Home Office U-turn will let some dual nationals use EU passport to enter UK

"If you got British citizenship after settling in the UK under the EU settlement scheme, you can travel to the UK using a valid: passport of your other nationality; [or] national identity card from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland."

"They require British dual nationals to present a British passport or certificate of entitlement, costing 589, before they board a plane to the UK. Thousands of people have been affected by the rules, including EU citizens with settlement status in the UK who had successfully applied for citizenship but had not yet received British passports."

"Jelena, a Latvian-British dual national who learned of the rule change on a social media post by the campaign group the3million said she was absolutely devastated and angry that the rule change was only being made now. The first rule change meant Jelena had to return from South America to Latvia instead of the UK, where she has lived for 16 years with her British husband."

The Home Office reversed its controversial dual national border rules that required British dual nationals to present a British passport or certificate of entitlement to enter the UK. The original rules, effective February 25, affected thousands of EU citizens who obtained British citizenship through the EU settlement scheme but had not yet received their British passports. These individuals were effectively barred from returning to the UK. The updated policy now permits British dual nationals who obtained citizenship after settling under the EU settlement scheme to travel using their EU passport or national identity card from EU countries or associated nations. The policy change was quietly posted on a government webpage without major announcement, drawing criticism for its lack of transparency. Affected individuals like Jelena, a Latvian-British dual national, experienced significant disruption to personal and professional plans due to the initial rule implementation.

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