Anonymous wrote:Also, I don't see why he needs both passports. A baby will almost certainly need to go with one of his parent's passport as a dependant while travelling, and when he gets older he can just apply for a British passport to avoid complication - there is no need to have a separate passport in Singapore until 15 years of age anyways. Why increase your troubles just because you can apply for two passports? It's just a travel document. Your rights come with your residency status, not the passport. Even if you don't use the Singapore passport, he will still be summoned to do NS if he's still a Singaporean citizen. Those are two separate issues. So if he leaves he will still be breaking the law, so to speak, or have to renounce by legal requirement.
Thank you for your reply.
Yes, we know that he will be breaking the law if he does a runner when he gets to NS age. However, we were wondering if he could nonetheless still enter Singapore on a British passport after even though he has become persona non grata. Are passport control systems there sophiscated enough to know that he is trying to enter Singapore on a different passport? Perhaps it is better just not to risk it!
About holding two passports:
Holding a British passport is very important as it proves citizenship as the British do not issue national identity cards. Hence our concern that any child of ours will have a British passport, especially if we are abroad. Also just to clear up another misconception: British minors are no longer permitted to travel on their parents passports. They must hold their own passports. Our two older children have their own, the older one got his when he was three months old.
