Getting a duel passport

nonothing

Hello, I was born in India and am now a British Citizen. I was wondering if anyone had any experience getting a dual passport or nationality? How did you go about this? How much did the whole thing cost? What advantages are there?

Thanks in advance.

stoneman

Why would you want a duel nationality, don't you like being British, or was it for convenience.

Heliflyguy

I recal that India is a country that does not allow dual citizenship and a quick check showed this in Wikipedia but then maybe there are ways around this, you need some expert advice. Hopefully I am wrong.
There are some very good reasons in having dual nationality if allowed.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_nationality_law

Automatic Termination of Indian citizenship




Section 9(1) of the act provides that any citizen of India who by naturalisation or registration acquires the citizenship of another country shall cease to be a citizen of India. It also provides that any citizen of India who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country shall cease to be a citizen of India. Notably, the termination provision differs from the renunciation provision because it applies to "any citizen of India" and is not restricted to adults. Indian children therefore also automatically lose their claim to Indian citizenship if at any time after birth they acquire a citizenship of another country by, for example, naturalisation or registration — even if the acquisition of another citizenship was done as a result of actions by the child's parents.

peachyprice

There is no such thing as a 'dual passport' you need to be eligible for passports in both countries. You will need to apply for an Indian passport, but as quoted above, you may have given up any rights to an Indian passport when you chose to become a British citizen.

Sidekick2

You'll just be applying for 2 seperate passports, there's not 1 passport for 2 countries. I have both british and australian passports and you'd apply for them the same way you'd apply for a normal passport.