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Entering UK with Naturalisation Certificate
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:58 pm
by aravind864
Hi Team,
Can you please help to get advice on the below
I hold Indian Passport and got my naturalisation on June 2022 end.
I need to travel urgently to India.
Indian government allows to travel for 90 days with Indian passport. I can use my indian passport till sep 2022.
I have surrendered the BRP after getting the naturalisation.
Can i use my Naturalisation certificate to enter UK ? Do i need mandatory of British passport ? I haven't applied for British passport yet.
Other than Naturalisation Certification i dont have any documents to live or work in UK.
Since i dont have any BRP / ILR documents to show as immigration.
Please advice me for the travel.
Thanks
Re: Entering UK with Naturalisation Certificate
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:53 pm
by alterhase58
The more fundamental issue is that the airline won't allow you to board the return flight to the UK - with an Indian passport they'd expect a visa or BRP to enter the UK. A nat. certificate isn't normally accepted by airline staff.
A naturalisation certificate would be accepted by UK Border Force as proof of citizenship - a British citizen cannot be refused entry to the UK. However, getting to the UK border is the issue.
Re: Entering UK with Naturalisation Certificate
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:32 am
by Ticktack
aravind864 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:58 pm
Hi Team,
Can you please help to get advice on the below
I hold Indian Passport and got my naturalisation on June 2022 end.
I need to travel urgently to India.
Indian government allows to travel for 90 days with Indian passport. I can use my indian passport till sep 2022.
I have surrendered the BRP after getting the naturalisation.
Can i use my Naturalisation certificate to enter UK ? Do i need mandatory of British passport ? I haven't applied for British passport yet.
Other than Naturalisation Certification i dont have any documents to live or work in UK.
Since i dont have any BRP / ILR documents to show as immigration.
Please advice me for the travel.
Thanks
Further to alterhase58, not sure why you think you can use a nat. certificate to travel. Same way you can't travel to India with your Indian birth certificate.
Travel documents are exactly what they are.
Re: Entering UK with Naturalisation Certificate
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 12:35 pm
by drshashi
aravind864 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:58 pm
Hi Team,
Can you please help to get advice on the below
I hold Indian Passport and got my naturalisation on June 2022 end.
I need to travel urgently to India.
Indian government allows to travel for 90 days with Indian passport. I can use my indian passport till sep 2022.
I have surrendered the BRP after getting the naturalisation.
Can i use my Naturalisation certificate to enter UK ? Do i need mandatory of British passport ? I haven't applied for British passport yet.
Other than Naturalisation Certification i dont have any documents to live or work in UK.
Since i dont have any BRP / ILR documents to show as immigration.
Please advice me for the travel.
Thanks
You will need a certificate of entitlement to Right to Abode. I am in the same situation for my child. I am applying for his Certificate of Entitlement from India. It's expensive , but that's the only quick option. Fingers crossed it comes in time..