That's getting a bit convoluted... I doubt EU conscription is going to be introduced overnight etc.. but they do have the option to renounce citizenship if they have UK citizenship and/or indeed make sure their US visa is via their UK passport. I think in general dual nationality is more useful to have than not... not that I'm denying there could be issues... you're right to raise them but I suspect that most could be avoided/mitigated too.
Getting Irish nationality for children?
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That's getting a bit convoluted... I doubt EU conscription is going to be introduced overnight etc.. but they do have the option to renounce citizenship if they have UK citizenship and/or indeed make sure their US visa is via their UK passport. I think in general dual nationality is more useful to have than not... not that I'm denying there could be issues... you're right to raise them but I suspect that most could be avoided/mitigated too.
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I agree but it was just a point of thought that those who are making choices for their children should give consideration to, you just don't know what the future holds.
I tell a few Americans that I'm half Banoffee-an and that I'm not a big fan of Milton Keynesian economics.
Well if you don't like it here go move to Ireland i bet you don't though.So we just need to relocate to Ireland for 5 years. Yes, that's my interpretation too.
Not so straight forward.
So we just need to relocate to Ireland for 5 years. Yes, that's my interpretation too.
Not so straight forward.
Well if you really believe that Brexit would be some horrendous disaster and you want the kids to have Irish citizenship then moving to Ireland seems like a reasonable move no?
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My great-great-great-something grandmother was Irish, does that mean I qualify too?!
Agreed - if someone believes Brexit will be an horrendous disaster, yes.
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Even if you just want your kids to have the same opportunities you had it makes sense given the UK government seems determined to annoy the EU in regards to the rights of people to live and work in other countries (they're off to a great start, IIRC they voted the other day to require people who have been living in the UK to basically take the same steps as people who were not living in the UK but want to work here, and removed the right to automatic appeal for residency status for EU citizens who are living here and get refused).
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Not unless you are Andrew Bridgen: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ridgen-tory-mp-brexit-border-eu-a8587286.html
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Yeah, it only passes down 2 generations, unless your wife had her citizenship confirmed before the birth of the kids...
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Tbh I'm just going to take my kids out the back and shoot them, I've got no claims to other nationalities and there's no way I'm taking the risk of them growing up in the horror of a post Brexit UK 
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The guy was just looking into maximising opportunities for his kids and hedge any possible future risk, he's not planning a revolution. I certainly wouldn't bother with the upheaval of moving to Ireland for the sake of it though.
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Plenty of MP's have gone for some form of dual citizenship, which also including Farage's kids.
Just hedging your bets when people are hell bent on removing peoples rights.
Just hedging your bets when people are hell bent on removing peoples rights.
You know before we joined the EU it was still possible to travel this wasn't just a thing that came about when we joined the EU and will still be just as easy when we leave the EU.
You'd be daft not to secure an Irish passport if you're entitled to one. It doesn't mean you're predicting the end of the world, just you are securing the rights afforded to EU citizens that Brits will soon be losing.
As someone who has lived and worked abroad inside and outside the EU, and has been a hiring manager inside the EU, having the right to work visa free in the EU is a massive plus, opens up huge employment opportunities.
As someone who has lived and worked abroad inside and outside the EU, and has been a hiring manager inside the EU, having the right to work visa free in the EU is a massive plus, opens up huge employment opportunities.
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It'll likely cost £7 about once every 3 years though for a Visa - talk about restricting travel to only the super rich!!!
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Exactly. For starters working in the EU will be effectively exclusively restricted to university graduates. No university? No working abroad for you.