CHILDREN BORN IN USA ? READ THIS
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CHILDREN BORN IN USA ? READ THIS
Hello, you have to contact the British consulate in Washington they will give you the forms to register your childs birth, after that your children can carry 2 passport but BEWARE ..
my sons were born in America and have both British and American passports, one year we went to England on their English passports and when it was time to come back they wouldnt let us on the plane, we had to go to London and get new American passports,
ANY PERSON BORN IN THE USA MUST ENTER THE USA ON A USA PASSPORT....
when you get the British passport it is stamped BORN IN USA........hope this helps
my sons were born in America and have both British and American passports, one year we went to England on their English passports and when it was time to come back they wouldnt let us on the plane, we had to go to London and get new American passports,
ANY PERSON BORN IN THE USA MUST ENTER THE USA ON A USA PASSPORT....
when you get the British passport it is stamped BORN IN USA........hope this helps
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Hello, you have to contact the British consulate in Washington they will give you the forms to register your childs birth, after that your children can carry 2 passport but BEWARE ..
my sons were born in America and have both British and American passports, one year we went to England on their English passports and when it was time to come back they wouldnt let us on the plane, we had to go to London and get new American passports,
ANY PERSON BORN IN THE USA MUST ENTER THE USA ON A USA PASSPORT....
when you get the British passport it is stamped BORN IN USA........hope this helps
my sons were born in America and have both British and American passports, one year we went to England on their English passports and when it was time to come back they wouldnt let us on the plane, we had to go to London and get new American passports,
ANY PERSON BORN IN THE USA MUST ENTER THE USA ON A USA PASSPORT....
when you get the British passport it is stamped BORN IN USA........hope this helps
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Re: CHILDREN BORN IN USA ? READ THIS
Hello, you have to contact the British consulate in Washington they will give you the forms to register your childs birth, after that your children can carry 2 passport but BEWARE ..
my sons were born in America and have both British and American passports, one year we went to England on their English passports and when it was time to come back they wouldnt let us on the plane, we had to go to London and get new American passports,
ANY PERSON BORN IN THE USA MUST ENTER THE USA ON A USA PASSPORT....
when you get the British passport it is stamped BORN IN USA........hope this helps
my sons were born in America and have both British and American passports, one year we went to England on their English passports and when it was time to come back they wouldnt let us on the plane, we had to go to London and get new American passports,
ANY PERSON BORN IN THE USA MUST ENTER THE USA ON A USA PASSPORT....
when you get the British passport it is stamped BORN IN USA........hope this helps
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Re: CHILDREN BORN IN USA ? READ THIS
I'm not sure about the "must" enter the UK with the UK passport part. Could you clarify?
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Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
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If you have both (and this is the important part) British and American citizenship, you must enter on the British passport.
Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
Edited to add: this (from the embassy website) is what I was going by
"Although acquisition or use of US citizenship does not of itself jeopardise retention of British citizenship, and there is not objection on the part of British authorities to a dual citizen using a US passport, it should not be assumed that the reverse is also true."
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Sorry - I should have clarified. I understood what you said, yet unlike the USA, I have not seen anything "official" in indicate that it is required by the UK authorities. It seems entirely reasonable that it should be required, yet the british are rather more lacksadaisical about such things. Also, I do wonder whether they would be able to check if a US pasport holder entering the country actually had a UK passport as well. Just interested really for future reference.
Edited to add: this (from the embassy website) is what I was going by
"Although acquisition or use of US citizenship does not of itself jeopardise retention of British citizenship, and there is not objection on the part of British authorities to a dual citizen using a US passport, it should not be assumed that the reverse is also true."
Edited to add: this (from the embassy website) is what I was going by
"Although acquisition or use of US citizenship does not of itself jeopardise retention of British citizenship, and there is not objection on the part of British authorities to a dual citizen using a US passport, it should not be assumed that the reverse is also true."
Now quite why you would want to enter the UK with your US pasport is another issue.
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If you have both (and this is the important part) British and American citizenship, you must enter on the British passport.
Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
It's only an issue on the US side that you use a US passport to enter/exit.
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If you have both (and this is the important part) British and American citizenship, you must enter on the British passport.
Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
Otherwise, if you present your US passport at UK immigration, you are likely to face the same scenario as the OP. However, when leaving the UK, you'll need to present the US passport (because the US is your destination).
The last time I went to the UK I entered with my UK PP and left with my US PP.
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Or because the line for non-EU passport control is shorter... unlikely, but possible. Or because you are travelling with someone who doesn't hold an EU passport and you would prefer to go in the same line for passport control.
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The non EU line was much shorter at Manchester Airport when I entered in October.
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