How to travel with 2 passports | Dual citizen | UK & EU
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2023
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Despite being born in Ireland and my dad being an Irish passport holder (easy for him to just show that and get in everywhere 😂), I (like my mother) am a dual British-French passport holder. I once entered Germany on my French one and tried to leave on my British one (which had no stamp, like you’d expect it to) so the border guard thought I was an illegal immigrant for a sec and I almost got into trouble 😅😂
For some countries, for example the US, if you are a citizen of that country, you must enter on that country's passport. I have a friend who's a dual Irish American citizen, and their American passport had expired, so they tried to enter on their Irish passport. They did manage to get in, but they got a severe telling off from us border control, and were told to report to the passport office the next morning to get it renewed.
They just talk I have UK and USA citizenship I always use the UK some get upset some don't. No matter what they have to let me in. I have from NY state a enhanced license. It shows my us citizenship because it can be used for land or sea border crossings.
My aunt once confessed to having done that in ignorance, she did get a bit of a telling-off for using her British passport (my grandmother is American so my father and aunts are US citizens, but my father did not live in the US for any time before I was born, so it doesn't pass down to me). If you never admit to it, there's no way they can find out
@@grassytramtracks I'm not sure that's true any more. I suspect my friend didn't tell them they had a US passport, but they knew it from their database. I'm certainly sure that if they try entering on their Irish passport again it will trigger a big alarm siren!
Thanks, very helpful.
great info, thanks.
Your very welcome thanks for watching
I have British and Greek citizenships. When I travel from the UK to Greece or any other EU country I always show my Greek passport or Greek ID card in Greece when I arrive and when flying back I show my Greek one at the Greek airport to avoid avoid stamps and my British one in the uk when I arrive. Luckily the Greek ID card is valid for as much as 15 years, but annoyingly the Greek passport is only valid for 5 years luckily that had changed from August 2022 which means when I next renew my Greek passport it will be valid for 10 years. My Uk one has always been valid for 10 years.
Είναι σημαντικό να έχεις βρετανικό διαβατήριο επειδή το ελληνικό διαβατήριο ισχυρότερο πηγαίνω και έρχεσαι με το settled status
I am UK/French dual nationality. On Eurostar I take my UK passport and French ID card only. In St Pancras I go through UK border control with my UK passport and French border control with my ID card. Coming back at Gare Du Nord I go through the UK egates with my UK passport but have to show both my UK passport and French ID card at the french border control to avoid a stamp. It works fine and I don't have to carry 2 passports.
Yes I also have an Italian ID card which I could have used the same way, but I know that not everyone will have the ID card so I thought I would document this experience,
thanks for your comment ! I know people would have found it useful
So if they stamp your uk passport what happened... I mean if you carry only UK pass then
@@far3840 then you'd have to leave on your UK passport. If you go to the EU, and have an EU passport or ID card, you shouldn't enter on your British passport
@@thegreatlifechannel this topic gets interesting as ETIAS approaches. I travel on U.K. passport and German ID card but airline staff often do not recognise validity of ID card at U.K. departure gate boarding check. Worried that they will demand ETIAS in future which of course I won’t have, won’t need.
Thanks for sharing this video 😊. BTW, Italy 🇮🇹 don’t allow second Citizenship, right?
Thanks for a great review, thanks to brexit we are all screwed. I am now an immigrant living in france for over 40 years and paying all french taxes
Hi, great video! Thank you for explaining it. One question? Did you book your flight with your Italian passport?
Hi, I booked it with my English passport, as long as the names match it's fine to use either
I am a dual UK and USA passport holder which means I have a "special relationship" with myself.
Great useful video. I only question when you said to always show your UK passport at the boarding gate when you are flying back to the UK. This assumes you entered your UK passport details in the APIS before you printed your ticket, as this is the ID number that is stored on the airline's system (and printed on your ticket) and should match the ID you are using at the gate.
What is the APIS ? Thanks
@@jerryjones1555 APIS is the Advance Passenger Information System where you enter your ID details before your flight.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Passenger_Information_System
@@jerryjones1555 ..in the UK it is referred to as just API (Advance Passenger Information)
I have dual Dutch and British nationality. I wanted to say that if you travel outside the EU another passport is also useful. I paid $80 for an Indian tourist visa using my Dutch passport when I went to India but my partner paid $100 on his British passport. I left the UK on my British passport and entered India on my Dutch one.
I have US Passport & Canadian Passport . I love both of my countries !
Canada yes but America nope
Didnt you have to checkin at the airline counter first at Italy ? you said you had to baorder control first , thats a little confusing
Thanks for this. I've been wondering how to travel with my Canadian and Irish passports - cheers!
No problem, glad we could help 😁
Mm..having (like moi) an IRISH Passport, is the best of both worlds when travelling between Ireland, UK and/or the Schengen area. Firstly, between Ireland and UK (also between Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey or Jersey, those last 3 NOT being legally in the UK and having their own distinctive, UK- like passports), and long pre EU, there is the Common Travel Area (CTA). That CTA covers all 5 territories. Within that CTA, no passport is needed by anyone holding any passport from any of those 5 -tho photo ID is needed. Usually a driving lic is OK but of course the relevent passport is also OK. Secondly, Irish passport holders, travelling *from* the UK *to* any Schengen or other EU state (remember Ireland remains an EU member, whilst the UK no longer is), means for us, mere slight passport checks upon entering. Coming back *into* the UK *from* EU/Schengen, is covered by the afore-mentioned CTA..! A doddle: no wonder after the disasterous 2016 UK Referendum to leave (Brexit), many appalled UK citizens with Irish background, applied for Irish passports!
Thank you for the explanation! Very useful information!
I have a question: When you book the flight and you have to include your passport details, how do you proceed?
Let's use the same example; going to Italy from the UK. Do I introduce the details from my British passport, or my EU one?
And the same for return?
When I went to Italy, I used my Italian passport details to book the tickets. When boarding the plane and when arriving in Italy I showed my Italian passport. When I returned to England I used my Italian passport in the airport, then switched to my English passport to show when boarding the plane to England and when I was in England. They only care that the name on the boarding pass matches the passport, that's it. If you don't want stamps then use the EU passport when departing England and while in the EU. Then English one only when you get on the plane to England. They only care that you can legally enter the country you are going to.
@@thegreatlifechannel thank you for the explanation! I will try that next time I fly to the EU 🙂
Thanks for this. I have a question, if I may: assuming you were to utilise the same process for your OB journey that you did for your RTN journey, this would surely mean that, much like you did in a vise-versa scenario coming back from IT-UK, you/one would be able to use their UK passport on leaving the UK, but simply show their EU passport at passport control on the other/EU/Italian side..... which would also prevent any stamps from appearing in the UK passport.
My other query, which is pretty much interlinked, is: if you use your Italian passport to exit the UK, and, there is no border stamp in the Italian passport from UK passport control - isn't this the same conundrum as having "only 1 stamp", or worse, none, and, wouldn't this be automatically suspicious to a border control agent? Ie: how did the EU passport holder enter the UK to start with? Or, is it that they don't care, because you're leaving the UK, and, Britain being what it is, they're more relaxed about people leaving?
Many thanks in advance for your help on this.
UK border control don't systematically check your passport and stamp it when you leave. They don't care about your immigration status in the UK, if you have an EU passport they have to let you into the EU
I wish you had say about using the EU passport ID card which has answered in the comments
Hi are the boarders not interrested in the Apis data?
I was asked where have you been when passing UK passport check, I said Spain, she frowned at me but let me pass probably because i had no stamp.
Was wondering how having dual nationality would work when the new ETIAS / ETAS comes into effect, later this year. Especially having a UK & EU passport?
You wouldn't really be affected by either. If you're a citizen of an EU country, you're not gonna be needing an ETIAS, as you're a European citizen entering Europe. Same vice versa. If you're a UK citizen, you won't need ETAS, because you're a British citizen entering Britain.
tl;dr you won't be affected at all
You'd only be affected if you were to enter Europe with your British passport, or the UK with your European passport, which you really shouldn't do either way.
It won't affect you. You won't need it if you have a EU/EEA/Swiss passport
@@grassytramtracks Well, the British ETA is going to affect you should you only travel on a Schengen area passport to the UK, whereas the ETIAS is going to affect you if you only travel on a British passport to the Schengen area.
Should you be lucky enough to have both, you travel to Schengen on your Schengen passport, and to the UK on your British passport, and you'd avoid both ETA and ETIAS, becuase you're a citizen of both. It's that easy.
As a British and French national I only use my French passport. It is much easier.Even in the UK it is not questioned.
Hello, I am a Portuguese with a Portuguese passport. I entered the UK in August, because now the UK has left the EU🇪🇺, the theory is that the British authorities will stamp our passports when we enter the UK with EU passports. And indicate the period of stay, but after I entered the country, I found that my Portuguese passport was the same as before when the UK had not left the EU🇪🇺. My Portuguese passport did not have a stamp and period of stay, but the problem came again, my A British friend traveled to Greece last month, and his British passport had been stamped by the Greek Immigration Bureau, indicating that he could only stay for ninety days. People with British passports had to queue up to go through customs through another channel, and I had a Portuguese passport in August. When I went to the UK, I went through the same channel as the British.
Your friend is lying about going to Greece and stamped for 90 days , there is no such thing as 30 or 90 days, they just stamped the passport
People from the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, any EU/EEA country or Switzerland, Japan, or South Korea all enter the same way.
What passport would you use if you were going to Japan or USA, for example? Thanks.
Both passports are equal for those countries. To keep it simple, you should use the passport for the country where your return flight will be.
Both Japan and the USA have visa free access for British and most EU citizens, so it probably doesn't really matter, just be consistent about which one you use
I have a British and US passport. After Brexit I stopped using my British passport as it is basically useless.
I'm British/Polish. Same here. I haven't used the UK passport since!
That sucks. I’m sorry.
do i need to get a blue one ir is my red one still ok? it doesnt expire for a few more yrs.
@@britishchickinusa I believe the magenta is good until it expires.
It’s not useless coz British passport still the best , free movement won’t last given all things happening in Europe
I’m in the process of getting an Irish passport as we one a home in France and have British passports limited to 90 days in every 180 days my father was born in Southern Ireland so I’m entitled to have dual nationality how long does it take to get a Irish passport do you think ?
I ( a uk citizen) have just obtained my German citizenship by decent (my mother) . The process took approximately 18 months, but every case is different. Good luck with your application.
With all the correct documents and an online application it took me about 2 months before my passport arrived in the post.
I live in the U.S. and just renewed my Irish passport online this past summer. It was delivered to my home in just 8 days. Could not renew my American passport online as the American Passport Office is still working out their glitches. It took 8 weeks to receive it in the mail.
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Can I enter a country with different passport for each time like can I enter dubai with USA passport and for another visit to dubai can I use British passport
Yes, I would think so. Can't see why not.
I have Irish and UK passports - everything you say makes sense. But what about travelling to/from a third country? For example, USA.
This is just my opinion, please seek professional guidance if you are not sure-
from what I understand:
BOARDING THE PLANE
If you are travelling from America to the EU , I would say use your Irish passport, to board the plane and enter the EU. If you are going back to the UK use your British passport to board.
BORDER CONTROL
However you will need to show border control in America the passport which the visa for America is attached to. (they are only interested that you are in America with a valid visa, which will have different requirements depending if you use your EU or UK passport)
When travelling to America from either the EU or UK use the Passport the visa is attached to.
note that if you have connecting flights in different countries, make sure the passport you use to board the plane allows you to enter that country, even if you are just landing there to get a connection as you may need a visa, for example if you have a none EU and UK passport.
I hope that makes sense and I've understood your question correctly!
@@thegreatlifechannel Not planning any travel soon, just a question. Thanks.
Your video was very useful - lots of things I hadn't really thought about.
I live outside the UK, and since I left, Brexit happened (and the whole world fell apart!). I qualify for an Irish passport, so I got that sorted as a way to escape having to go back to the UK.
To go to a 3rd country, it depends. Use the one with the loosest visa requirements, but in this case it doesn't really matter, just choose 1 and stick to it
Lol have you tried travelling with the Carta Pas? They haven't a clue what it is! It's always funny watching them ruminate, and then the look on their faces when the penny drops and they realise it's genuine! hahahahaahahaha!
I have been to America 3 times on my Irish passport without any problems.
What if one isn't from the EU at all?
You're lucky u have both passports
I have an unusual situation . I have a UK and Maltese passport, in different names . The UK do not allow this, unless you prove exceptional reasons . In my UK passport it states i have a Maltese passport with my different name.
My question is, I have booked a trip to Seville, Spain and did it on my UK passport. So leaving i will use my UK passport and when entering Spain use my EU passport. When leaving I will produce my UK passport at check in ." This is the pat i am a bit worried about!! " At boarder control i will then show my EU passport and then switch again to UK passport to board plane and enter the UK.
Is this OK . If yes my concern is the two different names
This should be OK, the passport control people aren't looking at the name on your ticket, though be ready to explain yourself just in case
@@grassytramtracks
I am fortunate that the UK passport has a note in a page stating I have a Maltese Passport, and has the name in it
If you had a US and an EU passport which one would you use to enter to the UK?
I'd say the other one would be best to use. In any case, hide the first passport and use the second one.
I have dual, 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸…..I check out of the USA with the 🇺🇸…as I enter 🇬🇧 I use 🇬🇧 passport……now as far as traveling through the EU……I’ll get a stamp with either or passports…..
If you're travelling to the USA and Canada which passport do you use??
I would use your British passport. I did when I went to Canada and the US. If your flight isn't direct I would check if you need visas for the countries you are connecting via.
Hello,
I’m dual citizen too (Italian & British just like you).
This is my formula:
UK soil > UK passport
EU/Schengen soil > EU passport
I have a British and a French passport, it doesn't really matter which one, but I would always carry both when travelling and always be consistent about which passport you use in a given country
Is it possible to have dual UK citizenship? i.e. two UK passports, one with Brexit and one without?
That isn’t possible. I don’t think it’s possible to have a ‘second’ nationality of the country you are already a national of. There is only one British passport, the new one (Brexit?). The video just shows an old variant of the passport pre-Brexit (which is still valid until it expires; which will then trigger in the new kind being issued out).
No, Brexit meant brexit, and that means that after leaving, all passports regardless if they say the EU or not because they are old are treated accordingly.
How to book the plane ticket which passport?
Always use the one that matches the citizenship if one has a passport issued by their respective authorities; exactly like the video says.
If a visa isn't needed and the destination isn't of the citizenship of either one, use whichever of one's preference and be consistent about it; always use the same one that was used to enter when exiting.
If a visa is needed for one of them, *always* use the passport that doesn't need a visa. If one can avoid it, don't bring the other passport(s).
If a visa is needed for all of them, *always* use the one with the visa on it and never even bring up the fact one is a citizen of more than one place! Same as above, don't bring any other passport(s) if they aren't needed.
What if you use only UK passport or use only It's pass?
You should use an EU passport if you can have one, but if you use a UK passport, they'll stamp it, and you just have to go with it and show it when you leave. Why would you use your UK passport in the EU?
So what happened if they stamp that?
I mean is there anything bad if they stamp
@@far3840 not that anything bad happens, you won't be sent to prison or anything, but if you're an EU citizen you should enter on an EU passport or ID card
@@far3840the stamp means that the 90 day clock starts to tick, you will only be allowed in the EU for 90 days. If you enter with an EU passport you don’t have this, you can stay for however long you want.