To: The Home Office
Stop British dual nationals being locked out of the UK
Immediately pause the new passport rules for dual nationals and scrap the unfair £589 fee for certificates of entitlement.
Why is this important?
The Home Office has arbitrarily decided that dual British citizens can no longer enter the UK without a valid British passport from 25th February 2026. This rule change has come like a bolt from the blue, with thousands of people unaware they are about to be locked out of their own country.
I only learned about this from a newspaper article while visiting family in France. My British passport expired three months ago, and because of this sudden deadline and travelling on my French passport, I have been left scrambling to find a way home. It is bureaucracy gone mad.
Now, British citizens without a current British passport need to pay a £589 fee for a "certificate of entitlement" just to get home.
Lots of people are potentially affected by this ruling, some of whom might be currently abroad or do not have time to renew passports before the deadline. Even if you are not affected, you will know someone who is.
We are asking the Home Office to stop this chaos, delay the deadline, and ensure British citizens are not penalised for having dual nationality.
