travel after ilr granted

[sally1]

Pls help again - just two questions:
i was given my ilr earlier this month and i and my baby are now travelling back home as i have not seen my family for just over 2 yrs and also for them to see my baby for the first time my question is:

is there anything i need to be aware of when i re-enter the UK ie should i carry anything else(documents etc) besides obvious things like passport?my baby is a British Citizen...
and
on my return which que should i go through the UK nationals (as per my babys ppt or other nationals as per my ppt?)

thanks again

[John]

Sally, congratulations on the ILR!

Some people have "got away with it" and gone through the EEA/Swiss channel with their ILR but it is probably best to "play by the rules" and join the other queue .... because of your passport. There is no problem a British Citizen ... your child ... being with you in that queue.

After I realised that it was not a problem .... this is before my wife and step-daughter got their British Passports ... all three of us would join the non-EEA/Swiss queue and go through immigration together. That was particularly great on one occasion .... arriving back at Birmingham airport on a charter flight from Lanzarote. Long queue for EEA/Swiss ... only us in the other queue!

Sally, you will still need to complete a Landing Card.

Of course it will all be so different when you get naturalised as British!

[sally1]

John
thanks for your reply.

Do i need to carry any other documents with me or will the passport with the ILR suffice?

thanks again

[lemess]

Sally
Passport with ILR is sufficient.

Also note that in some places ( Heathrow terminal 4 for example) there is a separate line for "Uk residents" specifically for people with ILR and this is usually the shortest of the lot.

[olisun]

if you are with a baby you will be able to jump the queue