Has Anyone Swapped their British Passport for a European One?

[welsh dragon]

You don’t need to ‘claim’ citizenship, it’s automatic:

“Born outside Ireland?
You are automatically an Irish citizen if one of your parents was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth and was born on the island of Ireland. You don’t need to apply to become an Irish citizen in this case.”
https://www.dfa.ie/citizenship/born-abroad/

Anyone born on the island (before 2005) is an Irish citizen and can apply for a passport without apply for citizenship separately.

This was the route that I went down. Both parents born on the Island of Ireland made me automatically an Irish citizen. I simply applied for my Irish passport.

 

[JtB]

I have dual nationality. Irish is one of them. Got my Irish passport about 3 years ago now. I am not a British citizen and never have been. It comes in handy if identity is needed

I always thought Welsh Dragons were automatically British citizens.

 

[welsh dragon]

I always thought Welsh Dragons were automatically British citizens.

We do tend to be rather international .

 

[Ridgeway]

The main benefit of having multiple passports (for me at least) is i can have 1 "clean" and one dirty ie some countries i visit wouldn't let me in if they knew where i'd been and so having 2 or more helps, also visa applications can take 1 week or so at times and again having one in for a visa and then still being able to travel is helpful.

Having more though does cost more and means more applications/renewels.

 

[JtB]

UK and Ireland are a 'common travel area'. Ireland is not part of Schengen. So you can enter UK just as easily with an Irish passport as with a UK one.

In which case I could theoretically get away with just having an Irish passport and not bothering to renew my British passport.

 

[Arrowfoot]

The main benefit of having multiple passports (for me at least) is i can have 1 "clean" and one dirty ie some countries i visit wouldn't let me in if they knew where i'd been and so having 2 or more helps, also visa applications can take 1 week or so at times and again having one in for a visa and then still being able to travel is helpful.

Having more though does cost more and means more applications/renewels.

You can apply for a second passport and actually have 2 passport eligible passports at the same time. It is given if you can get a letter from your workplace or if you run your own business. Those covering the middle east market know this. As you mentioned some countries consular units take ages to stamp your visa on the passport so the second passport allows you travel.

Israel on request will not stamp your passport. They will give you a piece for slip.

 

[Yellow Fang]

My mum was born in Belfast and her parents were born before the partition. I suppose I could apply for an Irish passport, but I am not going to. I am looking forward to getting a blue British passport. Not that I'd use it much. I've been abroad and it's rubbish.

 

[Andy in Germany]

In which case I could theoretically get away with just having an Irish passport and not bothering to renew my British passport.

This would certainly save you some money, given how expensive British Passports are.

 

[DCLane]

I've come to this late - Son no. 2 has both Irish/British passports and son no. 1's eligible but just has an Irish passport due to the photo being rejected due to SWMBO being Irish. And she's only got an Irish passport.

Getting through borders with all 4 of us should be interesting as I'm the only one with just a British passport. I was eligible through residency when living in Northern Ireland, but am no longer.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

That's odd. I've had posts deleted from this thread without notification. Is this normal?