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Travelling with EU ID card during first British passport application
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:20 am
by Tita1990
Hello,
I am a EU citizen and I have just had my citizenship cermony. Now I am applying to my first British passport and will be send my EU passport and naturalisation certificate to the Home Office.
I need to go to my home country in EU for a few weeks. Will I be able to travel with my EU identity card? Is my settled status still valid in the meantime?
Thank you
Re: Travelling with EU ID card during first British passport application
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 10:28 am
by magicsign
Yes you can come back to the UK with your EU id card until at least 31 Dec 2025
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visiting-th ... ss-citizen
Re: Travelling with EU ID card during first British passport application
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 10:50 am
by dexmo
Tita1990 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:20 am
Hello,
I am a EU citizen and I have just had my citizenship cermony. Now I am applying to my first British passport and will be send my EU passport and naturalisation certificate to the Home Office.
I need to go to my home country in EU for a few weeks. Will I be able to travel with my EU identity card? Is my settled status still valid in the meantime?
Thank you
You won't have a problem at the UK border, you may have one at check-in coming back - Stupid typically ask for a physical document that allows you to enter the UK and have been known to deny people with settled/pre-settled status (not something they recognise) boarding their plane and, your naturalisation certificate won't normally be accepted either (not a travel document). I'd check with the airline first - most of them have formal guidance on what they'll accept and what they won't.