A British-Danish couple, James Scrivens and his wife Sara, are facing a heart-wrenching dilemma due to new UK passport rules. The couple, who live in Wales, are visiting family in Norway and Denmark during the school holidays. James and Sara are worried that they might be separated from their young children at Copenhagen airport because of the new border control rules on British dual nationals. Under these rules, dual nationals risk being denied boarding if they do not present a British passport, current or expired, or a "certificate of entitlement" costing £589, attached to the passport of their second nationality, to prove their right to enter the UK. The couple's children, aged eight and 12, currently hold only Danish passports, and they were not directly informed about the change in rules that would have immediate consequences for British-born children traveling on a non-UK passport. The Home Office introduced these rules without effective communication to dual citizens around the world, and the couple is now facing a deeply troubling prospect: they must return to Wales for work, but their children may not be permitted to board. This situation highlights the human cost of the new rule, and the couple is seeking support from their MP and the Home Office to prevent further separation.
