Travelling on a foreign passport after naturalisation

[magicsign]

Hello all, I recently had my naturalisation ceremony as a British Citizen and as expected I was presented with my naturalisation certificate.
Before that I was (and still am) an EU citizen with settled status linked to my EU passport.

Question is: can I travel outside UK and re-enter UK with my EU passport now that I am a British citizen? I am planning to apply soon for my British passport but after a travel that I was planning to do.

Thanks!

[alterhase58]

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[magicsign]

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thanks

[qntnuk]

Before I could apply for my UK passport after naturalisation I entered three times with my french passport.

No issues at all, I just used the e-gates as usual.

[HCJNL]

Your right to live in the UK is no longer dictated by your settled status. It is your citizenship that counts and this is what they check.
So take a copy of your naturalisation certificate. And say that you are going to apply for a British passport. This will speed things up if you are stopped and questioned.

[magicsign]

Before I could apply for my UK passport after naturalisation I entered three times with my french passport.

No issues at all, I just used the e-gates as usual.

Thank you, this is a relief

[magicsign]

Your right to live in the UK is no longer dictated by your settled status. It is your citizenship that counts and this is what they check.
So take a copy of your naturalisation certificate. And say that you are going to apply for a British passport. This will speed things up if you are stopped and questioned.

Thank you, I was also thinking to take a copy of the naturalisation certificate when I travel (a bit scared to leave it in a hotel room to be honest).

[HCJNL]

You will probably sail through the e-gates just like qntnuk did. We are talking about the unlikely, but possible, event of you being stopped and then asked what your reasons are for visiting the UK.