docs required for daughter traveling to UK
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docs required for daughter traveling to UK
Hi There
We are a married British couple living in CA with a 19 month old daughter who was born here, and thus is a citizen. We both have green cards and UK passports, and our daughter has a UK passport and US birth certificate.
We are traveling to the UK in a few weeks so my question is, what documents can our daughter travel on? Is a UK passport and US birth certificate sufficient for when we arrive back on US soil or is she going to require a US passport?
Thanks very much in advance for any help you can give us!
Al
We are a married British couple living in CA with a 19 month old daughter who was born here, and thus is a citizen. We both have green cards and UK passports, and our daughter has a UK passport and US birth certificate.
We are traveling to the UK in a few weeks so my question is, what documents can our daughter travel on? Is a UK passport and US birth certificate sufficient for when we arrive back on US soil or is she going to require a US passport?
Thanks very much in advance for any help you can give us!
Al
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Re: docs required for daughter traveling to UK
I was always under the impression US citizens must leave the US and re-enter the US with a valid US passport.
I'm sure someone else with more experience will clarify though
I'm sure someone else with more experience will clarify though
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Re: docs required for daughter traveling to UK
Thanks for all your help everybody!
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She'll need a British passport. Carry both and use her British passport at the UK border, US passport at the US border.
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OP it is a legal requirement for US citizens that they use their US passport to leave and enter the US. Most of us dualies do this...leave the US using their US PP...enter the UK using either PP. When leaving the UK use the US PP...if not proof of a GC/Visa/ESTA is required and obviously a USC is entitled to none of these. Enter the US using a US PP.
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*At LHR at any rate.
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I realise she will probably use her UK PP...but the info may be useful to others reading this thread.
Last edited by Jerseygirl; Mar 27th 2018 at 11:48 am.