Any Benefits to Me Getting An Irish Passport?
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mackem35
Winger
Some jobs insist you have full UK nationality does having an Irish passport stop you getting those jobs. Is it a bit like those football players whose granny was from Dundee who play for Scotland but then can't play for England. I know if you have enough money you can buy a passport but think either parents nationality, or where you are born not because you grandad once kissed a lady from Dublin.
bomber
Striker
Most folk would retain both,so no.
I'm holding out for a new Scottish independence referendum and an independent Scotland being admitted to the EU
Dennis
Winger
Stamping passports hardly takes any time. Tbh these new fangled automatic passport scanners take way longer than just showing the officer on duty (and then stamping it) as they never work or they dont with me anyhoo. It's a bit like at the SoL with the e tickets being sold as more efficient & faster resulting in longer queues
They work fine it's just the boomers who can't operate them
Scorer
Striker
Really? There was a rush post Brexit but never heard it be that long. Currently 20 working days for first time applicants.
42
Striker
I'm way too young to be a boomer, 2 years younger & I'd be a millennial.
For whatever reason the facial recognition don't like me, and have to move to the other queue after several attempts.
i went through the new electronic gates at faro yesterday that they've just spent a fortune on to help reduce the queues for the british travellers with no problems at all.
I was in Faro in August & waited ages. They were directing EU right past us. Probably about 3-4 UK flights in short succession & buses from every resort being people in for all flights at very similar times.
in january it looked like they were just trialling the new electric gates for non eu folk, this time out we tried them, fully expecting to get knocked back like they usually do coming into newcastle (for me anyway) but it was fine. never got stamped. i think when the person you go to at the manual gates puts it under his scanner it's doing the calculations anyway and the stamp is just a 'manual' record.
i know it's out of season but it's the quickest i've ever been through, including pre brexit days.
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Darlo1973
Striker
Must be quite the money spinner for the Irish government.
CatRyan
Striker
I have travelled with my best mate alot and she has a British passport and I have an Irish one. Big difference on how you are treated in other countries... more favourably for the Irish passport.
Hansel
Winger
I was referring to the rights that an EU passport gives. Rights that we no longer have. You do realise that if we hadn't left we'd have all those benefits plus the amazing kudos of a British passport that saves you 10 minutes at the border. I suspect that the Irish passport is also similarly respected unless of course your travelling in a time machine to 1970s England.
GavFTM
Full Back
You specifically said Romanian passport. UK passport gives visa free access to 154 countries and ranks 27th in the VisaGuide.World rankings. Romania has 143 visa free counties and ranks 36th. Ergo your statement is false. Travelling globally is still pretty easy on a UK passport and having to get my passport stamped in Europe is no inconvenience. Indeed once countries all start going biometric (like UAE) you will be able to walk through an e-gate without even using a passport and there will be no difference whatsoever at immigration for most people.
PTR
Striker
What jobs are those?
I'm involved in security cleared roles that require sole UK nationality. But Irish is the one exception.
PrisonBroken
Midfield
Always comes in handy to have someone else to fit up for a crime
elder
Striker
My great grandmother was definitely born and bred Irish but we don’t have any documentation (birth certificate etc) to prove my grandfather was born in Ireland or ever had Irish citizenship, so none of us can apply. If that could ever be proven then I would apply but records of dirt poor migrants/travellers are few and far between from back then so it looks like a dead end.
3rd
United Kingdom
The British passport is currently ranked 3 place on the Guide Passport Index. It provides visa-free access to 193 countries. This makes it one of the most desirable passports in the world with a very high mobility score. British passport holders have visa-free and visas on arrival access to...
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GavFTM
Full Back
Knock me down with a feather. 3rd to Romania’s 16th3rd
United Kingdom
The British passport is currently ranked 3 place on the Guide Passport Index. It provides visa-free access to 193 countries. This makes it one of the most desirable passports in the world with a very high mobility score. British passport holders have visa-free and visas on arrival access to...
