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Hi all,

I successfully completed the route of Tier 1, ILR and finally Naturalization this April 2015. On obtaining the certificate, I did not apply right away for a British Passport and continued to use my foreign passport.

In May, my ILR biometric card was still working to enter the UK. However in June, on attempting to enter the UK with my ILR and foreign passport, I was informed that my ILR data was wiped from my biometric card.

Question 1 on Naturalisation to British Passport Transition Period (using ILR as buffer): I was told that I therefore need to apply for a British passport or face further issues while travelling in and out of the UK. I am unable to take a 6 week passport hiatus in the next 3 weeks due to the nature of my work that involves frequent travel. Will this be a problem?

Question 2 on Dual Citizenship: My country of origin has unwritten/unenforced rules on it's official position on dual citizenship which is why I decided to take it up, for convenience, given that my spouse is a British citizen and we frequently need to work and travel in the EU. My country of origins constitution is silent on acquired citizenship by birth and is a foreign citizen by descent as well as many other unwritten exceptions. It occasionally exerts it's authority to those that make no attempt at concealing dual citizenship status. Will the Home Office inform my country of origin of my naturalization at any point?

Question 3 on Renouncing British Citizenship: If my country of origin does at some point in my life ask me to renounce my british citizenship, will I be able to convert to an ordinary British Spouse Visa?

Thanks guys!

evilerthanskeletor wrote:Question 1 on Naturalisation to British Passport Transition Period (using ILR as buffer): I was told that I therefore need to apply for a British passport or face further issues while travelling in and out of the UK. I am unable to take a 6 week passport hiatus in the next 3 weeks due to the nature of my work that involves frequent travel. Will this be a problem?

You can apply for a Certificate of Entitlement-Right of Abode (CoE-RoA) in the passport of your country of origin. That will allow you to enter the UK as a citizen. But it does not state that you are a citizen of the UK, only that you have the right to stay in the UK. That is why it is used by dual nationals of whom the other country disapproves of dual citizenship.

Because it does not state that you are a British citizen, it does not allow visa-free travel to the other EU countries. That will depend on the terms required for the passport of your country of origin.

evilerthanskeletor wrote: Question 2 on Dual Citizenship: My country of origin has unwritten/unenforced rules on it's official position on dual citizenship which is why I decided to take it up, for convenience, given that my spouse is a British citizen and we frequently need to work and travel in the EU. My country of origins constitution is silent on acquired citizenship by birth and is a foreign citizen by descent as well as many other unwritten exceptions. It occasionally exerts it's authority to those that make no attempt at concealing dual citizenship status. Will the Home Office inform my country of origin of my naturalization at any point?

It is for you to inform your country of origin if you have dual citizenship. The Home Office does not care as you are not breaking UK law. But you may or may not be breaking the law of your country of origin and may have issues there.

evilerthanskeletor wrote: Question 3 on Renouncing British Citizenship: If my country of origin does at some point in my life ask me to renounce my british citizenship, will I be able to convert to an ordinary British Spouse Visa?

If you renounce your British citizenship, you will then start back at the base and will need to apply for a relevant visa at that point in time. Given how often visa rules change, we do not know what rules there will be for a spousal visa or even if there will be a spousal visa at that point in time.

It appears that taking naturalisation extinguishes your ILR.

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