Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Apr 13th 2019, 4:38 pm
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Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Hi all,
My children have Canadian and Australian passports (they were born in Australia but we now live in Canada). They are also British citizens by descent as my husband is British. We are taking them to England on holiday - does anyone know if we need to get a British passport for them, or are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?
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Wendy
My children have Canadian and Australian passports (they were born in Australia but we now live in Canada). They are also British citizens by descent as my husband is British. We are taking them to England on holiday - does anyone know if we need to get a British passport for them, or are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?
Thanks!
Wendy
Apr 13th 2019, 4:43 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by wendymc
Hi all,
My children have Canadian and Australian passports (they were born in Australia but we now live in Canada). They are also British citizens by descent as my husband is British. We are taking them to England on holiday - does anyone know if we need to get a British passport for them, or are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?
Thanks!
Wendy
My children have Canadian and Australian passports (they were born in Australia but we now live in Canada). They are also British citizens by descent as my husband is British. We are taking them to England on holiday - does anyone know if we need to get a British passport for them, or are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?
Thanks!
Wendy
Apr 13th 2019, 4:44 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Thank you so much for the quick reply!
Apr 13th 2019, 4:49 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by wendymc
Hi all,
My children have Canadian and Australian passports (they were born in Australia but we now live in Canada). They are also British citizens by descent as my husband is British. We are taking them to England on holiday - does anyone know if we need to get a British passport for them, or are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?
Thanks!
Wendy
My children have Canadian and Australian passports (they were born in Australia but we now live in Canada). They are also British citizens by descent as my husband is British. We are taking them to England on holiday - does anyone know if we need to get a British passport for them, or are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?
Thanks!
Wendy
(We all have triple citizenship - Australian/British/Canadian) we are now all travelling on Canadian passports only.
Apr 13th 2019, 4:49 pm
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I think that’s correct but sure someone will contribute if not í ½í¸€
Apr 13th 2019, 4:52 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by AlliF
My kid was born in Australia also and we never had any difficulty entering the UK without a British passport. We used our Australian ones before we were Canadian.
(We all have triple citizenship - Australian/British/Canadian) we are now all travelling on Canadian passports only.
I didn't get my youngest an Aussie passport and when we left Aus to move to Canada we had a bit of hassle from Immigration. They told me that if we come back to Aus, even just for a holiday, we should all be entering on our Australian passports - just FYI if you go over for a holiday! (And also the reason I was checking the UK requirements!)
Apr 13th 2019, 4:59 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by wendymc
My kids are the same I didn't get my youngest an Aussie passport and when we left Aus to move to Canada we had a bit of hassle from Immigration. They told me that if we come back to Aus, even just for a holiday, we should all be entering on our Australian passports - just FYI if you go over for a holiday! (And also the reason I was checking the UK requirements!)
I didn't get my youngest an Aussie passport and when we left Aus to move to Canada we had a bit of hassle from Immigration. They told me that if we come back to Aus, even just for a holiday, we should all be entering on our Australian passports - just FYI if you go over for a holiday! (And also the reason I was checking the UK requirements!)We went last June to the UK all on Australian passports (mine and my husbands British ones expired) no trouble.
Apr 14th 2019, 12:48 am
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by wendymc
... are they fine to enter on their Canadian passport as we are only there for a holiday?...
Apr 14th 2019, 2:35 pm
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I went to the UK on my Canadian passport as my British one had expired. No problem at all.
Apr 14th 2019, 3:29 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by inggris
How many days are you going to spend for the holiday in the UK?
Apr 14th 2019, 3:30 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by HGerchikov
I went to the UK on my Canadian passport as my British one had expired. No problem at all.
Apr 14th 2019, 6:54 pm
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
Originally Posted by wendymc
6 weeks, so 42 days
