Passport

no_more_debt_2006

Hi,

I am currently living in the uk and have done so for the past 15 years, i have the righ to abode on my bangladeshi passport, which allows me to stay in the uk for as long as i live thats what the home office says.

I wanted to go on holiday out of the uk, to france, but i wanted to know, would i be allowed back in the uk with my passport which is not a british passport.

thank you.

Mr_Mister

Yes. Right of Abode is to live and work in the UK without restriction.
I cant see any issues for you coming back

no_more_debt_2006

Mr_Mister wrote: »

Yes. Right of Abode is to live and work in the UK without restriction.
I cant see any issues for you coming back

oh thank you so much, for your advise.....xx:cheesy: :kisses3:

moonrakerz

no_more_debt_2006 wrote: »

oh thank you so much, for your advise.....xx:cheesy: :kisses3:

You will however, not be able to use the EU citizens gates at immigration.
My aunt had this problem, she lived in the UK but held an Australian passport.

PBA

Your right to abode gives you the right to enter the UK, so getting back in wouldn't be a problem. However it doesn't mean you have the same right as a UK citizen to visit other European countries so you may well need a visa to enter France.

no_more_debt_2006

PBA wrote: »

Your right to abode gives you the right to enter the UK, so getting back in wouldn't be a problem. However it doesn't mean you have the same right as a UK citizen to visit other European countries so you may well need a visa to enter France.

Thank you:lovethoug

bringmeshoes

you may also need to take your residency papers with you to come back to uk. my friend on a newzealand passport had to take her residency papers each time she left the uk

d123

You will definitely need a visa to go to Europe, do a google on "Schengen visa" for more info.

There is some info at this link.

BernadetteN

bringmeshoes wrote: »

you may also need to take your residency papers with you to come back to uk. my friend on a newzealand passport had to take her residency papers each time she left the uk

Just ignore this advice as it's incorrect. If you have your Certificate of Entitlement to Right of Abode in your Bangladeshi passport, that's all you need to exit and re-enter the UK. A handy tip is to tell the Immigration Officer on arrival back to the UK that your Right of Abode is inside the passport and you might want to insert a small clip or sticker which sticks out onto the page containing your Certificate of Entitlement (often see this with non EU passports where there is a visa / residents permit etc and it's a real time saver, just make sure it's tiny as passports now get put into a scanner which is not tolerant of fat pages!).

Have a nice holiday and when you apply for a Schengen visa, you might want to include details of what "Right of Abode" means as it's a rare thing to have but gives you equal rights as a British Citizen in the UK (as you will know but most people won't) but with a Bangladeshi passport means you are subject to any restrictions on Bangladeshi nationals when outside the UK.

BernadetteN

moonrakerz wrote: »

You will however, not be able to use the EU citizens gates at immigration.
My aunt had this problem, she lived in the UK but held an Australian passport.

Please ignore this advice too as "Right of Abode" gives you right to use EU gates in the same way as I do as a British Citizen who has right of abode too. Just keep the page open with your Certificate of Entitlement to prove you are in the right queue, if anyone wants to move you to the non EU queue.

Residents of the UK who are non EU would normally be expected to use the non EU queue, but you are not a UK resident, you have right of abode.

Voyager2002

BernadetteN wrote: »

Just ignore this advice as it's incorrect. If you have your Certificate of Entitlement to Right of Abode in your Bangladeshi passport, that's all you need to exit and re-enter the UK. A handy tip is to tell the Immigration Officer on arrival back to the UK that your Right of Abode is inside the passport and you might want to insert a small clip or sticker which sticks out onto the page containing your Certificate of Entitlement (often see this with non EU passports where there is a visa / residents permit etc and it's a real time saver, just make sure it's tiny as passports now get put into a scanner which is not tolerant of fat pages!).

Have a nice holiday and when you apply for a Schengen visa, you might want to include details of what "Right of Abode" means as it's a rare thing to have but gives you equal rights as a British Citizen in the UK (as you will know but most people won't) but with a Bangladeshi passport means you are subject to any restrictions on Bangladeshi nationals when outside the UK.

The above advice is technically correct, but if you meet a "jobsworth" immigration officer when you return to the UK, papers proving that you are legally living in the UK might save you time and trouble.

You will certainly need a visa: note that if you are a spouse/family member of a British citizen you do not have to pay a fee for your visa (which otherwise costs about forty-five pounds). You may need to apply one or two months in advance in order to get an appointment for a visa interview in time for your trip.

Note: if your holiday is only to France then you must get a visa from the French Embassy, but if you also visit another Schengen country (eg Luxembourg) then you only need one visa, from any of the Schengen countries that you are visiting. I think that Luxembourg is far quicker and more efficient than France when it comes to giving visas, so you could just get a visa for Luxembourgh and use it to visit France as well.