UK-Ireland Visa Shift Confuses Aussie Dual Citizens

New UK and Ireland visa rules effective 25 February 2026 leave up to 250,000 Australian dual citizens at risk of denied boarding, as they must prove citizenship with a valid UK or Irish passport or Certificate of Entitlement rather than a cheap ETA. Dual citizens traveling on Australian passports face rejection, since the ETA system bars British or Irish nationals, forcing rushed passport applications amid family heartbreaks like a Melbourne couple in their seventies scrapping a London reunion.