After reading that, I hope you were at least born with US citizenship and a dual citizen, rather than being a naturalized US citizen.

It seems the ETA requirement is not being enforced at the moment - I travelled back to the UK last month and used my US passport everywhere (at check in for the flight from the US to the UK and at the UK eGates) and was never prevented from boarding or entering the country. I did take my UK passport but didn't use it.

US exit controls are integrated into the check-in process, so by checking in with the airline you are officially exiting the US using that passport. This is why you don't encounter immigration officials on departure. It's because the airline collects the data for the government and passes it on.

Whenever I have left the USA for the UK I always presented my UK passport and the airline has never asked to see my US passport. This is because they would be fined if I departed for a country and didn’t have the correct authorization to enter that country. When I have offered to show them my US passport I have been told that there is no field on their check-in screen to complete to record this.

So for a dual national who enters the US on an American passport, but them exists using a British passport why would it not trigger in the immigration system that someone leaving the country with no record of coming in for the next time they come into country ?

A relative who is a dual national recently leaving the US told to check in with UK passport, but to show USA passport to TSA agents.

No one cares if you are dual citizen (UK-US). Two words: Five Eyes.

Yeah, the 5 countries who share passport and immigration details among other stuff

I'm UK-Canadian citizen wondering about this as it was just announced this would be implemented https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...orce-canadians . My children are technically dual nationals as well at birth. But I don't feel like spending a bunch of money on some UK passports. Such a ridiculous requirement. I will be applying as a Canadian citizen only. Glad to know this works.

Does Canada allow dual citizens to get Canadian ETAs?

No.

Interesting that's true, I didn't realize. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...it-canada.html

Not sure why governments are clamping down and making life difficult on this. Very frustrating and unrealistic expectation.

Personally, I'd keep a valid passport for all my Citizenships (if I had multiple) and treat that as a minor cost of having such a privilege.

I don't see how maintaining a passport is connected to how much you value your citizenship status. I am happy to be a British Citizen, but the reality is, since becoming Canadian, it's a document I have little use for, especially without the perks of EU membership. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see the value.

I agree. The main value of maintaining it might be if/when Britain lines up with many other countries including Canada, USA and Australia, and insists on its citizens using their passport to enter the country.

Our son grew up in the USA and after 30 years there decided to move back to England in 2017. He needed a British passport to be able to work so had to apply for new one. Since it had been over 10 years since his last passport had expired then he had to apply from scratch as if he had never had a passport. He was doing this from the USA, and it was a real pain and took him months to sort out.

With all the changes in the US or UK on immigration and other rules, I think having a physical passport is just insurance.