Tirytory

Night flight home, delayed four hours most of it on the runway. Get to Gatwick, kids very tired! Four U.K. Passport and one two year old Canadian and the Immigration Officer gave us a hard time for not getting him a British passport, mumbling about he could be refused entry you know, won't have any rights to health care. I was so annoyed, but clearly not about to argue with him...

Still he was ok with the line he was in!

BritInParis

You still sign the latest passports but in ink after you receive it rather than digitally which seems somewhat of a retrograde step.

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...r-new-passport

Snowy560

Did we always have to do that?! I got my last UK PP in 2011. Did I have to sign it then?? Sorry too lazy to go upstairs and dig it out to check!!! but I do know it has a reduced size digital signature on. I think Canada use to have the digital sig too. Maybe there's some security reason it's changed back?

"Step 2: Sign your passport or other travel documents
Sign your name in ink on the signature line on page 3 of the adult travel document. A travel document has to be signed by the bearer only. Please note that Canadian travel documents no longer contain a pre-printed digital signature on page 2."

Pick-up and final steps — travel documents

PS: just checked: girls got new UK PPs end of last year (age 16 & 20) no sig required, only a digital signature reproduced: must be a new thing with the UK ones too.

Tirytory: grumpy border officer! I suppose our situation will be slightly different as the Canadian passport holder is 20. I will have the itineraries with me

Snowy560

Hello I thought I'd update this thread.

YVR was packed, busier than I've ever seen it. We were early and had to wait a few minutes before we could check. I noticed the NEXUS Office right near the Air Transat check in but hadn't brought my NEXUS card as I'd decided that it was too much hassle as 2 out of 5 of us were not NEXUS members. So I was kicking myself as I could have updated the card.

The line up for security was massive but we had Option Plus with Air Transat which allows you to use the fast lane anyway. Option Plus is really worth the extra $95 round trip in my opinion you get a lot of features for it including priority check in.

At LGW an officer said we could use the EU line and it was straightforward. The border officer stamped the Canadian in for 6 months.

I think we have to repeat the exercise when we go to Gibraltar tomorrow and then back to the UK a week later.

Is the 6 month entry stamp valid for the Canadian even despite leaving to go to Gib and maybe a day or two in Spain or is it like Canada where a foreign national is seeking a new entry every time they leave and reenter?

Don't even know what you need to enter Gib as a UK citizen, can't recall but obviously got passports anyway.

Gozit

Not sure re your other question but Gib is a British territory that is part of the EU so as EU passport holders you are good... Glad the trip went well,cheers

Snowy560

I think what I'm not clear about is whether London/Gib and return is considered an "internal" flight like e.g. flying from Vancouver to Toronto.

But I'm just about to find out!

I've just answered my own Q! It's International:

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/gibraltar/entry-requirements

Snowy560

Not so lucky on the return from GIB: we were told to go in the non EU line 🙁

Snowy560

So daughter and husband went in EU line and got luggage ... Me, older daughter and bf went in non EU line which took forever.

getoutofbritainquick

My Canadian Passport says 'signature not required' under the signature section. I also thought they changed the rules and you must use the same passport for each trip e.g. you cannot leave on the Canadian passport and enter the UK on the British passport?

Shirtback

Do you have a link for this information? Who is "they"?.

Jerseygirl

Same happened to us last year...took us over 1 hour to clear non EU Immigration at Heathrow. Husband insisted we use just one PP for our trip (US PP). Daughter and family (1 UK PP and 2 Can PP) walked straight through the EU line.

BritInParis

The Canadian government will not know nor care which passport you use to enter the UK.

BristolUK

I vaguely recall reading something about having to enter Canada with a Canadian passport if one is a citizen - even though one holds another passport. Perhaps that's what you're thinking?

Although if one returns from a country whose border staff would stamp a Canadian passport and there's no stamp in your Canadian passport, that would alert them to the possibility a different passport was been used. Minor point.

BritInParis

Maybe, maybe not, given that Canadian passport holders are eligible for the Registered Traveller service. They still won't care though.

CanadianSpruce

I had a bizarre situation when entering the UK last week. Went to the egates, they didn't work and went into the manual line and after she scanned my UK Passport, she asked if I had a Canadian passport and asked to scan that as well. She then asked me how long I staying for etc.

Was all a bit strange and I wasn't treated like a British Citizen at all. I don't know how she knew I was Canadian either.

My best guess is maybe my British passport wasn't scanning properly and instead of getting someone over to inspect it, she just admitted me on my Canadian passport.