For those with dual UK/xxxx Citizenship.

Efour · 29 Apr 2019 at 16:03

I applied to become Half Swedish, because, Brexit. The bottom half, in case it matters.

So on my Swedish passport etc, it will eventually say Efour, Half Swedish Half/Embarrassed Englishman.
It suddenly occurred to me, do i have to say to the UK passport office I've done this and I'm keeping half my Britishness, the top half, for weak patriotic reasons?

I assume i do have to declare this on a new/future UK passport application or alike?
Any of you got similar?
Aware that GOV.UK will probably answer this in 3 or less clicks but i like typing.

Hagar · 29 Apr 2019 at 16:26

So you half wish to extradite Assange for sexual misconduct and half wish that the pillock would go back to Oz and never return.

GhostWKD · 29 Apr 2019 at 16:28

I wouldn't expect a passport to list your nationality as anything other than the country you have the passport for. The whole idea of dual nationality is you have two lots of full nationality, not half of one and half of the other

For context; I have an Icelandic passport and a British one, nationality on the Icelandic passport is Icelandic, nationality on the British passport is British.

Akagi · 29 Apr 2019 at 16:33

As above, you won't be half and half, you will be both. :eek:

esmozz · 29 Apr 2019 at 17:14

I have dual citizenship - neither passport makes reference to my other passport.

h4rm0ny · 29 Apr 2019 at 17:19

Acme said:
As above, you won't be half and half, you will be both.

Think of yourself as like a worm that was cut in half.

Akagi · 29 Apr 2019 at 17:44

h4rm0ny said:
Think of yourself as like a worm that was cut in half.

But only one half lives, so that's not the best analogy!

Double07 · 29 Apr 2019 at 17:57

Dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality) is allowed in the UK. This means you can be a British citizen and also a citizen of other countries.

You do not need to apply for dual citizenship. You can apply for foreign citizenship and keep your British citizenship.

Many countries do not accept dual citizenship. Check with the country’s consulate or embassy in the UK to find out about that country’s laws on dual nationality. (Sweden does)

BUDFORCE · 29 Apr 2019 at 18:52

Yea I have an Irish passport as well as my British passport.

I call it my drinking license.

PapaLazaru · 29 Apr 2019 at 19:16

Good work, I am also applying for dual with Finland, mainly so I can pass it on to my son.

Efour · 29 Apr 2019 at 19:45

Ok.

Sorry im so dumb.
Thanks

Uther · 29 Apr 2019 at 20:40

Got dual British/Irish for my son. I highly suspect the Irish passport will be a lot more useful than the British one shortly...

[FnG]magnolia · 29 Apr 2019 at 22:33

esmozz said:
I have dual citizenship - neither passport makes reference to my other passport.

Yep, same here.

Nerusy · 30 Apr 2019 at 09:30

I am a naturalised UK citizen. Says I am British in the passport and rightly so. They are some countries that also list ethnicity but this is not the norm and smells of xenophobia/racism a bit, hence we do not have that here in the UK.

ScotchHop · 1 Apr 2022 at 23:43

Hagar said:
So you half wish to extradite Assange for sexual misconduct and half wish that the pillock would go back to Oz and never return.

That woman was working for the CIA. Sweden dropped the investigation.

Freefaller · 2 Apr 2022 at 15:16

Efour said:
Ok.

Sorry im so dumb.
Thanks

If you have kids make sure you get them the same opportunity.

My children although born here in the UK were entitled to French citizenship. On their French passports it states their country of birth as UK, but they are considered French citizens by the French authorities. On their British passports they are considered British citizens.

Just need the wife to pass her French exam and she'll be entitled to be a French citizen too. It will make moving around Europe much easier for us as we go there a lot.

Uther · 2 Apr 2022 at 16:33

Freefaller said:
Just need the wife to pass her French exam and she'll be entitled to be a French citizen too. It will make moving around Europe much easier for us as we go there a lot.

Don't you need residency in France for x amount of time to get citizenship or is it purely through marriage?
I know in Ireland someone has to live there for 3 years or so before they are eligible.

Freefaller · 2 Apr 2022 at 16:40

Uther said:
Don't you need residency in France for x amount of time to get citizenship or is it purely through marriage?
I know in Ireland someone has to live there for 3 years or so before they are eligible.

Through marriage as long as she can pass the language exams (which she could do to be honest, but French grammar is a pain!). But I was born there so she's guaranteed citizenship if we were to move back there, but she still needs to pass her French test! They're quite snotty about that, which is fair enough.

Uther · 2 Apr 2022 at 16:53

Freefaller said:
Through marriage as long as she can pass the language exams (which she could do to be honest, but French grammar is a pain!). But I was born there so she's guaranteed citizenship if we were to move back there, but she still needs to pass her French test! They're quite snotty about that, which is fair enough.

Interesting. Even if someone is married to an Irish citizen they still need to live there for a few years and pay quite a large amount of money to get citizenship.

Freefaller · 2 Apr 2022 at 16:57

Uther said:
Interesting. Even if someone is married to an Irish citizen they still need to live there for a few years and pay quite a large amount of money to get citizenship.

Yes my BIL is facing that at the moment (has lived there for 8+ years I think) and hasn't paid the outrageous bill yet for citizenship.