How to travel to UK with no USA passport
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How to travel to UK with no USA passport
Hi,
After 10 years of being in USA, I just did the Citizen thing.
Anyway, they took away my green card, which is what I always used for the Global Entry scanner.
My question is, how do I travel to and from the UK, with no green card, and no USA passport ( it takes time to get one) ? Can I use the Neuralization Certificate they game me, or something?
Or do I just use my UK passport? But if I do that , the airline systems and United app for example know I am USA resident and ask for proof . thx
thx
After 10 years of being in USA, I just did the Citizen thing.
Anyway, they took away my green card, which is what I always used for the Global Entry scanner.
My question is, how do I travel to and from the UK, with no green card, and no USA passport ( it takes time to get one) ? Can I use the Neuralization Certificate they game me, or something?
Or do I just use my UK passport? But if I do that , the airline systems and United app for example know I am USA resident and ask for proof . thx
thx
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Re: How to travel to UK with no USA passport
Hi,
After 10 years of being in USA, I just did the Citizen thing.
Anyway, they took away my green card, which is what I always used for the Global Entry scanner.
My question is, how do I travel to and from the UK, with no green card, and no USA passport ( it takes time to get one) ? Can I use the Neuralization Certificate they game me, or something?
Or do I just use my UK passport? But if I do that , the airline systems and United app for example know I am USA resident and ask for proof . thx
thx
After 10 years of being in USA, I just did the Citizen thing.
Anyway, they took away my green card, which is what I always used for the Global Entry scanner.
My question is, how do I travel to and from the UK, with no green card, and no USA passport ( it takes time to get one) ? Can I use the Neuralization Certificate they game me, or something?
Or do I just use my UK passport? But if I do that , the airline systems and United app for example know I am USA resident and ask for proof . thx
thx
I assume what you are asking is how do you get back in to the US without a US passport?
As a side note, once you get your US passport you need to take it to a Global Entry interview site (some require an appointment) you can’t update your citizenship before they verify it. Global entry will be tied to you US Passport. I did not do this and it caused issues with Pre at a domestic airport because something was out of sync.
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Re: How to travel to UK with no USA passport
We applied locally the day after our naturalization ceremony. Got it within a week but that was 10 yrs ago. I would do it as soon as possible as apparently there is a 3 month backlog. We are just about to applied for a renewal. https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ing-times.html
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We applied locally the day after our naturalization ceremony. Got it within a week but that was 10 yrs ago. I would do it as soon as possible as apparently there is a 3 month backlog. We are just about to applied for a renewal. https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...ing-times.html
You do have to have a flight itinerary at time of calling. So I will book a flight tomorrow that leaves in 10 days, and then call and get appointment ( Miami is only 80 miles from me). I will then just cancel the flight for free. I do plan on flying to UK end Oct, but do not want to leave anything to chance.
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I called the booking center, you can go in person 3 days prior to a flight , if flight is within 2 weeks, by appointment only.
You do have to have a flight itinerary at time of calling. So I will book a flight tomorrow that leaves in 10 days, and then call and get appointment ( Miami is only 80 miles from me). I will then just cancel the flight for free. I do plan on flying to UK end Oct, but do not want to leave anything to chance.
You do have to have a flight itinerary at time of calling. So I will book a flight tomorrow that leaves in 10 days, and then call and get appointment ( Miami is only 80 miles from me). I will then just cancel the flight for free. I do plan on flying to UK end Oct, but do not want to leave anything to chance.
FWIW I got my citizenship in the middle of COVID also. Called st the post office on my way home from the USCIS office with Naturalisation certificate in hand. Passport was received less than 4 weeks later. That wasn’t even the expedited service. No lying needed.
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So you’re going to start off life as a citizen by lying to a government official just to jump the passport queue? Great one.
FWIW I got my citizenship in the middle of COVID also. Called st the post office on my way home from the USCIS office with Naturalisation certificate in hand. Passport was received less than 4 weeks later. That wasn’t even the expedited service. No lying needed.
FWIW I got my citizenship in the middle of COVID also. Called st the post office on my way home from the USCIS office with Naturalisation certificate in hand. Passport was received less than 4 weeks later. That wasn’t even the expedited service. No lying needed.
There is a big difference between lying, and playing the game within the set rules. I will have a flight at time of calling, I will also rebook and have a flight in the correct time window as per the rules.
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There is a big difference between lying, and playing the game within the set rules. I will have a flight at time of calling, I will also rebook and have a flight in the correct time window as per the rules.
That's a lie.
Tell yourself whatever you want to get what you want, but you can't lie to us.
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I will not be lying , I will have a flight booked, and I will also be flying in 4 weeks. I am being told to expect 10 weeks minimum by my friend who is senior in passport service in D.C.
There is a big difference between lying, and playing the game within the set rules. I will have a flight at time of calling, I will also rebook and have a flight in the correct time window as per the rules.
There is a big difference between lying, and playing the game within the set rules. I will have a flight at time of calling, I will also rebook and have a flight in the correct time window as per the rules.
”Agency or Center: extremely limited number of appointments: must have international travel in the next 72 hours (3 business days)”
The booked flight is just the evidence of your planned travel, not the requirement. They obviously have the ability to see if you do them travel. Either way you have now posted your actual intent on a public forum that his known to be monitored by government agencies, so it’s not like you would be changing your travel plans AFTER making the application, you have already made the decision before the appointment.
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lol
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I will not be lying , I will have a flight booked, and I will also be flying in 4 weeks. I am being told to expect 10 weeks minimum by my friend who is senior in passport service in D.C.
There is a big difference between lying, and playing the game within the set rules. I will have a flight at time of calling, I will also rebook and have a flight in the correct time window as per the rules.
There is a big difference between lying, and playing the game within the set rules. I will have a flight at time of calling, I will also rebook and have a flight in the correct time window as per the rules.
Do you have a "life or death emergency"? If so, my sympathies. There is also a possible set of "restrictions apply" in a non-life-or-death situation. Presumably you will have to provide proof of whatever those may be. Simply wanting to travel is unlikely to be enough.
As far as I can tell, that will be required for a 72-hour turnaround, and you will be required to provide proof of said emergency.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra.../get-fast.html
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life's too short to waste it on online arguments; I have flights to book a calls to make, in accordance with the rules that were conveyed to my by the guy at the Passport call center.
I ran my idea past him and he even told me to book a Thursday flight, for best chance of appointment slot. Miami is the worst in the country right now.
My only other option is to do the normal process and HOPE to get it by 22nd October. Hope is not a strategy. I cannot risk not getting it in time to visit my 15 year old son for half term; I have not seen him in nearly 2 years. Pre covid, I went to UK at least 4 times a year.
So, yes, I will play the game , within the rules laid out by the passport rep.
I am sure we have all played " the game " hard, but fair, throughout the long and crazy journey it takes to go from living in the UK, to 10 years later being a US citizen.
I ran my idea past him and he even told me to book a Thursday flight, for best chance of appointment slot. Miami is the worst in the country right now.
My only other option is to do the normal process and HOPE to get it by 22nd October. Hope is not a strategy. I cannot risk not getting it in time to visit my 15 year old son for half term; I have not seen him in nearly 2 years. Pre covid, I went to UK at least 4 times a year.
So, yes, I will play the game , within the rules laid out by the passport rep.
I am sure we have all played " the game " hard, but fair, throughout the long and crazy journey it takes to go from living in the UK, to 10 years later being a US citizen.
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life's too short to waste it on online arguments; I have flights to book a calls to make, in accordance with the rules that were conveyed to my by the guy at the Passport call center.
I ran my idea past him and he even told me to book a Thursday flight, for best chance of appointment slot. Miami is the worst in the country right now.
My only other option is to do the normal process and HOPE to get it by 22nd October. Hope is not a strategy. I cannot risk not getting it in time to visit my 15 year old son for half term; I have not seen him in nearly 2 years. Pre covid, I went to UK at least 4 times a year.
So, yes, I will play the game , within the rules laid out by the passport rep.
I am sure we have all played " the game " hard, but fair, throughout the long and crazy journey it takes to go from living in the UK, to 10 years later being a US citizen.
I ran my idea past him and he even told me to book a Thursday flight, for best chance of appointment slot. Miami is the worst in the country right now.
My only other option is to do the normal process and HOPE to get it by 22nd October. Hope is not a strategy. I cannot risk not getting it in time to visit my 15 year old son for half term; I have not seen him in nearly 2 years. Pre covid, I went to UK at least 4 times a year.
So, yes, I will play the game , within the rules laid out by the passport rep.
I am sure we have all played " the game " hard, but fair, throughout the long and crazy journey it takes to go from living in the UK, to 10 years later being a US citizen.
Would it be less risky to bring your son here? I sympathise, I didn't see my own son for 1 year and 8 months (uni in the UK). The risk is whether or not the passport office agrees that seeing your son is within their set of "restricted circumstances". I get it completely, but they may not. Good luck, anyway.
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Do you have a "life or death emergency"? If so, my sympathies. There is also a possible set of "restrictions apply" in a non-life-or-death situation. Presumably you will have to provide proof of whatever those may be. Simply wanting to travel is unlikely to be enough.
As far as I can tell, that will be required for a 72-hour turnaround, and you will be required to provide proof of said emergency.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra.../get-fast.html
As far as I can tell, that will be required for a 72-hour turnaround, and you will be required to provide proof of said emergency.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra.../get-fast.html