Dual Citizen UK Australia, Entering UK on OZ passport to avoid possible UK arrest warrant
My first post here and its a tricky situation. Basically I need to know if I enter the UK on my Australian passport (I have done this before with no problems) will the authorities know about any arrest warrant out for me issued in UK? I might add that the possible charges relate to a very messy divorce, vindictive ex and possibly maintenance arrears.
Not serious but I have been overseas for several years and don't know what to expect. Any advice is appreciated.
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Sounds dodgy, frankly.
As far as I know, the border control system is not connected to PNC (police system where "wanted" flags are set for people, among other things) directly.
That said, UK is one of the countries requiring API (advanced passenger info) from airlines, therefore the airline that you are flying with will pass your details (specifically, name, date of birth and passport details, along with possibly some other info) to UK government. I don't know which exact systems this info will then be matched against, but if it is matched against PNC, then it'll likely be a positive match, as the PNC doesn't care about the citizenship info, only name+dob.
On the whole, if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should count on the worst. Police loves these warrants, as they don't need to search for people - simply meet them at the arrival gate.
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As far as I am aware if you have a Uk warrant of arrest, it doesnt also mean that you have an EUW, EUW are only issued if the fellon is suspected to be in the EU (proof to the judge must be shown or good cause to beleive) and even then it has to be a serious crime as it involves alot of paper work, some countries like spain ive been told generaly dont care to much about them, hence criminals go to spain
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