aston

if you get an aussie on and let your british one laps,can you get your british one at a later date?

also,what are the advantages on keeping your british one..?

with thanks...

brum..

shiels

Not 100% sure but I guess you can, just thought I'd say hi from one brummy to another!!

aston

and from an ol friend to another....

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northernbird

Yes you can. We have decided that once our UK ones expire we will not renew them. Our Australian ones are more important to us and to us there is no advantage of having valid UK ones as well as valid Australian ones.

aston

thank you,they also happen to cost a small fortune when there are four of them to pay for...!

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northernbird

Absolutely, if I was to renew I would tie it in with a visit back to UK as they are much cheaper to renew there than over here.

Dylan T

As both countries accept dual nationality, you may have a valid passport from the country you consider serves you better and only apply for the other one when necessary (with documents such as your British birth cert or your Oz citizenship cert). Cheers.

verystormy

It depends on if you plan on going to Europe at all. If so then it will be a lot easier to have the UK passport and not have to go down the visa route

northernbird

You don't have to go down the visa route as a british citizen just because you don't have a valid passport.

aston

so in a nutshell,you will always be british and can renew,if god forbid the worst happens and you have to go back.jeez that would be a dark day..

northernbird

Yes unless the rules change on dual citizenship and then you may have to choose.

elice_in_oz

Wouldn't you still have to apply for visas (albeit free and easy to get) for EU countries if you wanted to travel around Europe? You might get into the UK easily with an Australian passport, but an EU (UK) passport could make life easier in other countries...

northernbird

Obviously if the OP is going on a tour around Europe then a valid EU passport would be useful.

mark213

Doesn't really matter unless they want to work in Europe, then a UK passport is useful.

Australians don't require visas to most EU countries under the Schengen Convention. The UK has separate rules but no visa is required either.

UK Passport is useful for some strange places like Brazil where no visa is required, but an Australian one requires. It helps in a few places round the world.

thedons

The Wife and I have just got our citizenship here do we need to get an ozzie passport to leave Australia??????????????????? I'm sure somebody said that you need it to get back in?????????????????????????