Guest JJA Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Hi everyone, I am a dual Aussie/Brit citizen and am thinking of taking off to New Zealand next week for 7 days and was wondering if i could travel to and from New Zealand on my brit passport, because i have not got an Australian one. Is this possible?(i have heard that as a dual citizen i will not get back into Australia unless i have an Australian one). your help would be appreciated. cheers, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockDr Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Once you got citizenship your visa was invalidated because australian citizens cannot hold a visa for australia. So you could get in and out of NZ no problem, but you'll have trouble getting back into Australia without a passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewebweazel Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 As far as I know you if you are a Dual citizen you have to leave and enter a country with the corresponding passport, so if you leave and enter Oz and you are an Ozzie citizen you have to use a Ozzie passport and the same with the UK, as a Dual citizen you cannot get "protection" in a country that you are a citizen of. Also if you are now a Ozzie Citizen I take it that your Visa in you UK passport will have been cancelled so when you come back they will not let you in, as you do not have a Visa. TBH if I were you I would get the Ozzie passport, its not worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 My UK-born-now-Aussie-citizen wife had exactly that problem a while back. Indeed, the didn't want to let her out of Aus on a UK passport so I believe thewebweasel has it right, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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