Re: US/UK dual citizenship - passport misery
There are many things he could have done, had he known - but then, how many of us would carry on investigating after phone calls to the Passport Office and the airline concerned had come up with the same apparently reasonable advice?
That's really the reason for this thread - you never know who's in the same situation. Except there are two a day, apparently.
As for why dual citizenship - for some people, the ability to be able to move as they wish between the US and the UK is a huge advantage in their work. However, the two people I know who've gone down that path have done so for other and more personal reasons: human life is frequently far more complicated than the bureaucrats (or those with more straightforward affairs) imagine!
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