Will you be applying for an EU passport post-Brexit?

[Wolveryeti]

As of tomorrow all UK citizens' passports will lose benefits conferred by EU membership. Broadly the most relevant of these are:

1. No need for visas for stays within EU of over 90 days
2. Full working and residential rights within the EU
3. Subsidised EU education and scholarships
4. Access to faster customs/immigration queues when abroad (unless the UK cut a deal)
5. Right to EU member state consular protection

In most cases you only need to prove you are descended from a parent or grandparent from an EU country to claim citizenship and thus an EU passport, though I believe a few countries (e.g. Hungary) also require passing a basic language proficiency test.

I suspect costs in my case will be of the order of £100 if I don't need special assistance with my application, which for me is worth it (for identity reasons as well as the above list).

 

[Pickman's model]

Soz where was our subsidised EU education and scholarships?

 

[ska invita]

have been trying to sort one, its taking ages, will get one though once i get through the paperwork
you can never have enough passports

not sure this thread is going to do much than turn into a bunfight/gloat thread tho

 

[The39thStep]

Nope

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

have been trying to sort one, its taking ages, will get one though once i get through the paperwork
you can never have enough passports

not sure this thread is going to do much than turn into a bunfight/gloat thread tho

Irish ones are fairly straightforward and quick if you qualify.

 

[NoXion]

Nope. Feel no need or desire to uproot myself and try to find a new job in a strange country where I don't speak the language. Especially when I already have a decent job, family and other attachments here.

 

[Pickman's model]

Irish ones are fairly straightforward and quick if you qualify.

Yeh but their restrictive law on adoption has put me off

 

[Mation]

you can never have enough passports

What line of work did you say you were in, again?

 

[Pickman's model]

What line of work did you say you were in, again?

He is a trade rep for a passport printers

 

[8ball]

Soz where was our subsidised EU education and scholarships?

Getting a bit late to apply now...

 

[FridgeMagnet]

If Scotland goes indie then rejoins the EU as would be extremely likely, I might be able to swing a Scottish passport - would definitely give that a go.

 

[Pickman's model]

Getting a bit late to apply now...

Yeh where were they before?

 

[nogojones]

I use an Irish one anyway, but wondering if it's worth having a UK one to make it easier returning to the UK

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Poland will not give citizenship on the basis of a parent being born in territory that is no longer part of Poland which is a bit unfair I feel as dad was a Polish citizen at birth. They just don't want Belarussians it seems. I checked four years ago.

 

[scifisam]

Not eligible, would get one if I could. Mind you, if I were eligible I'd have got the second passport years ago just because it's cool.

Nope. Feel no need or desire to uproot myself and try to find a new job in a strange country where I don't speak the language. Especially when I already have a decent job, family and other attachments here.

That's an answer to a different question, though.

 

[NoXion]

That's an answer to a different question, though.

No it's not. What do you think "no need or desire" entails?

 

[scifisam]

No it's not. What do you think "no need or desire" entails?

The question isn't about moving country, it's about getting a passport.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I use an Irish one anyway, but wondering if it's worth having a UK one to make it easier returning to the UK

Common Travel Area means there's no need to bother with that.

 

[NoXion]

The question isn't about moving country, it's about getting a passport.

I wouldn't get a passport unless I had some reason to leave the country. I don't have a reason to leave the country. QED.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The question isn't about moving country, it's about getting a passport.

Why would you need an EU passport if you had no desire to move, live, work in the EU?

 

[xenon]

I am one generation out from being able to get an Irish passport. So no.

 

[Pickman's model]

Need to get evidence together to apply for one but this may take some time

 

[Pickman's model]

Why would you need an EU passport if you had no desire to move, live, work in the EU?

To take advantage of the shorter or at least quicker airport queues at immigration

 

[xenon]

If Scotland goes indie then rejoins the EU as would be extremely likely, I might be able to swing a Scottish passport - would definitely give that a go.

yep, me too.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Why would you need an EU passport if you had no desire to move, live, work in the EU?

Travelling doesn't mean uprooting yourself and moving your entire life though

I mean you know that

 

[Wolveryeti]

Soz where was our subsidised EU education and scholarships?

General subsidy:

University fees and financial help - Your Europe

How to get a grant or loan to study in another EU country. Where to turn for financial help

europa.eu

Scholarships:

Scholarships, grants and financial support

ec.europa.eu

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

To take advantage of the shorter or at least quicker airport queues at immigration

EU queue = all Schengen nationalities
UK queue = empty as now all to poor to afford to travel

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Travelling doesn't mean uprooting yourself and moving your entire life though

I mean you know that

You can still travel on a UK passport, 90 days in any 6 month period. If you need more time than that for your swanning about you get a visa.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I've got the docs for the Irish passport lined up, mostly need to get references and budget the cash for it. Current plan is to do so sometime in Feb/March but it depends on how much fucks I can give to getting references because those are a pain in the arse.

 

[andysays]

If Scotland goes indie then rejoins the EU as would be extremely likely, I might be able to swing a Scottish passport - would definitely give that a go.

I would definitely be eligible for a Scottish passport in those circumstances, but really not sure if I'd bother.