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142. Using India Passport after acquiring British Citizenship Q.Dear sir I acquired British nationality last year, I haven't surrendered my Indian passport. I am planning to travel to India on Indian passport. I have indefinite leave to remain in UK stamp on my passport when I exit from UK I will use Indian passport and then to enter and exit India, this way my British passport is not in use at all. do you think this will work? the only problem I see with this is- if there is some sort of information exchange between UK and Indian consulate about new citizenship acquired. Please advise. regards jay A. Traveling on your Indian passport after acquiring British nationality is illegal. You probably already know this hence your question whether you can get away with this or not. My sincere advice to you is not to travel on your Indian passport but to surrender your Indian passport to the nearest Indian consulate in UK as soon as possible and get a passport surrender certificate. Save yourself a lot of headache, fines and perhaps even jail time! if it is deemed you willfully tried to cheat the system. While you may save a small amount of money on the cost of an Indian visa, the risk is certainly not worth the money.