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Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / August 2003UK passport changes
I've recently discovered that as of this October all children must have thier own UK passport when entering the USA. The old rule of going on a parent's passport have therefore changed (but not in the case of European countries). Up until now my daughter has been on my passport - anyway then my brain started to tick away ............ If my daughter has to have her own passport - she's been on mine for the last 4 years - I would have to submit my passport to the UK passport office - hence it "may" be that I would also be issued with a new/different passport - and different to the one that was photocopied to accompany the K1 petition. So, if I photocopy my passport as it stands now and before the passport "change" takes place -would this be OK as far as the London embassy is concerned?? (Ive already e mailed the passport office and am waiting for them to get back to me). Then I started to think about my UK passport after I've moved to the USA and the obvious change in my surname - what happens then? How do I obtain a UK passport when Im based in the USA?? Originally posted by Lara45 > I've recently discovered that as of this October all children must > have thier own UK passport when entering the USA. The old rule of > going on a parent's passport have therefore changed (but not in the > case of European countries). > Up until now my daughter has been on my passport - anyway then my > brain started to tick away ............ > If my daughter has to have her own passport - she's been on mine for > the last 4 years - I would have to submit my passport to the UK > passport office - hence it "may" be that I would also be issued with > a new/different passport - and different to the one that was > photocopied to accompany the K1 petition. > So, if I photocopy my passport as it stands now and before the > passport "change" takes place -would this be OK as far as the London > embassy is concerned?? (Ive already e mailed the passport office and > am waiting for them to get back to me). > Then I started to think about my UK passport after I've moved to the > USA and the obvious change in my surname - what happens then? How do > I obtain a UK passport when Im based in the USA?? Lara, I worried about this too - except that it was my own passport that was about to expire. I needed a new one and worried that I would "lose" all the evidence of the immigration stamps from entering/exiting the US during my visits. The great news is, that when the passport agency sends the new passport, they also send the old one back, with a corner cut off! Sorry, can't help with what happens after the move to the US.. Good luck Debbie :) -- "We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope" - Martin Luther King, Jr. Actually, I think that just to remove a child from your passport, they do not issue a new one anyway! Debbie :) -- "We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope" - Martin Luther King, Jr. Originally posted by Lara45 > ......So, if I photocopy my passport as it stands now and before the > passport "change" takes place -would this be OK as far as the London > embassy is concerned?? (Ive already e mailed the passport office and > am waiting for them to get back to me). > Then I started to think about my UK passport after I've moved to the > USA and the obvious change in my surname - what happens then? How do > I obtain a UK passport when Im based in the USA?? (i) You always get your passport back when they issue a new one, so no problem there. (ii) British citizens resident in the USA can get a new passport through the http://www.britainusa.com/consular/other_show.asp?SarticleType- =25&Other_ID=205British embassy in DC. The web site has forms that you can download. > I've recently discovered that as of this October all children must have > thier own UK passport when entering the USA. The old rule of going on a > parent's passport have therefore changed (but not in the case of > European countries). The UK stopped allowing children to travel on their parent's passports ages ago. > If my daughter has to have her own passport - she's been on mine for the > last 4 years - I would have to submit my passport to the UK passport [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > concerned?? (Ive already e mailed the passport office and am waiting > for them to get back to me). I don't think you need to supply your passport to get your daughter one just because her name is in yours. I certainly didn't need to when I first got my own one (though that was coming up on twenty years ago now!). In any case, they return old passports with the corners cut off so any existing visas are still useable by carrying both passports. > Then I started to think about my UK passport after I've moved to the USA > and the obvious change in my surname - what happens then? How do I > obtain a UK passport when Im based in the USA?? Through the consulate. Andy.  SignatureI'm not really here - it's just your warped imagination. >> I've recently discovered that as of this October all children must have >> thier own UK passport when entering the USA. Only if using the visa-waiver scheme. It's ok if the child has a US visa, or is a US permanent resident. Same rule requires visa-waiver travellers to have a machine readable passport, effective 1 October. >The old rule of going on a >> parent's passport have therefore changed (but not in the case of >> European countries). I'm not sure what you mean - same rule applies to citizens of other visa-waiver eligible countries visiting the US. >The UK stopped allowing children to travel on their parent's passports ages >ago. It stopped adding children to parents passports in October 1998, if my memory is correct. But those children already on passports before then can continue to travel with a parent that way (as far as the UK is concerned) until the child turns 16. >> Then I started to think about my UK passport after I've moved to the USA >> and the obvious change in my surname - what happens then? How do I >> obtain a UK passport when Im based in the USA?? > >Through the consulate. Through the British Embassy in Washington DC. However, British missions overseas charge more for UK passports than does the UK Passport Service in Britain. However, non-UK residents can't apply to UKPS for new passports. Jeremy This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction All they do is cross the name of the child off your passport and return it back to you!!! I had my son's and Daughters names removed like that last year!!! Hope this helps Sal |
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