To think it's cheeky to apply for an Irish passport because of brexit?

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Just that really.

I plan on claiming my citizenship this year. Couldn't care less if anyone thinks it's cheeky. It may end up being if no benefit to me at all but if it might be one day I'm doing!

My mother is getting the documents for my French passport. I actually didn't know I was a citizen until a few months ago. My mother is friends, but I was born in the UK and grew up in the US, so nobody thought of it. My sisters were registered at the French Consulate so have birth certificates registered in France so our citizens, my birth was not registered at the consulate so she is doing it for me now. I would prefer to live somewhere else as I have Friends and family in other countries where as I don't have anyone in the UK. I have special needs and it is really tough year for me sometimes.

My concern would be about the potential exposure to dual tax filing in the future. Who knows what will happen after Brexit!

To those who thanked me for the info, you're very welcome.

To those of you that are unsure if you are entitled, please double check this and be absolutely sure. If you voted remain my heart goes out to you. You are stuck aren't you.

I think this thread has been really interesting to read and I'm going to print it and show it to my colleagues.

I lived in the UK for 19 years and it wasn't always a good experience because I was Irish. Initially I thought it was a bit cheeky as some people hated the Irish. I don't want to dwell on this though as the UK was my home for a long time and I didn't want to leave.

clarrylove,

I think personal taxation issues will come down to residence and ordinary residence, same as it does for many countries all over the world.

Nothing to do with Brexit.

Also, if you have an EU passport that is NOT UK, you don't pay fees at Scottish universities.

"Not as cheeky as brexit"

Post of the week.

I don't think it is one bit cheeky to claim what you're entitled to. I was born in Ireland but my DC weren't, the are automatic Irish citizens by virtue of being born to me. They have both Irish and British passports.

I don't think it is one bit cheeky to claim what you're entitled to

what if they are Leave voters though?

Not cheeky at all. I am desperately jealous that my DH can apply for another EU country passport.

Andrewofgg,

Doesn't matter if I have evidence or not. If they don't do it now they are lacking in some brain matter TBH. Why not hedge your bets whether Brexit or not.

Unless the NDN (in NI) will find out and shop you or something.

But I thought that had all gone away you know with the GFA.

Brexit might then bring more trouble. OK.

As a unionist, I'm not particularly in favour of ROI essentially treating northern Ireland as part of their territory by granting people born in NI ROI passports.

er, its part of the Good Friday Agreement.

www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/about-northern-ireland

It's a bit fucking cheeky considering I live in a place along the border in Ireland which will be really worse off because of Brexit.. aye no worries - claim Irish citizenship.. hope people have to file double taxation

To the pp saying they don't like the "ROI treating NI as part of their territory" "allowing NI people to have an Irish passport"
Have you ever heard of the good Friday agreement

Also can I point out you don't need a passport to travel to or from the uk with Ryanair. I use my driving licence

I also think that to be able to claim citizenship through grandparents is incredibly lax - most other countries limit it to parents and then in many cases it isn't automatic.

most other countries don't have a diaspora quite like Ireland. There were reasons for generations of mass emigration from Ireland.

Cross post ghost I actually made that face reading that posters comments!

Oh and it's not a "ROI passport"
It's an Irish passport
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Cross post ghost I actually made that face reading that posters comments!

"The Republic", southern Ireland, irish people in the north having the audacity to carry Irish passports, I've heard it all today!

Mary............ I'm in NI and have an Irish passport because I'm Irish as are my parents and my children who were all born in NI - hope that helps. Did the GFA pass you by?

If you currently have free membership to an exclusive club and there's a way to keep it when you didn't want to leave in the first place, why on earth wouldn't you go for it? I'm not keen on joining the non-EU airport queues, the admin and fees required for travel permits (I imagine something like the US system rather than visas hopefully) - I'd get an EU passport too if I could.

Annoyingly I have two Irish born great grandparents but they weren't married to each other (from different sides of the family) so I didn't have an Irish citizen grandparent.

DB lives in another EU country and is too lazy to have got round to applying for UK passports for his DCs so far but my mum has kicked his backside so he's doing it now.

notever you don't have to have been born in Ireland. You are automatically an Irish citizen if born to a parent who was born on the island of Ireland (north or south). That is my case. My mother was born in Belfast and gas only ever held a UK passport and I was born in the UK, but the fact that she was born in Ireland makes me automatically a citizen. So, I could have applied for a passport at any time. If I had done so before having kuds, they would then also automatically be Irish citizens, even though not born there. As it is, I am only applying now, so for them to be Irish citizens, they would only be entitled through my mother and would have to register on the Register of Foreign Births.

Because of where I live I am entitled to dual citizenship and will be getting an Irish passport so I can remain an EU citizen. I voted remain and did not sign up for this sinking ship shitshow heading our way, I hugely resent having to pay £80 for it.

I didn't ask for Brexit (which is going to arse-fuck our economy). Nor did millions of others. So why should we lose out if there is a way we can keep our EU citizenship??

The only people would would be cheeky to do it would be leave-voters.