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Yes you are legally allowed to stay in the EU.LivingWithMuppetje wrote:Hello,
I'm a dual citizen of the UK and the USA. I have a USA passport, but no UK passport. I have a UK citizenship certificate, but no UK passport (soon to be in process). I currently reside in the EU.
My visa for the Schengen Zone on my US passport expires soon. However, as a UK citizen, I have the right to work and live in the EU.
Am I legally allowed to stay in the EU?
Thanks!
Your Schengen visa became invalid the moment you acquired UK citizenship. If you got that visa after having UK citizenship, then you could have only gotten it by not mentioning your UK citizenship, which invalidated it anyway.LivingWithMuppetje wrote:Thanks for your help. Perhaps you can help with a follow up question.
My concern is with my expiring Schengen visa on my US passport. Do you have a recommended way of ensuring that the government knows/confirms that my visa on my US passport is legally closed (showing that I'm not overstaying my 90 day limit) and that I'm going to continue residing in EU (The Netherlands, in this case) as a UK citizen?
Thanks,
Lawrence
Do you have any resources or link to immigration policies that can verify this? It sounds reasonable and logical, but I'm afraid that might not be enough if I get to the border and am confronted with an uninformed employeeouflak1 wrote:Your Schengen visa became invalid the moment you acquired UK citizenship. If you got that visa after having UK citizenship, then you could have only gotten it by not mentioning your UK citizenship, which invalidated it anyway.LivingWithMuppetje wrote:Thanks for your help. Perhaps you can help with a follow up question.
My concern is with my expiring Schengen visa on my US passport. Do you have a recommended way of ensuring that the government knows/confirms that my visa on my US passport is legally closed (showing that I'm not overstaying my 90 day limit) and that I'm going to continue residing in EU (The Netherlands, in this case) as a UK citizen?
Thanks,
Lawrence