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UCAS dual nationality

Hi so im a uk national, ive got a british passport but i also have an iraqi passport. Do i need to include this? What happens if i don’t? I just don’t want to face any international student issues since im a home student...
Original post by tbg1213
Hi so im a uk national, ive got a british passport but i also have an iraqi passport. Do i need to include this? What happens if i don’t? I just don’t want to face any international student issues since im a home student...

When you come to complete the UCAS application you will find that it asks a few relevant question:

* Country of birth
* Date of first entry to the UK (if not born in the UK)

I've no idea whether you have an Iraqi passport because you were born in Iraq, and have subsequently become a UK national, or whether you were born in the UK but have an Iraqi passport because you have some family connection there. Regardless, the above information should be completed accurately.

You will then be asked:

* Nationality (you would choose UK national here)
* Dual nationality (you would select Iraqi here)
* Residential category (you would pick UK citizen - England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland here)

Again, you should complete this information accurately. They've asked for details of your dual nationality and if you are a dual national you should complete it - you can't just decide that you'd rather not for fear of it confusing them.

You will not need to provide the details of either passport, as your permanent home in within the UK.

Reply 2

Original post by DataVenia
When you come to complete the UCAS application you will find that it asks a few relevant question:

* Country of birth
* Date of first entry to the UK (if not born in the UK)

I've no idea whether you have an Iraqi passport because you were born in Iraq, and have subsequently become a UK national, or whether you were born in the UK but have an Iraqi passport because you have some family connection there. Regardless, the above information should be completed accurately.

You will then be asked:

* Nationality (you would choose UK national here)
* Dual nationality (you would select Iraqi here)
* Residential category (you would pick UK citizen - England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland here)

Again, you should complete this information accurately. They've asked for details of your dual nationality and if you are a dual national you should complete it - you can't just decide that you'd rather not for fear of it confusing them.

You will not need to provide the details of either passport, as your permanent home in within the UK.

That makes sense, thank you!

Reply 3

Original post by DataVenia
When you come to complete the UCAS application you will find that it asks a few relevant question:
* Country of birth
* Date of first entry to the UK (if not born in the UK)
I've no idea whether you have an Iraqi passport because you were born in Iraq, and have subsequently become a UK national, or whether you were born in the UK but have an Iraqi passport because you have some family connection there. Regardless, the above information should be completed accurately.
You will then be asked:
* Nationality (you would choose UK national here)
* Dual nationality (you would select Iraqi here)
* Residential category (you would pick UK citizen - England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland here)
Again, you should complete this information accurately. They've asked for details of your dual nationality and if you are a dual national you should complete it - you can't just decide that you'd rather not for fear of it confusing them.
You will not need to provide the details of either passport, as your permanent home in within the UK.

replying to this a year later, I did the, but the other way around, I have gotten my offer and have been accepted for dentistry at NCL, I've already contacted them to change it, will this be fine you think?
Original post by bhatti06
replying to this a year later, I did the, but the other way around, I have gotten my offer and have been accepted for dentistry at NCL, I've already contacted them to change it, will this be fine you think?

Assuming that you are not the original poster, simply using a different account, then I have no idea as to your nationality, residency, country of birth, visa status etc.

Are you saying that you are a dual national, but provided you nationality as non-UK and your dual nationality as UK. And now that you've got a confirmed place, you want to swap those around?

Why? Is this in an attempt to access "home" fees? Or for some other reason?

Reply 5

Original post by DataVenia
Assuming that you are not the original poster, simply using a different account, then I have no idea as to your nationality, residency, country of birth, visa status etc.
Are you saying that you are a dual national, but provided you nationality as non-UK and your dual nationality as UK. And now that you've got a confirmed place, you want to swap those around?
Why? Is this in an attempt to access "home" fees? Or for some other reason?
the only reason is that I have been processed through as an international student when I am not. I have a UK passport and UK nationality, but also a Pakistani nationality, but in ur reply above, I put my nationalities the other way around, as I was filling out the form with my dad and he said that how it should be, and no one from my school picked this up

Reply 6

i moved to the UK in 2014 and have gotten British citizenship, but the way I filled it out I assume they have processed me as an international student, even though I attended the university for summer school and also have successfully signed up for student finances

Reply 7

simply put it was due to a mistake but now I'm panicking quite badly as to this point in time I had no idea I was being processed as an international student, even though I put UK national as my nationality
Original post by bhatti06
the only reason is that I have been processed through as an international student when I am not. I have a UK passport and UK nationality, but also a Pakistani nationality, but in ur reply above, I put my nationalities the other way around, as I was filling out the form with my dad and he said that how it should be, and no one from my school picked this up

Original post by bhatti06
i moved to the UK in 2014 and have gotten British citizenship, but the way I filled it out I assume they have processed me as an international student, even though I attended the university for summer school and also have successfully signed up for student finances

Universities have quotas on the proportion of their intake which are "home" and which are "International". This is for financial reasons: international fees are higher, so they need to ensure that the fees will cover their costs.

If you attempt to switch from paying International fees to paying home fees at the last minute, then it'll likely throw-off all their careful financial planning.

So, in answer to your original "will this be fine you think?" question, no I don't think it will be fine. Hopefully (for your sake), I'm wrong.

Original post by bhatti06
simply put it was due to a mistake but now I'm panicking quite badly as to this point in time I had no idea I was being processed as an international student, even though I put UK national as my nationality

You now realise that you've been processed as an international student. What has lead you to this conclusion? Is it in some email? Or a portal? In the fee invoice? Where?

Reply 9

Original post by DataVenia
Universities have quotas on the proportion of their intake which are "home" and which are "International". This is for financial reasons: international fees are higher, so they need to ensure that the fees will cover their costs.
If you attempt to switch from paying International fees to paying home fees at the last minute, then it'll likely throw-off all their careful financial planning.
So, in answer to your original "will this be fine you think?" question, no I don't think it will be fine. Hopefully (for your sake), I'm wrong.
You now realise that you've been processed as an international student. What has lead you to this conclusion? Is it in some email? Or a portal? In the fee invoice? Where?

it was in a student portal where it asked for my student right to study, which is for international students I believe, before this point in time there was nothing about me being put down as an international student, I haven't even gotten an offer letter from my uni to confirm this or anything

Reply 10

Original post by DataVenia
Universities have quotas on the proportion of their intake which are "home" and which are "International". This is for financial reasons: international fees are higher, so they need to ensure that the fees will cover their costs.
If you attempt to switch from paying International fees to paying home fees at the last minute, then it'll likely throw-off all their careful financial planning.
So, in answer to your original "will this be fine you think?" question, no I don't think it will be fine. Hopefully (for your sake), I'm wrong.
You now realise that you've been processed as an international student. What has lead you to this conclusion? Is it in some email? Or a portal? In the fee invoice? Where?

but on my GOV.UK account, for student finances, my tuition fee is processed as being £9250 to the university

Reply 11

Original post by bhatti06
but on my GOV.UK account, for student finances, my tuition fee is processed as being £9250 to the university

this is confirmed but I am not sure if the university is aware of this (surely they are as they confirm the fees?)

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