Irish passport

Colin_Kee

With regards to holding Both passports it's very handy for people wanting to work in Australia (Or New Zealand) for over a year. As you can only get a work Visa for 1 year (without sponsership) I know of some folk who get both an Irish & UK passport and get a work Visa on both. As you have a year to use the visa & the visa only kicks in when you enter the country if you go to Australia and work for a year, then come "Home" say to visit the folks then go back on the other passport and you have another year to work..... Good advise for those stupids (I mean students) wanting to bum around (I mean travel) for a few years..

Chris25

talksalot81 wrote: »

But do you not run into the british citizen/subject problem??

It think it used to be the case that if if you were born in S Ireland and held a British passport - you were classed as a British subject, not a citizen and therefore needed a visa for US. That was perhaps up to 6 years ago so it may have changed.

Old_Git

I think these days most countrys refer to UK / Irish passports as EU passports .

1jim

pgilc1 wrote: »

I can understand why someone living in the north might want an irish passport, either to save money or make some sort of statement, but why, living in england, would you want an irish passport for your uk born kids, or was it a hypothetical question?

I had never considered getting my children Irish passports, I was aware that I could get one due to place of birth but on reading this thread and saw the charge for child passport at (i think it was) 25euros and the uk passport at £46 there is money to be saved:j :j , to be honest I couldnt care which one they get, but they will need one in the not too distant future and when having to get 2 of them this should save quite a bit,

lifesuckssometimes

pgilc1 wrote: »

Eh?

Sorry just a joke about british passport

lifesuckssometimes

pgilc1 wrote: »

but why, living in england, would you want an irish passport for your uk born kids, or was it a hypothetical question?

Its to do with ones ethnic origin. and why not, it is their ethnic origin. i my self don't care as it is more than not a political symbol now. A passport to Irish and British people outside of the north of Ireland is merely a means of getting to your holiday destination.

chunter

Colin_Kee wrote: »

With regards to holding Both passports it's very handy for people wanting to work in Australia (Or New Zealand) for over a year. As you can only get a work Visa for 1 year (without sponsership) I know of some folk who get both an Irish & UK passport and get a work Visa on both. As you have a year to use the visa & the visa only kicks in when you enter the country if you go to Australia and work for a year, then come "Home" say to visit the folks then go back on the other passport and you have another year to work..... Good advise for those stupids (I mean students) wanting to bum around (I mean travel) for a few years..

Worth mentioning that I know a person who tried this last year and was locked up for the night at Sydney airport and deported the next day.

Both the US and Australia have caught onto this now and crossreference DOBs and names for UK/Irish passports against their immigration records.

chunter

Old_Git wrote: »

I think these days most countrys refer to UK / Irish passports as EU passports .

Might be called that for simplification and look similiar but each nation's passport is very different.
Ask the foreign correspondants who work the BBC and ITN who travel on Irish passports.. John Simpson being the most obvious.

fourthletter

lifesuckssometimes wrote: »

Sorry just a joke about british passport

Not much of a well enformed joke, Paisley is a UNIONIST and would fight for Derry City (he'd call it Londonderry) to be part of the UK

Jokes are funny when they make sense !

On a side note I grew up in Belfast and now live in Edinburgh, I'm going to replace my british passport with an Irish one just so I can avoid the dreaded ID database.

lifesuckssometimes

fourthletter wrote: »

Not much of a well enformed joke, Paisley is a UNIONIST and would fight for Derry City (he'd call it Londonderry) to be part of the UK

Jokes are funny when they make sense ! It did you have not got a sense of humour to understand it.... I WAS TAKING THE MICK OUT OF PAISLEY AND DERRY IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A PART OF IRELAND. NOW TRY AND UNDERSTAND A POSTING BEFORE REPLYING :rolleyes: .

On a side note I grew up in Belfast and now live in Edinburgh, I'm going to replace my British passport with an Irish one just so I can avoid the dreaded ID database.

WHY! HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE.:rolleyes: