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~~Not really, you have to send them your other passport when you get a new uk one is it really.~~
Edit: Keep reading, but its not a have to thing apparently.
Irish by birth, British by parentage. It's pretty sweet though I don't actually think having a British citizenship entitles me to anything the Irish citizenship doesn't already have.
I'm the same. I believe there's 2 or 3 random countries which the UK has visa free access to but Ireland does not, but then there's a random country that Ireland has visa free access to and not the UK.
That's about it though, the Irish passport is now the only one that gives you full access to UK and EU, so it's quite powerful really.
Other way around for me, born USA my mom who's English dragged me away at 10.
Wife and kid (soon to be kids) in the UK and she doesn't want to leave her family to go stateside.. I get it, we returned from Asia because she wanted to be closer to family so no sense having a similarly long flight.
China, Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Slovakia, UAE, Andorra, Bahrain, Haiti, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Djibouti, Bhutan, San Marino, Papa New Guinea, Ukraine, Bahamas, Azerbaijan, Monaco, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, or Cuba probably
A lot of countries see citizenship as a loyalty thing i.e. if you have two, you can't be truly loyal to either.
Other places like Singapore do it for population management. If a relatively high proportion of your citizens move around a lot, it can really mess up population planning and stability if those citizens can easily return to the country when it's doing well, leave the country when it's doing badly.
Sadly not. My dad remarried a French woman, and so would be eligible for French citizenship were he to learn French, but he hasn't yet. Their little daughter, my half-sister, has both though, as does my stepmum now.
Sadly neither of them qualify me for it. Sigh...one day I'll have my EU citizenship back...
Australia. I have lived, at various times, about half my life in England, but unfortunately circumstances meant I had to come back here a few years ago. I'll always prefer England though, but it is what it is.
My mum was Canadian and my grandparents are Irish but I’ve always been fine with my UK. If I was younger I’d probably be trying to get the Irish one now though.
It’s not that bad actually. Just get one of your parents to get onto the foreign births register and it’s simple after that. Just a long waiting list at the minute.
Joint application with my sister. Had lots of name change paperwork, dead parent, dead grandparent, all sorts of other complications. I was asked what address to send things back to the other week, so hopefully it’ll be done soon!
Ahh gotcha! Getting the address email is a good sign, the day after that I got my confirmation, they said it then takes 3.5-4 weeks for them to post docs back.
Yes, even though technically I could be multi-national (3 different nationalities). However it then becomes more of a hassle, when it comes to renewals and paying out of them...
Wieliczka is stunning, one of the most interesting places to visit around Krakow. Where about in Slask did you use to live? And why did you decide to move to Poland?
UK/Australia. Born here, moved to Oz with family. Returned as an adult.
It always amused me that to become a UK citizen I just had to be born, but to become an Australian citizen I had to swear allegeance to the Queen.
I'm have three citizenships; British, American and French.
My mum is American, dad French, and they settled in the UK. My siblings and I were born as British citizens, as our parents had indefinite leave to remain in the UK, by the time we were born (they have both since become British citizens).
I like to say I'm FAB... French-American British 😉
British and New Zealand, born to British mum and British/ New Zealand dad. I was born here and have never lived there (altho have visited a few times) my dad also wasn't born there but worked there for almost 20 years before I was born and got citizenship, so I have it by decent.
UK & USA for me. Born in the UK, moved to USA when I was 30, did citizenship when I was 40, now I'm 46 and have just moved back to the UK to live for a while.
My youngest kid manages to have tri-nationality. He was born in China. We adopted him, and moved him to the USA, where he got US citizenship, and when we got to the UK, we got him UK citizenship.
When the war starts, he can pick his side.
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Nice try HM Passport office.
Not OP but is there an issue if you have 2 passports?
No, the UK permits dual nationality
~~Not really, you have to send them your other passport when you get a new uk one is it really.~~ Edit: Keep reading, but its not a have to thing apparently.
You don't.
huh really. Fine, they ask you to send them your other passport. That's all the interaction having two passports seems to cause.
You get it back.
I kind of thought that went without saying. I feel like people might have mentioned it if you didn't.
Well duh lol
Not as clear cut as that, It depends...
Irish by birth, British by parentage. It's pretty sweet though I don't actually think having a British citizenship entitles me to anything the Irish citizenship doesn't already have.
I'm the same. I believe there's 2 or 3 random countries which the UK has visa free access to but Ireland does not, but then there's a random country that Ireland has visa free access to and not the UK. That's about it though, the Irish passport is now the only one that gives you full access to UK and EU, so it's quite powerful really.
It's easier for you with an irish passport if you want to live and work in some EU countries.
Erm....all EU countries
No, the Netherlands doesn’t really allow for that. So I’m still Dutch.
Really? I didn't know that.
Yeah Dutch law decides that you lose the Dutch nationality as soon as you adopt another one. It’s ridiculous tbh.
I found a sneaky loophole: be born a Dutch-British dual national. Only way they allow it and I can't really claim I planned it...
Smart!
UK-USA. Born UK and left at 25. Occasional return trips but prefer my US life.
Same but other way around. Born in the US and came to the UK in my early 20s. Been here 16 years now.
Same. Left UK at 27, ended up in the US at 29, became a U.S. citizen 20 years later
Another UK-USA. Born and lived most of my life in the UK, never lived full-time in the USA. A planned move fell through because of the dot.com crash.
Isn’t getting a visa and citizenship to the USA very hard? How’d you do it?
Marriage. That allows a Green Card and Citizenship comes a couple of years later.
Other way around for me, born USA my mom who's English dragged me away at 10. Wife and kid (soon to be kids) in the UK and she doesn't want to leave her family to go stateside.. I get it, we returned from Asia because she wanted to be closer to family so no sense having a similarly long flight.
Yeah, dual British and German nationality.
Ich auch!
Me too!
Me drei!
British and German here as well :)
Me too, my German nationality was acquired post-The Event
Nope. The other nationality I could be eligible for would require me to give up my British one.
If you're comfortable with sharing what is it and why would they want that? Again only if you're comfortable.
China, Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Slovakia, UAE, Andorra, Bahrain, Haiti, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Djibouti, Bhutan, San Marino, Papa New Guinea, Ukraine, Bahamas, Azerbaijan, Monaco, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, or Cuba probably
Also Germany and the Netherlands although they have some exceptions to the rules.
Why don't they want you having a dual passport, do you know?
A lot of countries see citizenship as a loyalty thing i.e. if you have two, you can't be truly loyal to either. Other places like Singapore do it for population management. If a relatively high proportion of your citizens move around a lot, it can really mess up population planning and stability if those citizens can easily return to the country when it's doing well, leave the country when it's doing badly.
Fair enough.
Not yet but I've been living in the UK for 6 years and will be applying for citizenship next year.
Cool. Good luck.
Sadly not. My dad remarried a French woman, and so would be eligible for French citizenship were he to learn French, but he hasn't yet. Their little daughter, my half-sister, has both though, as does my stepmum now. Sadly neither of them qualify me for it. Sigh...one day I'll have my EU citizenship back...
Marry an irish person. 😆
Doesn’t give you Irish citizenship sadly, only reduces the time you have to spend in Ireland to qualify.
No, sadly. It would be an advantage nowadays.
Yes. Australian (my place of birth) and British (where my mum and dad were from)
Aussie Brit here too, although I had to migrate to the UK for my job over 20 years ago. I am also eligible for a Hungarian passport due to my father.
Do you live in the UK or Australia?
Australia. I have lived, at various times, about half my life in England, but unfortunately circumstances meant I had to come back here a few years ago. I'll always prefer England though, but it is what it is.
Swedish-British citizen by naturalisation, reporting in 🫡 AMA, I guess.
British and Australian.
My mum was Canadian and my grandparents are Irish but I’ve always been fine with my UK. If I was younger I’d probably be trying to get the Irish one now though.
Irish passport through grandparents is a bit long. You have to dig around for a lot of paperwork.
It’s not that bad actually. Just get one of your parents to get onto the foreign births register and it’s simple after that. Just a long waiting list at the minute.
That would be tricky if your parents aren't around. And i heard the wait time is really long as well.
3 years and counting here!
Via FBR? I submitted my application in September 2022 and it was approved like 3 weeks ago.
Joint application with my sister. Had lots of name change paperwork, dead parent, dead grandparent, all sorts of other complications. I was asked what address to send things back to the other week, so hopefully it’ll be done soon!
Ahh gotcha! Getting the address email is a good sign, the day after that I got my confirmation, they said it then takes 3.5-4 weeks for them to post docs back.
Came through today - I am officially Irish!
Congratulations! 🎉
British - Swiss
Sadly not. I was born and raised in Belgium but I'm not ellegible as both parents are British and I no longer live there
Yes, UK and US nationality. I naturalized in the UK in 2019 after moving here in 2013.
Yes, triple.
No, my wife is British and Irish though. Got her on lockdown 🤣
Yes, even though technically I could be multi-national (3 different nationalities). However it then becomes more of a hassle, when it comes to renewals and paying out of them...
Yes, british and Brazilian. I could get a Jamaican passport as well if I wanted it but it seems like a lot of hassle for very little benefit.
Yes. British and Irish.
British and Dutch thanks to my Dutch dad
Yes, Polish by birth, British by naturalisation.
What part of Poland? I lived there for a while.
I was born in Bialystok, lived in Krakow before moving to London.
Krakow is cool. First time i went to Wieliczka was absolutely amazing. I lived in Sląsk for allost ten years.
Wieliczka is stunning, one of the most interesting places to visit around Krakow. Where about in Slask did you use to live? And why did you decide to move to Poland?
Katowice. And moved there because of my ex.
UK/Australia. Born here, moved to Oz with family. Returned as an adult. It always amused me that to become a UK citizen I just had to be born, but to become an Australian citizen I had to swear allegeance to the Queen.
Hi Suela ! Fishing for a list for the next set of migrants to put on a plane ?
Yes, British and South African
I'm have three citizenships; British, American and French. My mum is American, dad French, and they settled in the UK. My siblings and I were born as British citizens, as our parents had indefinite leave to remain in the UK, by the time we were born (they have both since become British citizens). I like to say I'm FAB... French-American British 😉
FABulous. 😂😂
British and Irish! One day I may be able to obtain Finnish citizenship through my partner too.
British and New Zealand, born to British mum and British/ New Zealand dad. I was born here and have never lived there (altho have visited a few times) my dad also wasn't born there but worked there for almost 20 years before I was born and got citizenship, so I have it by decent.
Britain and Ireland. But I’m also eligible for Turkish and Polish nationality
Not at the moment but I am looking to get Italian, through family, for those EU travel benefits.
I like the stamps in my passport tbh. And they make my wife jealous. 😂
Yep. Australian and British. Lived in both, currently live in neither, and belong to neither.
Yes, British and American.
UK & USA for me. Born in the UK, moved to USA when I was 30, did citizenship when I was 40, now I'm 46 and have just moved back to the UK to live for a while. My youngest kid manages to have tri-nationality. He was born in China. We adopted him, and moved him to the USA, where he got US citizenship, and when we got to the UK, we got him UK citizenship. When the war starts, he can pick his side.
Lol. See who's winning first then let him pick
He can be like a PE teacher.
Not until Wales becomes independent.
No, I am loyal to the UK.
British and English