I dont think it makes any practical difference to be honest. The consent letter will be more important than which passport he travels under.

If the adults are traveling on UK PPs anyway, then you wont have to stay in the non UK line with him for entry into the UK, he can come through the short line with you and get stamped no problem...at least thats how it worked for me and my canadian brood, but I woud say that if he has a british passport, then use it.

And I honestly think this concern over Canadian immigration looking for entry stamps for going into the UK (or elsewhere) when you come back into Canada is a total red herring, their only concern is with the validity of your status entering canada, and dual citizenship considerations are hardly an uncommon thing for them to have to deal with.

I think all these comments are great if travelling UK- Canada. What about other countries. Last year we went to Mexico and unfortunatley had a stop over at Houston. NEVER AGAIN ( the experience told us to get a canadian passport asap) 2 adults 2 children with nothing to hide, nearly missed our connection flight. It took two hours to go from one side of the terminal to the other. We had to land in the states go through customs and then leave.

You didnt realise a UK passport would be more hassle in the US than a Canadian one?

Yeah... Unless you leave the states the way you come in (i.e. dont travel anywhere else!)... It can POSSIBLY be a pain in the butt, depending on the Airport and IO.... I used to travel from NZ to Canada/UK via the US... sometimes fine, sometimes hours!


And when in transit in the US, ALWAYS make sure you giveback the green slip that US customs clip in your passport, otherwise you dont get a record of leaving and it can cause grief the next time you go through!! (you can give it to check-in, at the gate or to Canadian Customs)

I thought I read a post recently that in the current post 9/11 let's persecute the passengers world that the UK was doing a lot more in the way of exit checks and that the poster got a talking to from UK Immigration for entering the UK on one passport (UK) and leaving on a different one (Canadian) and that created red flags in the system showing a person entering the country and leaving using different passports, which I guess makes sense if you are paranoid.
I would have imagined it much simpler to travel on one passport, I was planing on just using my Canadian one for visiting the UK as the marvelous Canadian vacation allowance cliche doesn't allow me to visit for more than a week or so anyway the whole tourist versus resident thing is kind of irrelevant. Plus I have always imagined it a good practice to travel on the same passport as my wife to ensure we are always in the same situation regarding rights etc. Plus as someone else said I would end up standing in the non UK/EU line anyway with my wife so it hardly saves much time.

Last time I flew back to the UK it was via Glasgow airport and I didn't have Canadian citizenship yet so had to travel on the UK passport while my wife had her Canadian one. The Immigration guy didn't even have a desk or look at my passport, just saw it was a UK/EU one and waved me through, only glanced at my wife's as she was travelling with me. that was post 9/11 as well.

Drew

That would be do-able if I dared put valuables in a suitcase, but wouldn't help with the "passport shuffle" bit (leave Canada on Canadian passport, enter UK on UK passport and reverse ).

Re Pamela1's UK entry on a 6mth stay with Canadian passport but also a Brit citizen - isn't the admission period irrelevant? You can't be an overstayer... I guess they have to put that 6mth stay in your foreign passport but you can stay as long as you like!

Hi Biiiik, to your question re: ILR, not sure why you were issued with Indefinite Leave to Enter, as you are British. Ideally it should have been 'Right of Abode' sticker. However, from December 2006 the 'Right of Abode' sticker are no longer given to Brit Citizens who already own a british passport.

British Citizens are advised to travel on their british passports and all other passport/s. I hold 3 - Brit by birth, Cana by naturalisation, and Nigerian by descent. Used to have the 'Right of Abode' in my Nigerian passport, but that has since expired when the passport expired - cannot be transferred to a new passport post New York 9/11; London 7/7. This stop people from british born from 'escaping' with other passports like those alleged bombers.

I have not had any problems travelling with any of the passports. When travelling to and entering the UK, I use the brit p, in Canada the Cana p, and in Nigerian the Nig P. Travelling from the UK to the US and mainland Europe, I use my Brit p.

One thing to note, you can't be considered living illegally in a country where you are a citizen irrespective of which passport you entered with - even if you were allowed 6 months to enter. The 6 months stamp then becomes a formality. Your brit birth certificate (pre-1983 one) prima facie is clear indication that you are a brit citizen, also you Cana citizenship card also indicate same - so you can't be removed.

Only Irish citizens can have Irish passports, so your b-i-l must be one.

You would still have had to go through customs and immigration in the U.S. as Canadian passport holders. Plus, the questions you can get asked are the same, except that Canadians do not need to fill out the green form and are not subject to the mandatory return ticket requirement for the visa waiver scheme.

If you say so.