Do you renew British Passports once you get citizenship
Apr 22nd 2009, 2:08 pm
#1
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2007
Location: WA but not forever!!!
Posts: 943
Do you renew British Passports once you get citizenship
Hi all,
Finances are a bit tight at the moment with another bambino on the way etc, hubby needing dental work and me stopping work for a bit. I've had a bit of a moan about how much I've spent on passports in the past 5 years but I won't go there on that one again.
The question is. What are the advantages of Hubby, me and the 2 British born kids keeping our British passports up to date / renewed once we get our Australian ones.
I've just worked out it is going to cost over $800 to get our Australian ones. This is after paying about £75 for penal clearance and $500 for Citizenship Application. My daughters UK passport expires soon (unfortunately she doesn't have 6 months left on it and we might need to travel very soon so I might not be able to avoid renewing hers).
Just wondered what everyone else did and thoughts.
Thanks in advance.
Poppet
Finances are a bit tight at the moment with another bambino on the way etc, hubby needing dental work and me stopping work for a bit. I've had a bit of a moan about how much I've spent on passports in the past 5 years but I won't go there on that one again.
The question is. What are the advantages of Hubby, me and the 2 British born kids keeping our British passports up to date / renewed once we get our Australian ones.
I've just worked out it is going to cost over $800 to get our Australian ones. This is after paying about £75 for penal clearance and $500 for Citizenship Application. My daughters UK passport expires soon (unfortunately she doesn't have 6 months left on it and we might need to travel very soon so I might not be able to avoid renewing hers).
Just wondered what everyone else did and thoughts.
Thanks in advance.
Poppet
Apr 22nd 2009, 6:06 pm
#2
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Sep 2007
Location: Canberra
Posts: 8,378
Re: Do you renew British Passports once you get citizenship
You dont actually need your UK ones but many of us continue to have them. I have one friend who didnt renew hers until just recently - her last one expired about 20 years ago and she always just travelled on her Australian one.
Apr 22nd 2009, 10:30 pm
#3
Retired
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 34,649
Re: Do you renew British Passports once you get citizenship
You don't have to, but the advantages of doing so include the following:
1. It will always be simpler to renew in future if you have an existing current passport, as opposed to making a new "first time" passport application later on.
2. Some countries, such as Brazil, may let you in without a visa on a British passport but would require one in an Australian passport.
3. If you do need to get a visa for somewhere, such as India or mainland China, you can send off British passport while keeping Australian passport for travel elsewhere.
1. It will always be simpler to renew in future if you have an existing current passport, as opposed to making a new "first time" passport application later on.
2. Some countries, such as Brazil, may let you in without a visa on a British passport but would require one in an Australian passport.
3. If you do need to get a visa for somewhere, such as India or mainland China, you can send off British passport while keeping Australian passport for travel elsewhere.
Apr 22nd 2009, 10:43 pm
#4
Account Closed
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 9,316
Re: Do you renew British Passports once you get citizenship
We traveled to the UK, France and HK a couple of years ago on Aus passports. We did not need the British Passports and didn't need to get any visas in advance.
Apr 24th 2009, 1:46 am
#5
You call that a moustache
Joined: Sep 2006
Location: Heading West..
Posts: 2,060
Re: Do you renew British Passports once you get citizenship
You don't have to, but the advantages of doing so include the following:
1. It will always be simpler to renew in future if you have an existing current passport, as opposed to making a new "first time" passport application later on.
2. Some countries, such as Brazil, may let you in without a visa on a British passport but would require one in an Australian passport.
3. If you do need to get a visa for somewhere, such as India or mainland China, you can send off British passport while keeping Australian passport for travel elsewhere.
1. It will always be simpler to renew in future if you have an existing current passport, as opposed to making a new "first time" passport application later on.
2. Some countries, such as Brazil, may let you in without a visa on a British passport but would require one in an Australian passport.
3. If you do need to get a visa for somewhere, such as India or mainland China, you can send off British passport while keeping Australian passport for travel elsewhere.
