Starting in 2026 the UK no longer allows British Citizens to get an ETA to enter the UK on an American Passport. They must use their British Passport to enter the UK.

The problem I'm seeing that I can't get a straight answer to is by US law any US citizen must enter and leave the US on a US Passport. So with that being the case how is a dual citizen with two passports meant to fly from the US to the UK?

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[–] 16 points 3 months ago (1 child)

You can dual-wield your passports

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    My wife and children have UK/US dual nationality, so we've run into this. What we do is carry both sets of passports, exit and enter the UK with British passports and exit and enter the United States with US passports. In our experience, the UK authorities don't care as long as you're legal and don't give you grief, and the US authorities will usually be dicks to you for a bit but they do eventually let you through.

    That said, we're white. The position might be quite different if you're not.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You have to leave the UK under your US passport to show that you have permission to enter the US.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Leave the uk on your uk one and enter the us on your us one.

    As long as you've got a valid plane ticket and aren't on the no fly list, the airport doesn't care about whether or not you have permission to enter whichever country your plane lands in. That's your problem for you to deal with.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    That doesn’t work. The airline absolutely does care. They will not let you board without proof you will be accepted by the US.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    You just carry both passports with you....

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Oh the imposition! You expect them to carry two passports?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Carry them both?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Probably with whatever weapon you're licensed to duel with.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I think you use your us passport when leaving the us and your uk one when arriving at the uk. Full disclosure. I have never traveled internationally. Kinda curious about it since I am a dual citizen.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah you can only use one Passport at a time it has to be registered to your plane ticket

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    It's a trick question, dueling is no longer legal in the US.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    How will they know? My mom does it all the time, no issues

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    But when you arrive in the UK they will ask you "why are you coming here?" and if you answer "I live here, my life is here, my job is here, my family are here" and present a US passport with no UK visa or other documents showing permission to reside in Britain they're going to start asking a lot more questions.

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