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Can a British citizen travel with a Nigerian passport?
She can travel to Nigeria with a Nigerian passport, but she cannot board a flight to the UK with a Nigerian passport unless she has a visa in it, or a residence permit to accompany it, and she cannot ...
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Can I get deported?
You are almost certainly a US citizen, and have been from birth. For a child born abroad in wedlock to a US citizen parent after 1986, you are a US citizen at birth if your US citizen parent was ...
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What is the status of children of a person who is British by descent?
They're correct. British citizens by descent cannot automatically pass British citizenship to a child born abroad. There are limited circumstances in which such a child can be registered as a British ...
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What is the name order on ID such as passports?
I also live in Japan. I can't answer about "all" international IDs, but in Japan it's normally surname then first name. Since I have two first names a middle name and a surname, that's four names in ...
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Chinese passport
First, it's not the passport that matters -- it's the nationality. If you are first a Chinese (PRC) citizen and then voluntarily acquire a foreign nationality, then by PRC law you automatically lose ...
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US citizen applying for German dual citizenship with German father
From what you described, you are already a German citizen according to German law, and have been since birth.
A child born anywhere in the world in wedlock to a German citizen parent was ...
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Male US/Russian dual citizen returning to Russia at 28. Possible risks?
You are most likely safe. Since you have not been in Russia for 15 years, you certainly do not hold a pripisnoe svidetel'stvo. Normally, one obtains it in his later teens, when he registers with the ...
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What is the highest number of citizenships one can hold?
Just read this article about a man who has eight passports.
This “octa-citizen” has passports from Canada, UK, Ireland, Belize, Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts, and Cape Verde.
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What is the name order on ID such as passports?
For passports which are ICAO compliant - this question can be answered by referring to the ePassport Standard - ICAO 9303.
Specifically you'll need to refer to "Convention for Writing the Name of the ...
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Entered USA with EU passport but leaving with Canadian passport
Will I need to clear US Immigration when leaving the USA for Canada by air?
No, the airline will provide all the needed information to the CBP.
If so, will US Immigration not be wondering when and ...
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Renewing Long-Expired British Passport
The forms, prices and application details you need if you’re a British national and you want to renew or apply for a British passport from overseas are available via this page https://www.gov.uk/...
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ID alternatives for a international student in the USA
The easiest thing to do is to get a State ID. This can be easily done at a local MVD.
Another option would be to get a Driver License. Since you're from Australia*, you will need to get a car (...
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Australian citizen leaving Australia on Irish passport
This Australian government webpage says:
Australian citizens entering and leaving Australia
Australian citizens should use their Australian passport to enter and leave Australia.
If you have ...
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What is the status of children of a person who is British by descent?
You may find this UK government webpage ("Check if you're a British citizen") useful to test your thoughts. It poses questions in order to determine British citizenship.
Better Answers contain actual ...
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What is the status of children of a person who is British by descent?
That's absolutely correct. If a person is British citizen by descent, then their children are British citizens not by descent if born in the UK, and not British citizens at all if born outside the UK. ...
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Can a British citizen travel with a Nigerian passport?
She could travel with you to Nigeria.
She could enter back the UK with her expired passport (1, 2), as she is a British citizen, regardless of her passport status.
However, you may have extra issues ...
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Can I apply for a Canadian study Visa with an expired passport with assurance that I would get a renewed passport before I'm required to travel?
No.
“When applying for your study permit, you and each family member who comes with you to Canada must have a valid passport”.
Canada can’t issue you a study permit that is valid past the expiry date ...
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Return of passport after UK residence card application
A copy of her passport is absolutely useless for crossing borders, and therefore for boarding airplanes. They are simply too easy to falsify.
Your best hope would be the European Passport Return ...
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New Zealand citizen returning to N.Z. after long stay away
After you renew your NZ passport, you may enter NZ and live there with no further paperwork required.
Based on what you've said about your age, you would be eligible for New Zealand Superannuation at ...
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Can a dual national leave Australia on their Canadian Passport?
The recommendation for dual nationals (of any nationalities) is that you enter/leave each country for which you have citizenship using a passport for that country.
If you have Australian/Canadian ...
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I live in the Netherlands and I hold an EU passport, but my passport is expiring soon and I lost my id card
As an EU citizen, you do not have and do not need a visa to stay in the Netherlands. As a person staying in the Netherlands, you are required by law to carry identification documents with you and to ...
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Lost British Passport number
This has come up on Travel.SE before, and so I quote the relevant parts that apply:
If you had pages of your passport certified by a solicitor or notary,
they would also have taken a photocopy of ...
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Am I a British citizen?
You seem to be worried that you will lose your British citizenship by virtue of renewing your Brazilian passport. Rest assured that this is exceedingly unlikely to happen. There are only a few cases ...
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Am I a British citizen?
There is an official web page where you can check if you're a British citizen by answering a series of questions.
On the basis of information you've supplied, it seems likely that you are. However, ...
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What if my Red-White-Red Card plus expires before the 3 years period
You can renew the card by a similar process as when you initially applied for it, either with MA35 (Vienna) or your local Bezirkshauptmannschaft. A renewal process can be initiated 3 months before ...
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Flying to US with baby
It shouldn't be possible for him to be denied entry, because logically, he is either a US citizen or he isn't. If he is a US citizen, he cannot be denied entry to the US no matter what, no matter what ...
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Why my entry permit to UAE is taking so much time to issue?
Normally it takes at maximum one week for the Entry Permit Visa when all the required documents are submitted in the Ministry. The delay could be for some other reason or if any document got missed ...
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Am I a British citizen?
Your comment in your duplicate question said that your father was a British citizen when you were born, and that he was born in the UK (and thus he was a British citizen "otherwise than by descent"), ...
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Lost passport in Qatar to be replaced in the Philippines. How to go back to Qatar?
Did you not ask for a replacement from the Philippine Embassy in Qatar? This seems to be the proper course of action in other countries.
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Effect of marital status change on study visa in Australia
Picking an untrue answer is never a good idea in Visa applications, including for the reason to ‘make it easier’.
If you are later in an interview, you will have to change your answer, or lie them in ...
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