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There's been a scramble in Australia for passports on the eve of new UK border rules kicking-in. From tomorrow, British and Irish dual nationals, must carry A British or Irish passport to enter the UK or alternatively a certificate of entitlement in their Australian passport

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00:02It's been a challenging time for Brisbane man Anthony Arden.
00:06His mother's funeral is next week, and he thought he might not make it.
00:10I'd be completely heartbroken.
00:12At the 11th hour, he was granted an emergency travel document, but the process left its
00:17mark.
00:18It's a disgrace.
00:19I don't know if I'll go back to the UK on a holiday.
00:21From tomorrow, dual Australian British citizens can no longer enter the UK on their Australian
00:26passport.
00:27They must have a British or Irish passport, or a certificate of entitlement.
00:32I had no idea about that, luckily I have two passports.
00:36Critics have slammed the UK Home Office, accusing it of poorly communicating the changes.
00:42The nature of modernising and making our border as secure as the Australian border has meant
00:47that some people might miss that messaging that we've put out for years.
00:52Officials insist travellers won't be turned away, but will need the right paperwork.
00:57Absolutely not detained.
00:59There is going to be, of course, some pragmatic actions from those at the border.
01:05Adding to confusion, the Home Office provided new temporary guidance on its website in recent
01:11days, informing dual citizens that they might be able to travel on an expired British passport
01:17along with a valid second passport, but only at the discretion of airlines and other carriers.
01:24Many have already started the process to renew their passport, but the process can take up
01:29to six weeks.
01:31We've seen a massive uptick in people applying for their British passport so that we know that
01:35this is working.
01:36Too little, too late for some.
01:40Too little, too late for some.
01:41Too little, too late for an kalenic passport.
01:41You know that the required certificates are also unitesicated, so we can see where
01:41People, too jazz orderly claim and putting the passportjob in our tracks down.
01:41There's so many rounds over them in full any different positions.
01:41Yeah, somebody needs to put your standing on Duty Auth сп Events for you.
01:42There's invited Orleans to need to be,
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