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Actually although are you not currently resident in the UK, being a British citizen entitles you to exercise your right to residency (technically your right of abode) in the UK at any time. Your British citizenship gives you the same rights to live and work in the UK as your Canadian citizenship does in Canada.I don't have residency there.
Caitlin wrote:Hi Everyone
I'm so relieved I found this board! I've been researching everything but I'm terrified of reaching UK immigration and being turned back for not having a student visa . . .
I am eligible for a UK passport, because I am a British Citizen by descent (my father). I'm going to Newcastle to study for a year on exchange from my Canadian University.
If I was a regular Canadian student, I'd have to get a visa, which costs the same as getting a British passport, so I'm thinking of getting the latter, just because I won't have to mess around with work restrictions and so forth, and I'm thinking it'll be easier to get through immigration.
Thing is - I don't know if I can just enter the UK to study for a year on a UK passport. I've never even BEEN to the UK before, and I'ms cared that if I tell them I'm going there to study, they'll want a visa and treat me as a regular Canadian.
Would a British passport guarantee me freedom of movement?
Thanks so much:)
Caitlin