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British passport

  • 10-12-2016 2:39pm
    #1
    Bob Z
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    is there any advantages to getting an Irish passport if you are entitled to one?


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  • #2
    AngryLips
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    Is this a joke question or have you been in a cave since June 23rd?


  • #3
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    AngryLips wrote: »
    Is this a joke question or have you been in a cave since June 23rd?

    You mean it's useless since brexit?


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Bob Z wrote: »
    You mean it's useless since brexit?

    Potentially the opposite. Holding an Irish passport will permit free movement in the EU, regardless of what happens with the UK negotiations with the EU regarding travelling and residency rights post brexit. If the UK introduces restrictions on EU citizens travelling to the UK then there will almost certainly be a reciprocal restriction on UK people travelling to the EU. Holding an Irish passport will allow you to get around any such restrictions.

    Please don't ask what type of restrictions might be imposed, nobody knows the answer.


  • #5
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    Sorry I made a mistake I meant a British passport I know there will be restrictions on Europe but for the rest of the world is it any better?

    Is it worth having two?


  • #6
    PatMid78
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    Bob Z wrote: »
    Sorry I made a mistake I meant a British passport I know there will be restrictions on Europe but for the rest of the world is it any better?

    Is it worth having two?

    Outside of the EU, there are practically no differences between the Irish and UK passports apart from marginal differences around visa costs or length of stay. Check out these sites for more detailed information on the requirements country by country:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_British_citizens

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Irish_citizens


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  • #7
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Bob Z wrote: »
    Sorry I made a mistake I meant a British passport I know there will be restrictions on Europe but for the rest of the world is it any better?

    Is it worth having two?

    I would say no. In terms of travel to and residence within the UK for people with Irish passports, it's highly unlikely that there will be any change in the status that Irish people enjoy in the UK - right of residency, right to vote etc. which dates back to the (UK) Ireland Act 1949. We amended our constitution back in the 1970s to give the vote to UK citizens resident here so there is a bilateral recognition of each other's citizens with special status and entitlements that go well beyond our obligations as members of the EU and that probably will not change as a result of brexit.

    Looking at the potential value of a UK passport for travel outside the EU, as the poster above has said, the differences will be minimal. The big attraction of the UK passport for Irish people (who qualified for one) used to be that you didn't need a visa to visit the US if you had a UK passport but since we were admitted to the visa waiver program, there is virtually no difference between the two passports for international travel.


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