British dual citizens in Europe have been describing their anger and stress for the deceptive, vague and constantly changing information of the United Kingdom government on the issue of the new ETA travel visa requirements.
More than a week ago since the new exemption from Visa de Travel ETA of the United Kingdom, European citizens were implemented, and for a month it was opened for the first time for the requests of EU/EFA citizens.
But many of the thousands of national British duals in Europe say that the British government has not yet managed to provide clear and consistent advice on the rules for them.
The electronic travel authorization, a visa exemption that must be applied online before traveling, extended to European travelers on April 2 (applications inaugurated on March 5) and now any person who enters the United Kingdom as a visitor is the exception of the people who drag, with an orchid orchid orchster of orquista. have a state of visa/residence in the United Kingdom.
However, the situation for British dual nationals is far from being clear, and the British government has become more confusing that it provides them and frequently changes the advice and instructions.
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This has left many dual national and understandable nationals stressed for traveling to the United Kingdom next week.
“This situation is a shame. The British government clearly considers us’ citizens nowhere,” said a British frustrated on a Facebook page of the British embassy.
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For dual citizens who use their passport from the United Kingdom or Irish, the situation is clear: they do not need an ETA.
But the cause of the problem is that the nationals who choose to travel in their other passport, either by convenience, bee
In other words, if they don’t tell the truth when requesting one.
Many readers tell us that they have done this, while others have preferred to request passports in the United Kingdom.
Others simply want a clear response and have directed their anger to the Ministry of Interior and the British embassies for the changing and uncle advice. The pages of the embassy have flooded with frustrated comments.
Catherine Day lives in Belgium and, in a common scenario for British life abroad, they have children who are British dual citizens, but who do not have passports in the United Kingdom. She said: “The British embassy in Paris completely changed its council for dual citizens on their Facebook page.
“I had decided to obtain a passport from the United Kingdom for my daughter, since it seemed to follow the ETA route. Now I need to hurry through a passport application (which will take longer since it is your first information”?
The latest information from the Ministry of Interior establishes: “In the current transition period, we do not expect operators to deny the approach to passengers who cannot produce a valid British passport or a certificate of rights.” Altheghie did not mention what happens if carriers do They deny someone addressing or if travelers would need to prove that they are British. Nor is it clear when this “transition period” could end.
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As a National Facebook Facebook commentator pointed out: “Waiting for it to be a very weak word with great consequences for us if they unexpectedly do not let us travel.”
The Ministry of Interior also has dual citizens who in the future must ensure that they have a valid passport of the United Kingdom or, alternatively, a “right certificate of £ 550” to avoid “difficulties in the boarding point or on the border of the United Kingdom.”
There was a particular anger about the suggestion that British dual citizens would need a certificate of rights and the cost of that document.
The most used words about that were “scam”, “scam” and “scandalous.”
Sharon Aissa, who lives in France, said: “The certificate of law is greater than £ 500. Both daughters have dual nationality but only a French passport. Therefore, they cannot enter their country now pay a patch in the United Kingdom.”
A reminder that renewing a passport from the United Kingdom from abroad now costs £ 108 (after increasing £ 101 on April 10).
Obtaining a passport or a certificate of law can take several weeks and, in the case of the certificate, you can involve a visit to a visa processing center. The certificate can only be given to those who do not have a valid passport of the United Kingdom.
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James Barassić said: “All this is a disaster that makes it difficult for citizens of the United Kingdom to enter their own country, and the British embassy that ignores messages from us for more than a month has exacerbated it.
“To be clear, his statement that” in the future, all Dual British citizens will need a valid British passport or a certificate of law to avoid border delays, “is legally incorrect and is, among other things, a violation of the agreement of Good Friday.
“This is a complete disaster, exacerbated by incompetent messages of the embassy.”
Garry Jones, a British citizen who has been living in Sweden since 1988 and has not has a British passport, told the premises: “We need some responsible in the Interior Ministry or in one of the 86 British embassies in ETA countries to take decisive measures.”
“If it is fine for us to avoid the dual national statement and obtain the ETA under false claims, then they should do so. Otherwise, they should add the GBR category to the application. Or tell us what to do to do.”
With the beginning of the Easter holidays, many British living in Europe had plans to visit friends or family in the United Kingdom, and are fighting to get a passport from the United Kingdom or worry about being arrested at the border.
The data of the United Kingdom census revitalize that there are more than 500,000 people living in the United Kingdom who have British nationality plus the nationality of at least another country, but this does not include British life abroad lives in.
In March, the local reported how around 120,000 British, they won the nationality of a European country since it had the 2016 Brexit referendum.
This without mentioning children born from British life abroad. They obtain British citizens automatically through their parents, but often also have the citizenship of the country in which they live or the citizenship of their other parents. Many thought they have no British passports.
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