue to go with whichever queue is shorter!
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Re: Entering UK, passports
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2012, 04:34:17 PM »
Quote from: katiea on July 22, 2012, 03:47:40 PM
Actually, it is the law, I have come into the UK numerous times on my US passport and I shouldn't have but of course I haven't been waving my UK passport too.

I came through the EU channel with the baby (so far only US passport) and was told I should be in the non-EU channel. Next time I go through the non-EU with my UK and his US passport I bet I'll be told I should use EU. I'm going to continue to go with whichever queue is shorter!
It is not the law that you have to enter the uk on your uk passport, as long as you can prove your citizenship by other means.
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