Going through passprt control in UK - question
Apr 23rd 2007, 11:18 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
Apr 23rd 2007, 11:25 pm
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Apr 23rd 2007, 11:32 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
I have never heard that before......thought it was just a preference of the State Dept.......you know, you are unprotected by the US Embassy if in trouble in the UK.......but if you are a UK Cit, why run to the US Embassy anyway? Unless you are really in trouble..... 
.......hang on, something just went *boing* in my head.....
OK, here's a question then......do you need to show a Passport to leave a country?.....I honestly cant remember.
US DL => Leave US (boarding ID)
UK PPort => Enter UK
UK PPort => Leave UK (for want of anything else, as ID)
US PPort => Enter US
.......hang on, something just went *boing* in my head.....
OK, here's a question then......do you need to show a Passport to leave a country?.....I honestly cant remember.
US DL => Leave US (boarding ID)
UK PPort => Enter UK
UK PPort => Leave UK (for want of anything else, as ID)
US PPort => Enter US
For example: If you entered Japan on your US PP the US Gov. would recognise you as a USC...if you entered Japan on a UK PP...the US Gov would not recognise you as a USC.
Apr 24th 2007, 1:53 am
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
I always thought if you were USC, you left with your US PP, traveled around Europe with your UK PP if you so desire, and then return to the USA on your US pp. We need an expert to chime in, because I don't think we really know for sure.
Apr 24th 2007, 1:56 am
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
Isn't that what we've been saying? You must leave and enter the US using your US PP.
Apr 24th 2007, 2:01 am
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
i dunno. i thought he said he was going to leave on the UK pp, and come back on the US pp. i wouldn't want to chance leaving the US with a US pp, and arriving in the UK with a UK pp, seems a bit dodgy to me.
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Apr 24th 2007, 9:59 am
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
"As a rule of thumb you use the PP of the country you are in...whether you are departing or arriving."
I thought it was a bit dodgy at first......sort of like "Mr & Mrs Smith"
but it does make sense that you'd do it that way......
Apr 24th 2007, 10:40 am
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
I arrived back from States into Gatwick on Sunday and can assure anyone your kids even foreign passport will go through with a UKC parent but if the other parent is non UK or EU citizen I am afraid to say they will be sent to the non EU line.
Apr 24th 2007, 12:30 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
Apr 24th 2007, 2:06 pm
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Apr 24th 2007, 2:33 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
Okay, so it was Nov 05 when I last took the family over. We flew into Heathrow. Me as a UKC, wife & kids as USC.
We asked and were told that they don't split families up and just to use the UK/EU line. Went through without any problems.
We asked and were told that they don't split families up and just to use the UK/EU line. Went through without any problems.
Apr 24th 2007, 6:38 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
It doesn't actually matter which queue (line!) you stand in. We arrived back in the UK this morning. I'm a UKC and my wife is a USC. As always we stand in the 'citizens' line for our respective countries as it's usually the shortest.
If they allow it for married couples, I'm sure it's the same for parents and children.
Apr 24th 2007, 6:45 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
Hi all,
It doesn't actually matter which queue (line!) you stand in. We arrived back in the UK this morning. I'm a UKC and my wife is a USC. As always we stand in the 'citizens' line for our respective countries as it's usually the shortest.
If they allow it for married couples, I'm sure it's the same for parents and children.
It doesn't actually matter which queue (line!) you stand in. We arrived back in the UK this morning. I'm a UKC and my wife is a USC. As always we stand in the 'citizens' line for our respective countries as it's usually the shortest.
If they allow it for married couples, I'm sure it's the same for parents and children.
Ho hum.......there's just no pleasing foreigners
Apr 24th 2007, 6:54 pm
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Re: Going through passprt control in UK - question
Matt, dear, I've heard it said that Americans call queues "lines" merely because they don't know how to spell "queue". As someone who has been here longer than may be healthy, what are your views on this?
