Originally Posted by
dddc
I'm dual national too. Did you enter both passports or just the one for the each way leg?
Just the Aus outbound, and just the UK inbound (but then presented the Aus passport at Melbourne to immigration officials, but from an Airline/APIs perspective only the destination country's passport). Which funnily enough I've tried a few times and usually not managed to do 'right' and always seemed to end up needing both, but this time it was fine.
I also travelled to Italy on my Australian passport (now there's no benefit in being British in the EU) to simplify the departure checks from Italy the day before.
Originally Posted by
dddc
One of my friends in Oz said I should collect as many as I could and come sell them in Australia when I go, but that doesn't sit right with me.
Agree 100% on that approach - I have a stash at home for when the free ones run out (and am testing regularly at the moment) but would never re-sell. The current DHSC batches aren't approved by the TGA so you'd be in breach of a few things in Aus as well.
Originally Posted by
dddc
Not much chance of rest as a project goes live soon. I was on a Teams call from my bed with the vendor (on the line, not in my bed!) and I think he started to concede things to get me off the line as my voice was getting hoarser and hoarser. I'll probably have to follow events while I'm out there.
Somehow amongst, work, arranging all these tests and papers I need to pack too!! Argh!!
I feel for you - it's a stressful time. I was similarly mental with work before heading off and worked from Australia while I was there (thankfully not on UK hours) but it helped keep the annual leave balance healthy.
Once things were all sorted and I had my boarding pass at T3 for the flight to Australia, I got hit by some pretty huge waves of relief/emotion as the stress of it all lifted and the realisation of being able to head back and see family hit home.