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by maxdemon76 » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:28 am
Just as a heads up to the community about traveling on your non-UK passport:
I traveled to Barcelona immediately after getting my citizenship at the end of May. When I returned, I had no problem using my BRP and my passport to enter the country as I normally had before getting citizenship.
I just returned to the UK two days ago through Heathrow. When they used my BRP and asked for my fingerprint scan, nothing came up. Apparently things have changed, and they are not allowed to store British citizens fingerprints in the system anymore. Since I wasn't traveling with my naturalization certificate, I had to stand around and wait until they verified my citizenship. It only took a few minutes, but it did extend things a bit when entering the country.
So, I wouldn't recommend anyone traveling with their BRP after getting citizenship. The woman at immigration asked me if I had my certificate with me, and I said I didn't, as they didn't tell me when I received it that I would need it for travel. My suggestion is to definitely take your certificate with you as they will eventually delete your fingerprints from the system which basically invalidates your BRP for entering the country.
Luckily, my scheduled trips are now complete, so I sent off for my British passport yesterday. That should solve this problem for me in the future.