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British-Danish couple say new UK passport rules may separate them from children
PoliticsThe Guardian1mo ago

British-Danish couple say new UK passport rules may separate them from children

Family learned of change while abroad, and fear dual-national children will have to stay with relatives while they return to apply for passports A British man and a Danish woman fear they will be separated from their young children in Copenhagen airport because of new border control rules on British dual nationals. James Scrivens and his wife, Sara, who live in the UK in Wales, were visiting relatives in Norway and Denmark during the school holidays, and learned about the new Home Office rule...

Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that could leave dual nationals stranded
PoliticsThe Guardian1mo ago

Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that could leave dual nationals stranded

MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for a grace period The Home Office has dismissed as “absurd” claims that it failed to properly communicate new border rules that left some British dual nationals at risk of being denied boarding flights to the UK. During a heated session in parliament on Wednesday, the Home Office minister Mike Tapp suggested that media coverage in the Guardian and BBC reflected the department’s...

Passport changes prevent British dual national from visiting dying mother
PoliticsThe GuardianDaily Star BD1mo ago2 sources

Passport changes prevent British dual national from visiting dying mother

New Home Office rules causing ‘stress upon stress’ for British woman living in Netherlands trying to enter UK A British woman living in the Netherlands has told of the “stress upon stress” caused by new Home Office rules that leave her unable to travel to see her 91-year-old dying mother back in England. Annie, who requested her surname was not published, said her British passport expired last Friday and had been submitted as part of her passport renewal application. She had “reasonably expected” to use her Dutch passport to carry on visiting her mother, as she had done every couple of weeks for the past few months. Continue reading...

‘Illegitimacy tax’: new UK border rules for dual nationals throwing lives into chaos
PoliticsThe Guardian1mo ago

‘Illegitimacy tax’: new UK border rules for dual nationals throwing lives into chaos

Two women who have lived almost all their lives in UK, but whose British fathers were not married, tell how they are having to battle for British citizenship Two women who have lived almost all their lives in the UK have had their lives thrown into chaos due to the new border control rules for British dual nationals because their French mothers were not married to their British fathers. Both women have been forced to prove their right to British passports as a result of archaic laws, which di...