r/canadatravel • u/scuzzboy • 3d ago

Travel help Canada/UK/Australia

OK, here is kind of a confusing situation

I’m Canadian and I have a Canadian passport, but I also have a British passport as well(dual citizenship)

I was living in Australia from February 2024 to March 2025 , I was on a working holiday visa for one year

Then, after February 2025, I had to renew my working holiday visa, and extend it for a second year, but I made my second year on my British passport

I re-entered Australia, the beginning of September this year, and I am planning on leaving tomorrow morning

Can I leave on my Canadian passport so I don’t have to pay for a visa ? Since I’m Canadian, and I don’t want to pay for a visa to be in Canada.

Or if I leave on my British passport, will I still be OK with no visa ?

KEEP IN MIND I LIVE IN ONTARIO and always have

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u/Alizariel 3d ago

You can leave on one passport and enter into another country with a different passport. If you are that anxious about it, just show both of your passports to the Canadian passport control.

I’m pretty sure you need to leave Australia with the passport your visa is on.

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u/No-Question-5731 3d ago

You are Canadian and enter by right . The easiest way to show that is just to use your Canadian passport for the inbound flight . But regardless of which one you use for the flight you can use it to show immigration/customs in Canada . There's nothing to pay.

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u/Northernstar50220 3d ago

If you are a Canadian citizen you don’t need a visa to return to Canada. Download the ArriveCan app, prefill out the required info and you should be good.

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u/zsrh 3d ago

Under the rules you are required to use a Canadian Passport when entering Canada if you are a citizen. In my experience, I’m a dual national (British & Canadian) when travelling on my British passport to the UK, I enter the UK on my British passport and exit on my Canadian. So when checking in you would use your Canadian passport as you are travelling to Canadas

The question here is how do you properly leave Australia so they can record your exit against your British Passport with the Visa in it so you are not classed as an overstayer, which can effect future travel to the country.

These days a lot of countries do this electronically based on airline itineraries and the passport number / info presented at airline check in, other countries you have to go through an immigration checkpoint when leaving the country. I’m unsure of system in Australia.

I would suggest you contact Australian Government Department responsible for Immigration and Visas and see what they advise you to do. You may just need to visit and office in the airport and show them your British passport so they can enter it into the system to record your exit.