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Travel agents say they are fielding queries from panicked travellers who think they might be caught out by new United Kingdom passport rules.
From 25 February, expat British and Irish dual citizens are required to use their British or Irish passport to enter the UK, or pay more than NZ$1300 for a 'certificate of entitlement' to use in their New Zealand passport.
Alternatively, they can pay about NZ$1100 to renounce their citizenship.
Previously, dual citizens have been able to visit the UK on a New Zealand passport, more recently with an ETA, an electronic online declaration costing about $37.
Tori Keating, managing director of Queenstown travel agency xtravel, said the rul
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