South African and EU dual citizenship travelling to the UK [duplicate]
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I am traveling to the UK using my dual citizenship.
When leaving South Africa, I will be using my SA passport which will have an "exit" stamp on it. But once I arrive in England I will be using my EU passport which will then receive an "entry" stamp, but obviously this passport will have no exit stamp from South Africa in it. Will they not be wondering where I came from?
I feel like showing both my South African and EU passport in England will get me into trouble.
Best Answer
I'm a dual passport holder too (SA and NZ), but frankly it's not an issue anyway. There are many instances of several countries that don't even stamp you on exit (or entry) (currently or in recent past).
For example, the US has no exit immigration. Australia requires actually asking to even get a stamp. Switzerland didn't stamp me when I went through (2007), to my frustration.
The point being that there are many possible places you could have come from, and they may legally not have stamped you. Or you could have used a different passport (also legal).
So basically, no, it won't be a problem. Generally you're expected to use the same passport going in and out of a country, but switching like this is no problem.
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Dual or multi-nationalities are not uncommon in the world and border/custom officials are used to dealing with multinationals. When you arrive at an EU port, and you present an EU member state passport, you are entering the EU as an EU national, end of story. You have an absolute right to entry, and your passport WILL NOT be stamped. The same applies to South Africa, you are a national re-entering and you have an absolute right of entry as a SA citizen.
It is a total non issue.
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