jonty14
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Anyone else here got dual citizenship in another EU country because of Brexit? I have been living abroad for 23 years so it was necessary for me to get it.
Best thing I have done.
Best thing I have done.
Why? Surely if this country will become the basket case claimed by remainers post Brexit, there is no need to keep UK citizenship.Anyone else here got dual citizenship in another EU country because of Brexit? I have been living abroad for 23 years so it was necessary for me to get it.
Best thing I have done.
I have spent 23 years living in Europe. Nearly half my life....
Why? Surely if this country will become the basket case claimed by remainers post Brexit, there is no need to keep UK citizenship.
Or perhaps like many remainers, you are not so sure?
Why? Surely if this country will become the basket case claimed by remainers post Brexit, there is no need to keep UK citizenship.
Or perhaps like many remainers, you are not so sure?
Ah, the childish mentality that put us in this mess...
I'd like to keep my job in the UK thanks very much, and not get pushed out by the biggest example of Turkeys voting for Christmas on record. My other passport means I keep rights that others, for unfathomable reasons, voted to take away from themselves. Rights that people have literally died for, which people now take forgranted.
When did people die for EU citizenship and unfettered free movement of labour please?
A good example is the hundreds of migrants who have died trying to reach EU countries, which many see as free and safe places. Yes, some are going to non-EU countries as well, but they are mostly targeting the EU.
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the people who died trying to escape the Iron curtain were attempting to get the freedoms that the West provided. Yes, technically, neither the EU nor the Schengen zone existed at the time but the principles behind both were clearly evident by the late 1980s though the implementation took some time.When did people die for EU citizenship and unfettered free movement of labour please?
They weren’t fighting for your right to work and live anywhere in the Union, what are you on about?
Those people were a mix of illegal economic migrants trying to land in countries they had no right to be in, and asylum seekers, the rights of whom were determined by the UN.
I know exactly what I'm on about. I gave an answer to your question, but you obviously don't like it.
When did people die for EU citizenship and unfettered free movement of labour please?
Or perhaps like many remainers, you are not so sure?
The answer is more like "Err, I already was. You're the one who took issue with the EU so why didn't you move away?"[Says the Brexiteer]: "If you like EU so much why don't you go live there?"
It's OK. You'll have a blue passport to look at in those queues.It would be nice to be able to claim dual citizenship to keep the rights that I've had all my adult life - unfortunately I can't do that so they will be taken away from me at the end of the month.
My wife, doing some research into her mother's family a few years ago, discovered that her mother's mother was born in Ireland and, on that basis and once proven, she could claim Irish citizenship; this despite never having set foot in the country. Up to now, she hasn't taken this up and, of course, dual nationality wouldn't be extended to me.
Doubt I have enough time left to take it up, even if we moved to Eire.You will need to live on the Island of Ireland too for a period of time, it isn't enough to be married to an Irish Citizen to be eligible.
What queues?It's OK. You'll have a blue passport to look at in those queues.
I presume the "Non-EU countries" queues at EU airports.What queues?
What queues?
...and shipping ports and the like.I presume the "Non-EU countries" queues at EU airports.
You will need to live on the Island of Ireland too for a period of time, it isn't enough to be married to an Irish Citizen to be eligible.
As @Doppelganger noted, you don't have to live in (the Republic of) Ireland to qualify. You have to live on the island of Ireland. Which includes Northern Ireland.Doubt I have enough time left to take it up, even if we moved to Eire.
I presume the "Non-EU countries" queues at EU airports.
I must admit, I don’t often to go EU/Efta countries very often because I think Continental countries are overpriced and don’t really value foreign tourists, but when I have, I tend to find that the majority of people on the flight are British and thus any queues at sensible airports will have more desks available for British passport holders, especially given that many such airports seem to do inspections either at the gate, or just on arrivals from non-Schengen locations many of which there are fewer arrivals of....and shipping ports and the like.
Pretty much, yes. I'm being very slightly flippant, but it's more real concern.
I tend to find that the majority of people on the flight are British and thus any queues at sensible airports will have more desks available for British passport holders, especially given that many such airports seem to do inspections either at the gate, or just on arrivals from non-Schengen locations many of which there are fewer arrivals of.
Except it won't be extra desks for British passport holders (they aren't that important that they need their own ones, are they?), It will be EU/EEA desks and then everyone else.
So a British passport holder will be in the same queue as someone from Kenya or India and wait as their visa is checked and passport scrutinised, while the EU/EEA passport holders sail through hassle free. But that is what the British voted for...
Maybe. But British tourists have a lot of choices and news travels fast on social media. Any cities/countries who get a reputation for long queues at the airport are going to swiftly start losing business. An airport with a UK only queue when our flights arrive is going to get a lot of good PR
The Remainer hyperbole is still thriving...."They need us more than we need them" is still thriving here.