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It irrelevant whether you get a British passport or not, once you have attended the British citizenship ceremony you are now British and not Indian, and hence your Indian passport is actually invalid.rg1 wrote:[1] Not sure
[2] Once you get your British passport, you are legally bound to hand your Indian passport over to Indian govt. - otherwise you can be prosecuted.
Hi,sidster007 wrote:Hi there,
I am an Indian national and recently applied for naturalization for British Citizenship. I need to travel to Europe towards the end of November and expect to get approval for British citizenship and attend the citizenship ceremony by then. I realise that I will not have sufficient time to get my British Passport by then. My Indian passport has the required Schengen visa but will be technically invalid after I take oath for British Citizenship.
Two questions
1) Will I have a problem in coming back to the UK because I am entering on my Indian passport even though I will be a British Citizen. I read somewhere that the ILR stamp on my Indian passport becomes invalid after I become a British citizen and that to re enter you need a "right of abode" stamp in your foreign passport.
2) Soon after I return I will apply for an indian visa or OCI. Will my application be jeopardized if I have used my Indian passport (even though its not to travel to India) after acquiring BC.
Any advice or insight on this would be most appreciated !