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Two passports?

36 replies

1lastgo · 01/09/2018 21:30

Please excuse my ignorance but can someone explain why people are trying to get additional passports e.g. Irish and other nationalities of the EU?

What are the advantages?

I have Italian heritage and could get an Italian passport but I don’t know why I need to.

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iggleypiggly · 01/09/2018 21:31

To travel without needing visas if they are needed after Brexit.

bellinisurge · 01/09/2018 21:36

Travel without visas. Dd can study at an EU university- currently cheaper than UK.
Worst case scenario escape route.

ragged · 01/09/2018 21:37

Faster getting thru immigration Qs?!

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 01/09/2018 21:38

So you remain able to freely travel, live and work anywhere in the EU when Britons lose those rights after Brexit.

chipsandpeas · 01/09/2018 21:39

Well potentially next year you won’t be able to go thru the EU queue when visiting an EU country with a Brit passport so having another country EU passport means you can go thru the EU queue

Degustibusnonestdisputandem1 · 01/09/2018 21:43

I'm Australian and can already travel the EU without visas....

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1lastgo · 01/09/2018 21:52

Thank you. Definitely something for me to think about doing although it wouldn’t be done before Brexit, but I am guessing the time frame doesn’t matter?

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Whatthefoxgoingon · 01/09/2018 21:53

No I think it’s well worth doing even if you won’t get it done before brexit. Keep your options open.

CountryPlumpkin · 01/09/2018 21:56

I got my Irish passport yesterday for all the reasons mentioned above. I want to keep the rights to travel and work that we currently enjoy and I want my kids to have the option too.

1tisILeClerc · 02/09/2018 10:10

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Although the 'rush' to get EU passports is dissipated over the 27 other countries (so not as intense' depending on how badly the UK government balls this up) it is worth getting it sorted out sooner rather than later. It MIGHT all turn out well, but looking at the track record for the last 2 years I would be taking steps for myself.

DGRossetti · 02/09/2018 14:48

Some recruiters have started asking for evidence of continued ability to work in the EU after next March.

The only proof is a non-UK EU passport.

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 02/09/2018 16:36

Basically a British passport will become much less valuable after Brexit, as it won't come with the right to live and work in 27 other countries without the need for a visa.

If you are eligible for an EU passport I would get gone.

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 02/09/2018 16:42

Freedom of movement.

Stripyhoglets1 · 02/09/2018 22:55

Freedom of movement for me and my children. Hopefully still having access to EHIC scheme as a result. So my children can be free to move and work elsewhere in the EU if they want to.

Buteo · 03/09/2018 11:20

Hopefully still having access to EHIC scheme as a result.

You would probably need to be linked to your second passport country's social security system to be able to use EHIC.

Unless of course the UK remains within the EEA post Brexit ...

SwedishEdith · 03/09/2018 11:22

Worth putting on a cv. A UK only passport will be very limiting.

DGRossetti · 03/09/2018 11:26

Worth putting on a cv.

recruiters are asking more often now. And my US DBs startup company has been advised to select EU nationals over UK-only ones when they look to establish an EU presence (not in the UK, of course).

Okki · 03/09/2018 11:31

Also be aware you don't just apply and get it. I started the process for French passport/nationality in Jan 2017. It's cost a few hundred so far. All my paperwork was cleared on 3rd May along with interview. They have 12 months from then to approve, though we were told it's currently taking 6 months. If it does that'll be 2 years.

AnEPleaseBob · 03/09/2018 11:36

Please excuse my ignorance but can someone explain why people are trying to get additional passports e.g. Irish and other nationalities of the EU?

To stay an eu citizen, obviously!

DGRossetti · 03/09/2018 11:42

Also be aware you don't just apply and get it. I started the process for French passport/nationality in Jan 2017.

I wonder if post Brexit, there's scope for individual EU countries to set their own rules ?

Okki · 03/09/2018 12:41

@DGRossetti I think they do have their own rules. Applying for citizenship is different to residency and freedom of movement.

sashh · 03/09/2018 12:51

I'm Australian and can already travel the EU without visas....

That's not really relevant because

  1. there is obviously an agreement with the EU, the UK will not after Brexit.
  2. I doubt you can work or study without a visa.
TheWinterofOurDiscountTentsMk2 · 03/09/2018 14:56

It is relevant because you can travel in the EU based on your UK visa, if the UK visa is no longer linked to the EU, its entirely possible you would need a separate visa for the EU when coming from Australia.

Satsumaeater · 04/09/2018 13:25

I'm Australian and can already travel the EU without visas

because there is an agreement between Australia and the EU/UK countries.

If there is a deal, I have no doubt that British citizens will not need visas to travel to an EU country for a short stay (maybe some sort of ESTA type arrangement - the EU has suggested something that would cost 7 euros). But if there is no deal, we'll need Schengen visas except for Ireland (and other countries not in Schengen eg Croatia - and we might be ok in Cyprus and Malta too due to Commonwealth ties).

And of course for work and study, it is likely that some sort of visa will be needed regardless of the deal, unless we stay in the EEA.

MyCatIsBonkers · 04/09/2018 13:37

Hopefully still having access to EHIC scheme as a result.

You only get a EHIC from the country where you're registered as part of the social security system. Passport is irrelevant. I'm british with a british passport but I cannot get a EHIC from the UK because I live abroad. Thankfully I live in another EU country so get one from them.