Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
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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?
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
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Re: 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?
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
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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!
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Re: 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?
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.
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
I think that’s correct but sure someone will contribute if not � ����
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
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.
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Re: Do my children need a British passport to visit the UK on holiday?
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!)
We went last June to the UK all on Australian passports (mine and my husbands British ones expired) no trouble.
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I went to the UK on my Canadian passport as my British one had expired. No problem at all.