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By the way, German citizens can keep their citizenship on becoming Canadian provided they get permission from the German government in advance.

I've heard this is easier now than it was some years ago.

Also - children born in Canada with a German parent will have both German and Canadian citizenship and can keep both for life (provided they don't acquire any other citizenship without permission later on that impacts their German citizenship).

It's more accurate to say that dual citizenship is restricted rather than prohibited by Germany.

Jeremy

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Perhaps a side issue: you may not represent yourself as Canadian when entering the UK if you in fact hold British citizenship (even if you are also a Canadian). In this case you must present yourself as a Briton.

So, there's a reason to keep paying for your passport.

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I would if it meant no more waiting for the Immigration process and could immediately start living and working in Canada.

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Britain has no such law.

It's quite ok for a person who has dual UK/Canadian citizenship to present themselves as a Canadian on arrival in the UK. However if the plan is to do anything in the UK other than have a short holiday, then you'd need to accompany your Canadian passport with some other proof of status, eg:

- a Right of Abode stamp
- a UK birth cert (prior to 1983)
- a UK naturalisation certificate

Also - if using a Canadian passport (unless you have a Right of Abode stamp) you need to queue up in the 'foreigners' line.

If the 'other' citizenship was one which required a tourist visa to enter the UK then it's different as a visa would not be issued to a British citizen.

Jeremy

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Just out of interest how does it work? If you have a UK and Canadian passport, do you travel to the UK using the UK passport and return to Canada using the Canadian passport. Or should the whole journey be made with just one or the other?

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Change that to the majority ... that's why networking is so important ... once they meet you they know you don't routinely walk around draped in the union jack ... the Queen's birthday is different, God Bless 'Er :D

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Simplest way is:

- Show UK passport to the airline on check-in in Canada and to UK Immigration on arrival in the UK
- Show Canadian passport to the airline on check-in for the return flight and to Canadian immigration on arrival back in Canada.

Neither the UK or Canada has any official exit control, although this could well change soon. Where there is an official government passport check on exit, show the same passport as you used to enter the country.

Jeremy