Dual National British/Other

[Okki]

I can't find any guidance on travelling as a dual national. If I go to EU country I have nationality of, do I leave and arrive in UK on British passport and arrive and leave other country on their passport.

I am ordinarily resident in England.

I forgot to say, it's the not having visa in one passport and residency in other passport that concerns me.

I tend to take both passports and switch so I'm always using the passport of the country I'm in. I've not had any problems doing this in the EU/UK, but I suppose it might be best to stick to one passport if travelling say to the US.

We plan to leave the UK with the British one, enter Europe with our German one.

Leave and enter dlthe country with that countries passport.

But bear in mind if you enter a country with the passport for that country you will not be eligible for help from your resident countrys embassy if needed

We usually pack one and travel on one. I don't know what the new rules are but probably best to exit and arrive on the same passport normally.

We leave UK and enter the second country on their passport and Enter UK on a UK passport.

You travel outbound on your eu passport and inbound on your British one. Dd does this for usa/Canada as she's dual nationality and dp too for the country hes dual citizenship of

You must put the eu passport details on your flight documents outbound and British inbound for pre clearance!

I live in Germany and have both British and Irish passports.

What I have done so far is leave and enter Germany on my Irish passport and leave and enter UK on my British passport.

I travelled from UK to Germany last Friday and that scheme worked fine.

@movingonup20 that's interesting. I also have a duel passport from outside the EU and was always under the impression that you were meant to use the same passport used to leave the UK at all stages of the return trip until back home. I didn't realise you could change them mid trip?

Used to be dual UK and US and I had to enter the US on my US passport and come home on my UK one. I forgot the UK one once and was thoroughly (but politely!) ticked off for trying to re-enter with my US one as I couldn’t prove my right to reside.

@DelurkingAJ

Used to be dual UK and US and I had to enter the US on my US passport and come home on my UK one. I forgot the UK one once and was thoroughly (but politely!) ticked off for trying to re-enter with my US one as I couldn’t prove my right to reside.

Same.

As a pp said, be careful if you enter another country on their passport, as you won’t be entitled to U.K. assistance if you need it.

I’d always thought you were supposed to do your whole trip using the same passport, so it’s interesting to see those with US passports saying the opposite. My dc have EU passports.

I always thought you were supposed to use the same passport for the whole trip too, I always use my other passport, haven't bothered to renew my British passport in years, hope I won't have to now.

@Natsku won't you have to have a right to residency/remain linked to your passport then as how will they know that you are British?

I realised I'm panicking over nothing. I've found some advice and it says you should leave and return on British passport and enter other country on theirs.

RE UK assistance - I was under the impression that if you were a citizen of another country, you were subject to the laws etc of that country if you were in it, regardless of passport you travel on.

thanks all for your replies

I only go to the UK on holidays so don't need to worry about residency. Makes sense to use the passport of the country you live in so if I lived in the UK I'd just use british passport.