Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

But you have UK passports to show? I wonder how the check in process will go. My husband had this issue a couple of years ago the opposite way round - Heathrow to Pearson. It was the first time he’d flown with BA for several years and they had him as a UK citizen. In the meantime, he’d become a Canadian citizen. The system wouldn’t allow him to change that on line and it wouldn’t let him check in without a Canadian ETA which he couldn’t apply for as a Canadian citizen.
It was easily sorted at Heathrow when he presented both passports.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

So it ended up Thursday the relative boarded plan in the states showing British passport - check-in agent did not ask questions, At Heathrow I asked about the issue of the ETA and what information in the reservation- none could give me the same answer. It just seems odd one can put in a British passport information to fly to London online asking if one has a Green Card or visa, one answers no, and no follow up- I assume going to USA they check.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

They wouldn't need to follow up when flying to London as having a Green Card or US Visa has nothing to do with your eligibility to be admitted to the UK.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

Obviously true, I still wonder if someone has British passport, but entering they do not have a visa or Green Card, which the British Airways site requires to answer, whether this will ever be an issue when leaving the US especially in this Trump era. - no one at British Airways has been able to answer me.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

Perhaps, like me, they don't understand the question.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

Well maybe just me.

A British person filling out the information on the British airways site prior to leaving the USA it required one to check whether one has a Green Card or US visa. I just wonder whether if that information transmitted to IUS government, whether one might have problems if one has neither a Green Card or a US visa.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

It’s a bit confusing but I agree with your interpretation. However I went onto the home office web chat a couple of months ago to ask specifically if I could just add an ETA to my Canadian passport as my British one has expired. They said no and that I would have to apply for a new British passport or a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode. I have just applied for my new passport - cost $200, when it seems an ETA would have worked.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

I put the British passports in the booking. We'll see what on the way back

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

a request for help traveling as dual citizens UK/Canada dual passports.

later this month we shall be travelling Air Lingus YYZ-DUB-NCL return, in transit through Dublin.

a couple days ago I received a message from Air Linus about the ETA visa which I wasn't aware of when booking the flight Air Lingus in January, the booking never ask citizenship.

rechecked this morning doing a dummy flight booking, again no mention of citizenship, went all the way through to payment.

my question is will we be OK checking in at Pearson with our British passports?

from previous experience on arrival in the UK we enter through passport control with British Passports, leaving the UK with Canadian passports.

anyone who knows or has done this will we be OK checking in at Pearson Toronto with British passports?

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

A British citizen does not require an eTA to visit or transit Ireland or travelling within the Common Travel Area according to this site. A Canadian citizen does require an eTA.

https://www.ireland.com/en-us/help-a...authorisation/

My suggestion is to politely show both passports at the check in desk rather than using a kiosk. Travelling as a dual citizen has become a pain as the airlines seem to have misinterpreted what all these new requirements are and of course online websites also differ as to the type of information they want as you have found out.

That’s what I would do there again others may disagree.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

Thanks. We're going to Norway, and Ireland in October and November from Canada and changing planes in France and the Netherlands. We're both Canadian Citizens and I'm a UK citizen (passport expired). No plans to go to Northern Ireland. Do we need an ETA for this trip. No plans to be going through any airports in the UK

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

No. if you are not transiting the UK or the north of Ireland, no you do not need an ETA.

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

No but you may be challenged at check-in if you don't present a passport that is ETA exempt (British or Irish passport)

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

I don't think a British citizen is supposed to get an ETA in a foreign passport.
See https://www.euronews.com/travel/2025...ication-system

So it appears that British citizens will now need to show an ETA exempt passport (British or Irish) or a foreign passport with a certificate of entitlement (which proves right of abode in the UK but which is also way more expensive than a British passport).

These are the exceptions: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-fo...ot-need-an-eta

Re: Anyone flown to the UK recently
 

Even if you are transiting, you don't need an ETA if you're not going through UK immigration.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-fo...ot-need-an-eta