EU National ID Return to UK
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 113
EU National ID Return to UK
Hi all,
I'm not sure if this is exactly BA-related, but as I'm flying BA and live in the UK I figured you would be best placed to answer. I unfortunately have to send in my EU passport to the DVLA and have travel booked from London to Canada on the 10th of May. The DVLA has informed me that they can't guarantee my EU passport getting back to me in time.
I also hold a US passport - am I likely to have any issues when checking into the flight in Toronto, presenting my US passport + EU ID, and when I arrive in the UK, will I have any issue with border control?
I appreciate any help, although appreciate this probably isn't a super common situation!
I'm not sure if this is exactly BA-related, but as I'm flying BA and live in the UK I figured you would be best placed to answer. I unfortunately have to send in my EU passport to the DVLA and have travel booked from London to Canada on the 10th of May. The DVLA has informed me that they can't guarantee my EU passport getting back to me in time.
I also hold a US passport - am I likely to have any issues when checking into the flight in Toronto, presenting my US passport + EU ID, and when I arrive in the UK, will I have any issue with border control?
I appreciate any help, although appreciate this probably isn't a super common situation!
#2
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 410
Hi all,
I'm not sure if this is exactly BA-related, but as I'm flying BA and live in the UK I figured you would be best placed to answer. I unfortunately have to send in my EU passport to the DVLA and have travel booked from London to Canada on the 10th of May. The DVLA has informed me that they can't guarantee my EU passport getting back to me in time.
I also hold a US passport - am I likely to have any issues when checking into the flight in Toronto, presenting my US passport + EU ID, and when I arrive in the UK, will I have any issue with border control?
I appreciate any help, although appreciate this probably isn't a super common situation!
I'm not sure if this is exactly BA-related, but as I'm flying BA and live in the UK I figured you would be best placed to answer. I unfortunately have to send in my EU passport to the DVLA and have travel booked from London to Canada on the 10th of May. The DVLA has informed me that they can't guarantee my EU passport getting back to me in time.
I also hold a US passport - am I likely to have any issues when checking into the flight in Toronto, presenting my US passport + EU ID, and when I arrive in the UK, will I have any issue with border control?
I appreciate any help, although appreciate this probably isn't a super common situation!
#7
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold-GGL
Posts: 1,184
You can check in with one ID and land with another (it more affects the level of consular assistance you can expect, I am given to understand). You may be quizzed at check in about having the right to enter the country at which point you can show your 'eligible' ID if necessary.
Italian ID papers take longer to process but are accepted. As noted above you won't be able to use the eGates without a biometric passport.
Italian ID papers take longer to process but are accepted. As noted above you won't be able to use the eGates without a biometric passport.
#8
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,499
Hi all,
I'm not sure if this is exactly BA-related, but as I'm flying BA and live in the UK I figured you would be best placed to answer. I unfortunately have to send in my EU passport to the DVLA and have travel booked from London to Canada on the 10th of May. The DVLA has informed me that they can't guarantee my EU passport getting back to me in time.
I also hold a US passport - am I likely to have any issues when checking into the flight in Toronto, presenting my US passport + EU ID, and when I arrive in the UK, will I have any issue with border control?
I appreciate any help, although appreciate this probably isn't a super common situation!
I'm not sure if this is exactly BA-related, but as I'm flying BA and live in the UK I figured you would be best placed to answer. I unfortunately have to send in my EU passport to the DVLA and have travel booked from London to Canada on the 10th of May. The DVLA has informed me that they can't guarantee my EU passport getting back to me in time.
I also hold a US passport - am I likely to have any issues when checking into the flight in Toronto, presenting my US passport + EU ID, and when I arrive in the UK, will I have any issue with border control?
I appreciate any help, although appreciate this probably isn't a super common situation!
#9
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,543
You'll be fine. The Golden rule of travelling with multiple nationalities is ensure you're on the same passport on the way out as on the way back. If your other passport is not available, you can only use US one anyway this time.
A friend of mine is Swiss US and always travels on his Swiss to avoid any issues. He said only time he had issue was when he accidentally mixed and computer flagged it. Plus an old friend who was in special forces had to be careful as he had two British passports. When he used the wrong in the US they hauled him in to ask why he had Afghan and Iranian stamps trips registered.
Safe travels
A friend of mine is Swiss US and always travels on his Swiss to avoid any issues. He said only time he had issue was when he accidentally mixed and computer flagged it. Plus an old friend who was in special forces had to be careful as he had two British passports. When he used the wrong in the US they hauled him in to ask why he had Afghan and Iranian stamps trips registered.
Safe travels
#10
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 113
No machines for me so I hope Gatwick won’t be too busy when I get back...
#11
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NW London and NW Sydney
Programs: BA Diamond, Hilton Bronze, A3 Diamond, IHG *G
Posts: 6,344
As we are still in the EU, once you present proof of being a citizen of an EU country, UK immigration will let you enter the UK unless you were a serious criminal subject to removal from the UK. The documents shown to the airline don't affect this.
If you are wanted for some sort of infraction, you are likely to be found regardless of which documents you show.
Furthermore, as an EU citizen, the OP currently has the right to live in the UK, regardless of what documents are used to enter. (But using a US passport to enter the UK may result in being flagged as an overstayer if one doesn't fly out of the UK within 6 months, with the US passport data in the API.)
The rule is that when you are a multiple citizen travelling to a country where you are NOT a citizen, use the same passport to enter and exit.