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Starting work 2 June but havn't received my british passport

Post by amy20 » Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:09 am

I am supposed to start work 2 June, but my british passport hasn't arrived and apparently takes up to 6 weeks to process. Im flying over to London 24 May. What am I going to do, does anyone know what I can do if my passport doesn't arrive back to me?
Will this mean i am unable to start work 2 June?
Currently i only have an Australian Passport, no Visa.
The british high commision, british embassy and Aus Post has not been any help to me at all. I am starting to panick now :!:

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Re: Starting work 2 June but havn't received my british pass

Post by terriblescream » Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:03 pm

amy20 wrote:I am supposed to start work 2 June, but my british passport hasn't arrived and apparently takes up to 6 weeks to process. Im flying over to London 24 May. What am I going to do, does anyone know what I can do if my passport doesn't arrive back to me?
Will this mean i am unable to start work 2 June?
Currently i only have an Australian Passport, no Visa.
The british high commision, british embassy and Aus Post has not been any help to me at all. I am starting to panick now :!:
If your passport doesnt arrive, that means you will be unable to work since you will not have permission to work in the UK on an australian passport with no work permit.

Your British passport will be the right to work and live in the UK. You can simply visit the UK on your australian passport..

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Re: Starting work 2 June but havn't received my british pass

Post by ouflak1 » Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:41 pm

terriblescream wrote:
amy20 wrote:I am supposed to start work 2 June, but my british passport hasn't arrived and apparently takes up to 6 weeks to process. Im flying over to London 24 May. What am I going to do, does anyone know what I can do if my passport doesn't arrive back to me?
Will this mean i am unable to start work 2 June?
Currently i only have an Australian Passport, no Visa.
The british high commision, british embassy and Aus Post has not been any help to me at all. I am starting to panick now :!:
If your passport doesnt arrive, that means you will be unable to work since you will not have permission to work in the UK on an australian passport with no work permit.

Your British passport will be the right to work and live in the UK. You can simply visit the UK on your australian passport..
I am not quite sure that is correct. The instant you got British Citizenship, you had the right to live and work in the UK without restriction. A British passport is merely a travel document that demonstrates your citizenship. As long as you can show that your are a citizen of the UK, you can work. If this were not true, then anybody, including native-born citizens, would need to provide a passport just to work in the UK (which seems nonsensical).

I do wonder however: Isn't it a legal requirement for all British citizens to show a UK travel document when entering the UK?

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Re: Starting work 2 June but havn't received my british pass

Post by terriblescream » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:34 pm

ouflak1 wrote:
terriblescream wrote:
amy20 wrote:I am supposed to start work 2 June, but my british passport hasn't arrived and apparently takes up to 6 weeks to process. Im flying over to London 24 May. What am I going to do, does anyone know what I can do if my passport doesn't arrive back to me?
Will this mean i am unable to start work 2 June?
Currently i only have an Australian Passport, no Visa.
The british high commision, british embassy and Aus Post has not been any help to me at all. I am starting to panick now :!:
If your passport doesnt arrive, that means you will be unable to work since you will not have permission to work in the UK on an australian passport with no work permit.

Your British passport will be the right to work and live in the UK. You can simply visit the UK on your australian passport..
I am not quite sure that is correct. The instant you got British Citizenship, you had the right to live and work in the UK without restriction. A British passport is merely a travel document that demonstrates your citizenship. As long as you can show that your are a citizen of the UK, you can work. If this were not true, then anybody, including native-born citizens, would need to provide a passport just to work in the UK (which seems nonsensical).

I do wonder however: Isn't it a legal requirement for all British citizens to show a UK travel document when entering the UK?
True i.e the reason I advised, because at the UK border how would you prove that your a British Citizen if you dont have the travel document of being a british citizen.

If there is any other form of proof I wonder if you could use it

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Re: Starting work 2 June but havn't received my british pass

Post by INSIDER » Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:10 pm

ouflak1 wrote:
terriblescream wrote:
amy20 wrote: I do wonder however: Isn't it a legal requirement for all British citizens to show a UK travel document when entering the UK?
No it is not a legal requirement, many UK nationals have dual citizenship.

So long as Amy20 can satisfy the IO on arrival that she
is a UK national-by whatever method-eg copy of passport
from parent/s entitling her to British citizenship she should
have no problem.

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Post by geriatrix » Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:30 pm

Alternatively, in absence of a British passport being issued in time, OP may apply for "right of adobe" endorsement in the Australian passport.
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Post by INSIDER » Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:51 pm

sushdmehta wrote:Alternatively, in absence of a British passport being issued in time, OP may apply for "right of adobe" endorsement in the Australian passport.
Not anymore she can't, the Rules now state you cannot hold both the certificate of a Right of Abode and a British passport at the same time. So if she wishes to pursue the right of abode she will have to withdraw her passport application.

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Post by geriatrix » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:36 pm

Until the time that OP is issued a British passport, he/she can apply for right of abode. When a British passport is issued, the right of abode can/will be revoked.

The rules state that a person who holds a British passport is not entitled to right of abode, but doesn't state that someone who has applied for a British passport is also not eligible (I haven't been able to find this restriction).

IMHO, a dual citizen is entitled to right of abode until UKBA issues a British passport.
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