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Dual nationals could use expired UK passports to prove they are British, Home Office says
UK News•February 19, 2026 at 2:57 PMNational

Dual nationals could use expired UK passports to prove they are British, Home Office says

By Lisa O’Carroll•The Guardian - UK News

Carriers could accept expired passport ‘at their own discretion’, Home Office says, as new rules imminentUK politics live – latest updatesBritish dual nationals may be able to use expired UK passports to prove to airlines they are British when controversial new immigration rules come into force, the Home Office has said.The new rules, coming into force next Wednesday, require anyone coming into the UK with British dual nationality to present a British passport when boarding a plane, ferry or train or to have a “certificate of entitlement” costing £589 attached to their foreign passport. Continue reading...

Carriers could accept expired passport ‘at their own discretion’, Home Office says, as new rules imminent

British dual nationals may be able to use expired UK passports to prove to airlines they are British when controversial new immigration rules come into force, the Home Office has said.

The new rules, coming into force next Wednesday, require anyone coming into the UK with British dual nationality to present a British passport when boarding a plane, ferry or train or to have a “certificate of entitlement” costing £589 attached to their foreign passport.

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