Getting an EU Passport (dual)

[flizzenflozz]

Anyone have recent experience getting their EU passport? I'm looking to get mine (while also keeping my CDN one) and was wondering how much of this is a DIY thing or if processing companies are the way to go?

Any details on costs/pro-tips/timelines would be appreciated almost as much as the Oiler loss last night!

Thanks in advance

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by flizzenflozz

Anyone have recent experience getting their EU passport? I'm looking to get mine (while also keeping my CDN one) and was wondering how much of this is a DIY thing or if processing companies are the way to go?

Any details on costs/pro-tips/timelines would be appreciated almost as much as the Oiler loss last night!

Thanks in advance

I mean, that depends a lot on how you're planning to get an EU passport.

My wife got Irish dual citizenship based on her grandfather being born there. Required a bunch of paperwork be acquired both from Ireland (his birth certificate) and here (long form birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates for her grandfather/mother/her as applicable). The process took about 2 years and cost ~$500-1000 all in.

But that's all anecdotal, and if you were thinking of some other method/country then I have no idea.

[undercoverbrother]

This reminds me that I need to get my kids their British Passports (#### you Brixet).

Need to get a copy of my birth certificate.

[Robbob]

I've actually been thinking the same, since I can get it through my parents. One of te things I have always wondered, does getting the Passport have any effects on taxes?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Robbob

I've actually been thinking the same, since I can get it through my parents. One of te things I have always wondered, does getting the Passport have any effects on taxes?

A passport is just a travel document, what you need first is citizenship. And the tax question will depend on country. Could be forced military service, too! Read the fine print.

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

I mean, that depends a lot on how you're planning to get an EU passport.

My wife got Irish dual citizenship based on her grandfather being born there. Required a bunch of paperwork be acquired both from Ireland (his birth certificate) and here (long form birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates for her grandfather/mother/her as applicable). The process took about 2 years and cost ~$500-1000 all in.

But that's all anecdotal, and if you were thinking of some other method/country then I have no idea.

This is a big thing to consider. I got my Irish passport via my parents so it was a relatively smooth process since they had easy access to all the documentation they needed. I was also under 18, which I think made it easier as well. If the eligibility is via a grandparent who may or may not be alive and may not have much proper documentation can make it a lot more difficult.

[Fuzz]

For the UK it isn't possible once your kids turn 18. Gotta get citizenship before then.

[you&me]

This is interesting because we've been discussing the idea of my wife getting her Irish citizenship (her dad was born there) as the first step in a long term idea we've been kicking around.

I didn't realize it could potentially take as long as Bizaro's case, so I did a quick google... According to this, having an Irish-born parent means you don't have to apply for citizenship and "you automatically become an Irish citizen"... How does that work?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by you&me

This is interesting because we've been discussing the idea of my wife getting her Irish citizenship (her dad was born there) as the first step in a long term idea we've been kicking around.

I didn't realize it could potentially take as long as Bizaro's case, so I did a quick google... According to this, having an Irish-born parent means you don't have to apply for citizenship and "you automatically become an Irish citizen"... How does that work?

That same link explains how it works. You’re a citizen, but you still need to go through the process of proving/applying for it.

[flizzenflozz]

Originally Posted by Roughneck

This is a big thing to consider. I got my Irish passport via my parents so it was a relatively smooth process since they had easy access to all the documentation they needed. I was also under 18, which I think made it easier as well. If the eligibility is via a grandparent who may or may not be alive and may not have much proper documentation can make it a lot more difficult.

This is exactly the journey I'll be on with me looking for my Irish passport as well through my parents.
How long/much was the whole process (ish?)

Thanks to all for the input.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

That same link explains how it works. You’re a citizen, but you still need to go through the process of proving/applying for it.

Yep... Posted too soon... Came back to edit, but got Pepsi'd instead hahaha

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by flizzenflozz

This is exactly the journey I'll be on with me looking for my Irish passport as well through my parents.
How long/much was the whole process (ish?)

Thanks to all for the input.

Back then it was within a school year, I don't think it took much longer than a typical passport application at the time. But I also don't remember if my parents had to do anything else regarding citizenship before that. I certainly don't remember anything getting done before I had to get the photos and get some forms filled out.



This would have been in 2001, so things have changed, but having gone through the renewal process online, everything seems a lot easier than it was back then.

[Fuzz]

For German it's kinda complicated, but it sounds similar to Ireland in that you automatically have a right to citizenship, but you have to claim it. My wife did hers, and you end up getting a birth certificate which is kinda weird, but required before a passport.

[Blaster86]

Traitor. Get out of my country.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

For the UK it isn't possible once your kids turn 18. Gotta get citizenship before then.

Sorry I don't understand.

Are you saying once your kids turn 18 your can't get them a passport?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

For German it's kinda complicated

####ing typical.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by you&me

This is interesting because we've been discussing the idea of my wife getting her Irish citizenship (her dad was born there) as the first step in a long term idea we've been kicking around.

I didn't realize it could potentially take as long as Bizaro's case, so I did a quick google... According to this, having an Irish-born parent means you don't have to apply for citizenship and "you automatically become an Irish citizen"... How does that work?

You have to get on the foreign birth registry even though you're technically already a citizen if you want to do anything with it (ie get a passport, etc).

For my wife a big part of the delay was getting all the necessary documents. There was stuff required from Ireland, Alberta, and BC.

I keep talking up the idea or going to Ireland for University to my kids (who also have citizenship). I think it'd be cool and it's super cheap

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Sorry I don't understand.

Are you saying once your kids turn 18 your can't get them a passport?

You need a Certificate of Registration identifying them as British Nationals. If you didn't do that before they turned 18, and they were born in Canada you won't be able to get a passport. I managed to squeeze mine in, but my brother had already turned 18 and couldn't.


https://www.gov.uk/government/public...naturalisation

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

You need a Certificate of Registration identifying them as British Nationals. If you didn't do that before they turned 18, and they were born in Canada you won't be able to get a passport. I managed to squeeze mine in, but my brother had already turned 18 and couldn't.


https://www.gov.uk/government/public...naturalisation

Even if I am a UK citizen, born in the UK?

Poking around, it might be ok because I was born in the UK. My 20 yr old daughter I think can still get her passport and I should get my boy his before he turns 18.



https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship...-1983-and-2006

You’re automatically a British citizen if you were born outside the UK and all of the following apply:

you were born between 1 January 1983 and 30 June 2006
your mother or father was a British citizen when you were born (they must have been married if your father had British citizenship but your mother did not)
your British parent could pass on their citizenship to you
Your British parent could pass on their citizenship to you if they were one of the following:

born or adopted in the UK
given citizenship after applying for it in their own right (not based on having a British parent)
working as a Crown servant when you were born (for example in the diplomatic service, overseas civil service or armed forces)

[Fuzz]

you were born between 1 January 1983 and 30 June 2006

Ah, perhaps that is the issue, we were born before then. My mom was born in Britain.