Quote from: kusojiji on January 17, 2026, 07:40:39 AMAll you guys with all them passports! Kinda like a spy movie! 

Yeah - I can imagine @Bealman lifting up a floorboard and fetching out ½ a dozen passports before deciding who he's going to be - Aussie, British, Sunderland or summat else

Quote from: kusojiji on January 17, 2026, 07:40:39 AMAll you guys with all them passports! Kinda like a spy movie! 

Do you want to buy a passport?

All you guys with all them passports! Kinda like a spy movie! 

Quote from: Graham on January 17, 2026, 04:36:32 AMwell that could prove interesting for you @Webbo if you ever decide to go to the UK, as it would now mean you have to have 3 passports, I know my mate in Auckland has his NZ and had to get his Canadian, but he also had an Aussie one which he decided not to renew once he got the Canadian one.

Maybe I shouldn't bother with renewing my Oz passport even though I've lived here more than half my life. But, almost certainly, the Australian Government will soon introduce some new rule that requires me to have an Australian, Canadian, and Glaswegian passport for me to go where I want to go (and to get back into Australia on my return).

In the good old days, we were all British subjects and could go wherever we wanted at least amongst the Commonwealth countries without undue hassle.

Webbo

All this talk about passports prompted me to look at mine. It expired on the 7th January! It's a UK one and it is a pain getting a new one. As I am not an Aussie citizen (permanent resident) I have to get a re-entry visa which is a hassle and expensive.

well that could prove interesting for you @Webbo if you ever decide to go to the UK, as it would now mean you have to have 3 passports, I know my mate in Auckland has his NZ and had to get his Canadian, but he also had an Aussie one which he decided not to renew once he got the Canadian one.

QuoteI'm a Canadian with Australian citizenship also, but was born in Scotland (left when I was three). About 5 years ago, I decided on a trip to Canada planning to use my Australian passport in and out. Quite by accident a month before I left, I found out that Canada had changed its entry rules a few months previously to me requiring a Canadian passport to enter the country as seems to be required for UK citizens entering Britain now. I picked up my freshly minted Canadian passport at the Canadian High Commission here in Canberra and asked the officer how would Canadian Immigration know I was Canadian as my listed POB is Glasgow. He replied that 'they just know'. In other words, passports or not, the system keeps track of you. This begs the question as to whether this extra passport requirement may be a revenue raising exercise.

Webbo

@Webbo So does that mean you also qualify for a Glaswegian passport? 

I'm a Canadian with Australian citizenship also, but was born in Scotland (left when I was three). About 5 years ago, I decided on a trip to Canada planning to use my Australian passport in and out. Quite by accident a month before I left, I found out that Canada had changed its entry rules a few months previously to me requiring a Canadian passport to enter the country as seems to be required for UK citizens entering Britain now. I picked up my freshly minted Canadian passport at the Canadian High Commission here in Canberra and asked the officer how would Canadian Immigration know I was Canadian as my listed POB is Glasgow. He replied that 'they just know'. In other words, passports or not, the system keeps track of you. This begs the question as to whether this extra passport requirement may be a revenue raising exercise.

Webbo   

Sorry, to clarify, in view of Kisojiji's post:
My wife can travel to the UK on her New Zealand passport with an ETA.
I also have a NZ passport, which is what I have been travelling on for many decades as I nearly always travel with her. I eventually decided some years back that it wasn't worth renewing the UK passport in view of this.
The point is that as I am also a UK citizen, they will now not allow me to travel on my NZ passport, even if I have already got a valid ETA.
I haven't as yet tried the process of getting a new UK passport myself, but I understand that it can be quite a hassle, especially if your last one expired more than 10 years ago.

Strange about the passport thing, especially about your wife being able to enter with an ETA.

US requires passport for all, AFAIK.

Oh, glad I saw this thread as my passport expires this year...