Anyone have two passports? benefits?

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

I have two passports -- an Irish passport as well as an Australian one.

I was born in South Africa but I have not renewed my South African passport.

There are definitely benefits, especially with my Irish passport as I can work, live or go on holiday in most of Europe without needing a visa etc which is pretty cool.

Mind you, I never been to Ireland even though I am a citizen! I must visit someday.

Diva said:

Did you ever look into banking benefits?

Diva said:

I'm sooooo jealous!

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

No... should I? hehe

CarrieMpls said:

Hey Carrie!

Yeah it is pretty awesome, I need to take more advantage of it.

Diva said:

Hey you!!

Diva said:

Well, I could get a 20% interest paying non resident savings account....that's the only reason.

CarrieMpls said:

I thought you had an Irish passport already?

PopeLeo said:

PopeLeo said:

omg. I forgot about that.

You don't remember? Must have been all the Guinness!

It mightn't apply to you but anyone with a grandparent born here can get a passport. And if a connection goes further back, if they're still alive, a parent/grandparent whose grandparents were Irish could get a psssport and then their progeny could subsequently get one too. Dual nationality is kinda handy - apart from working/living in Europe, travelling on papers from a friendly, neutral EU state has its advantages in some countries.

But in your case, you don't need a passport. At passport control in Dublin, simply say: "I have red hair - what the f**k else do you want?" Straight in.

PopeLeo said:

If only it were that easy!

And I've no Irish in my family for as far back as we're aware. It's only about 3-4 generations back that both sides of my family came here, one side from Germany the other from Finland.

I wonder if I could get a Finnish passport.

Nope. Just a British passport. I could live in Thailand for a thousand years and I would never, ever get a Thai passport or any kind of citizenship. Most I could ever expect would be a permanent residency visa that would need to be renewed each year.

CarrieMpls said:

Joking aside, maybe. A look at the German side wouldn't hurt either. I believe that they've got some weird citizenship laws that go by bloodline rather than place of birth.

PopeLeo said:

Had a quick look at both - doesn't look too good.
But if McCain wins, you could try for political asylum in Europe..

i have an american passport and an aussie one.

US & German passes here...

I call the German one my golden parachute... hehe

PopeLeo said:

no way. i thought your parents/grandparents had to be irish?!

evenstar3 said:

Well, they do. But if your parents or grandparents were eligible, they could apply. Then you apply after they get their papers, as your parents/grandparents are now Irish. Shamrock shakes all round!

PopeLeo said:

it can't be that easy. it just can't

i'm almost positive my dad would be eligible. fuck. i need to look into this.

PopeLeo said:

Awww... thanks for checking.


You'd think gawdamned GWB would be enough to gain asylum from.

my grandmother was born in minnesota... we looked into what it would take for my mother to claim u.s. citizenship. potentially the irs could charge her income tax back as many years as they chose, although generally they go back 3-5 years.

Yes.

Dual citizenship is great to have. I can travel using any of the two passports.

evenstar3 said:

Apologies evenstar3 - seems I was talking out of my ass. It looks like your father could claim citizenship if he had a grandparent from here.
BUT it wouldn't be retrospective, so any of his kids born before getting citizenship (i.e. you) would not be eligible.
However if he'd done it before you were born, you'd be OK.

Here's a link to a govt. site explaining the rules:
http://www.citizensinform...or_descent

I'm thinking of getting a British passport and taking advantage of having duel citizenship.

my kids have the option of being either swedish, australian or argentinian - when they turn 18 they have to choose, right now they are automatically all 3.

Sweden only recently (in the last decade) allowed dual, so I no longer have an excuse now NOT to become Australian, I'm just a slacker

My husband is Australian, but the Argentinians don't recognise it - if he travelled on an Australian passport and stayed in Argentina longer than 6 weeks they may detain him and tangle him up in red tape.

I don't know how to go about this. I live in Canada. Sometimes I don't want to.

I have the option of Dual Citizenship (US and the Dominican Republic), which would enable me to get a Dominican passport, but I don't know if I'll ever take advantage of it. There's a ton of things that have to be done to get it and I don't really care enough to try