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I am a permanent resident living in Canada, I hold a British passport. I am travelling home for a holiday and was wondering if when arriving am I able to walk straight through or do I have to join the line up as if I were a visitor?

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I am a permanent resident living in Canada, I hold a British passport. I am travelling home for a holiday and was wondering if when arriving am I able to walk straight through or do I have to join the line up as if I were a visitor?

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As you're a British citizen, you'll be allowed into the UK with minimal fuss whether or not you actually live there. The border guards won't know or care what country you're living in, and are very unlikely to ask you any questions at all.

When you arrive in the UK, join the "UK and EU passports" line at passport control. You'll still have to wait (possibly a while at larger airports) but this line usually moves much faster than the line for non-EU folks.

EDIT: Notts90 raises a good point about which country you mean by "home". If you're talking about returning to Canada as a permanent resident, you'll still have to wait at passport control, although there might be a separate line for permanent residents.

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  Returning to Canada, Canadian residents can use the automated passport controls at the airport much as citizens can. These machines are actually better than the NEXUS on the Canadian side -- NEXUS is helpful when entering the USA and you can get it as a resident after three years. Source: I was a Canadian resident for a long while, very familiar with the rigmarole.
  
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As a citizen of the UK, you are entitled to enter the UK. To get past the immigration checkpoint, however, you have to establish to the satisfaction of an immigration officer that you are a citizen of the UK. That means that you must wait for an available immigration officer (or automated passport gate) if one is not immediately available. Furthermore, you have to stop at the gate or at the officer's desk to show your passport and wait for any validation process to be completed.

This process is much quicker than the full immigration checks that non-EU/EEA/Swiss travelers go through, so the line you will join will generally be much shorter and faster moving, but you certainly can't characterize it as "walking straight through."

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As you're a British citizen, you'll be allowed into the UK with minimal fuss whether or not you actually live there. The border guards won't know or care what country you're living in, and are very unlikely to ask you any questions at all.

When you arrive in the UK, join the "UK and EU passports" line at passport control. You'll still have to wait (possibly a while at larger airports) but this line usually moves much faster than the line for non-EU folks.

EDIT: Notts90 raises a good point about which country you mean by "home". If you're talking about returning to Canada as a permanent resident, you'll still have to wait at passport control, although there might be a separate line for permanent residents.

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  Returning to Canada, Canadian residents can use the automated passport controls at the airport much as citizens can. These machines are actually better than the NEXUS on the Canadian side -- NEXUS is helpful when entering the USA and you can get it as a resident after three years. Source: I was a Canadian resident for a long while, very familiar with the rigmarole.
  
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As you're a British citizen, you'll be allowed into the UK with minimal fuss whether or not you actually live there. The border guards won't know or care what country you're living in, and are very unlikely to ask you any questions at all.

When you arrive in the UK, join the "UK and EU passports" line at passport control. You'll still have to wait (possibly a while at larger airports) but this line usually moves much faster than the line for non-EU folks.

EDIT: Notts90 raises a good point about which country you mean by "home". If you're talking about returning to Canada as a permanent resident, you'll still have to wait at passport control, although there might be a separate line for permanent residents.

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  Returning to Canada, Canadian residents can use the automated passport controls at the airport much as citizens can. These machines are actually better than the NEXUS on the Canadian side -- NEXUS is helpful when entering the USA and you can get it as a resident after three years. Source: I was a Canadian resident for a long while, very familiar with the rigmarole.
  
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As you're a British citizen, you'll be allowed into the UK with minimal fuss whether or not you actually live there. The border guards won't know or care what country you're living in, and are very unlikely to ask you any questions at all.

When you arrive in the UK, join the "UK and EU passports" line at passport control. You'll still have to wait (possibly a while at larger airports) but this line usually moves much faster than the line for non-EU folks.

EDIT: Notts90 raises a good point about which country you mean by "home". If you're talking about returning to Canada as a permanent resident, you'll still have to wait at passport control, although there might be a separate line for permanent residents.

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As a citizen of the UK, you are entitled to enter the UK. To get past the immigration checkpoint, however, you have to establish to the satisfaction of an immigration officer that you are a citizen of the UK. That means that you must wait for an available immigration officer (or automated passport gate) if one is not immediately available. Furthermore, you have to stop at the gate or at the officer's desk to show your passport and wait for any validation process to be completed.

This process is much quicker than the full immigration checks that non-EU/EEA/Swiss travelers go through, so the line you will join will generally be much shorter and faster moving, but you certainly can't characterize it as "walking straight through."

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

phoogphoog

79.3k13173257

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I suspect the question is "Can I use the UK/EU passports line or do I have to use the other line?" rather than literally "Will there be any line at all?"
  
  – David Richerby
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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As a citizen of the UK, you are entitled to enter the UK. To get past the immigration checkpoint, however, you have to establish to the satisfaction of an immigration officer that you are a citizen of the UK. That means that you must wait for an available immigration officer (or automated passport gate) if one is not immediately available. Furthermore, you have to stop at the gate or at the officer's desk to show your passport and wait for any validation process to be completed.

This process is much quicker than the full immigration checks that non-EU/EEA/Swiss travelers go through, so the line you will join will generally be much shorter and faster moving, but you certainly can't characterize it as "walking straight through."

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

phoogphoog

79.3k13173257

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I suspect the question is "Can I use the UK/EU passports line or do I have to use the other line?" rather than literally "Will there be any line at all?"
  
  – David Richerby
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

As a citizen of the UK, you are entitled to enter the UK. To get past the immigration checkpoint, however, you have to establish to the satisfaction of an immigration officer that you are a citizen of the UK. That means that you must wait for an available immigration officer (or automated passport gate) if one is not immediately available. Furthermore, you have to stop at the gate or at the officer's desk to show your passport and wait for any validation process to be completed.

This process is much quicker than the full immigration checks that non-EU/EEA/Swiss travelers go through, so the line you will join will generally be much shorter and faster moving, but you certainly can't characterize it as "walking straight through."

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

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