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Using my Indian Passport after getting British Citizenship?

Post by r_n_b_crazi » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:33 pm

This one's a little complicated:

So I recently got my British citizenship but I am planning on travelling to India soon. But instead of returning to Uk straight away, I want to travel from India to Australia. From there I will be coming back to the UK.

I have seen this thread here:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/other- ... 42501.html

and since I am within the grace period of 3 months, using my Indian passport supposedly should not be a problem.

From what I understand from the above thread, I need to use my Indian Passport when leaving the UK and when landing in India. This won't be a problem as Indian passport = Indian Citizen.

But then if I wish to leave India to get to Australia, how do I do that?

Do I use my British Passport, because there is no visa needed to enter Australia on a British passport, or do I use my Indian passport since otherwise the Indian Authorities may ask about a lack of an Indian visa on my British passport? But then if I use my Indian passport, won't the lack of an Australian visa be problematic?

Thanks for any help.

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Re: Using my Indian Passport after getting British Citizensh

Post by ban.s » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:31 am

Yes, you'll face issue leaving india for australia.
Better apply for visa and travel to india or perhaps australisan visa on indian passport.

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