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Frustration Grows Over Costly UK Travel Certificate Rules

2/18/2026

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Two dual nationals, Belgian and German citizens now UK citizens, express frustration with new travel rules.
They must pay £589 for a 'certificate of entitlement' to travel, despite decades living and working in the UK.
One notes the irony of needing the certificate after obtaining UK citizenship.
They say the rules are unfair and the Home Office policies are increasingly restrictive and profit-driven, compared with Canada.

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Story summary

Two dual nationals, Belgian and German citizens now UK citizens, express frustration with new travel rules.
They must pay £589 for a 'certificate of entitlement' to travel, despite decades living and working in the UK.
One notes the irony of needing the certificate after obtaining UK citizenship.
They say the rules are unfair and the Home Office policies are increasingly restrictive and profit-driven, compared with Canada.