Home Office written question – answered at on 15 April 2026.
Caroline Dinenage
Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reach of the Government's campaign to raise awareness of changes to travel rules for British dual nationals.
Mike Tapp
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Home Office has taken steps to ensure British citizens with dual nationality were informed well in advance of Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) enforcement to make sure they have a valid UK passport or Certificate of Entitlement.
Clear guidance advising British dual nationals to carry the correct documentation has been available since October 2024. In November 2025, the Home Office announced the enforcement of ETA from 25 February 2026, which included information about the requirement for dual citizens.
Communications and engagement activities have included sustained public guidance on GOV.UK including at Dual-Citizenship-GOV.UK, Foreign travel advice - GOV.UK, Returning to the UK - GOV.UK with clear messaging, so British dual nationals can quickly understand what to do.
Additionally, a substantive communications campaign about the introduction of ETA has also been running since 2023, alongside updated guidance and direct reminders to newly naturalised British citizens about correct travel documentation and coordinated international and carrier engagement.
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