A Million People Apply to Become Irish: Can Brits Escape Brexit? - Brexit Explained

[@TLDRnews]

PLEASE NOTE: TLDR is an independent unbias news channel. In this video we discuss how thousands of people are changing their citizenship to avoid the impacts of Brexit. By discussing this topic we’re not making any comment on the merits of Brexit. While Brexit is a huge issue it can have fundamental impacts on peoples lives, which can lead to them wanting to protect their rights as EU citizens. By recognising this, and discussing how you could do it, we’re not saying that Brexit is a bad thing or should be avoided. Also, as should be obvious, none of the information about citizenship applications should be taken as legal advice.

[@herrlades1753]

"TLDR is an independent unbias news channel." - Sounds like pro EU Propaganda to me! :p

[@iamokayiswear]

@@herrlades1753 *cringe*

[@Me1le]

I accept you are independent. But how would you know you are unbiased. Even the most biased people think they are unbiased and surely we are all influenced by thousands of cultural and environmental factors. Good video though.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

*unbiased

[@Oversensitive-S-poster]

@@Me1le its just PR/damage control

[@marti2474]

Germany allowing citizenship to people with German heritage. Royal family sorted.

[@hebrewwolf6540]

you saying royal family is in the pocket of germans? ouch

[@Carolus_Tsang]

Good. Send those Saxe-Coburg-Gotha descendants back to Saxony, and restore the Stuarts to the British throne! Tandem Triumphans!

[@95winston]

​@@Carolus_TsangKing George V by royal proclamation on 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I.

[@MrRawMonkey]

Marti Not only the Royal Family but every economic migrant in the world that step foot in the country.

[@Dabhach1]

@@95winston In response to which, the Kaiser announced he was off to see a performance of The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

[@freebornjohn6876]

I'm British and used to live in Ireland. If I could have forseen Brexit I would definitely applied to become an Irish citizen whilst living there. My son who was born there fortunately qualifies for an Irish passport.

[@Leodiazz]

Zambrano ruling would apply in your case I think. Check that out

[@Martini923]

Nope new rules in Ireland one or either parents has to be Irish for their to claim citizenship’s, unless you have Irish grandparents etc

[@theninjalion2811]

I presume he was born before 2005

[@Martini923]

Being in born in Ireland doesn’t automatically grant your son citizenship, under new citizenship laws one or either parents has to be Irish for the child to get citizenship. You are automatically an Irish citizen if one of your parents was an Irish citizen who was born in Ireland.

[@Martini923]

If your wife is Irish when your son was born he Irish, if you or your wife are British, your son isn’t automatically Irish, new Irish citizen laws citizenship law was change on 1 January 20O5

[@deannilvalli6579]

I really do wish the British would stop calling themselves expats and everyone else immigrants. I mean, how hard it it NOT to do that?

[@alicianieto2822]

That´s why Spain makes them learn Spanish I guess, because the word "expat" does not exist in Spanish. PD:Expatrida/expatriado exists, but means something closer to refugee.

[@Mira_linn]

@@alicianieto2822 how fitting :D

[@mishapurser7542]

I agree. I always say I want to immigrate to another country. And that I will be an immigrant once I get there.

[@rtsharlotte]

I call myself an economical migrant. An immigrant is someone who has their adoptive countries citizenship and intends to stay there that could be why we say expat

[@prophetsnake]

Impossible, I would think.

[@SeanMMcCormack]

I was born in the US... but my father (and all my family) immigrated after WWII from Northern Ireland. At 56yrs. old, I decided to apply (via the Irish Consulate in Chicago) for my citizenship and passport. Fairly simple (just good documentation of my family) and in under 2 months I was accepted and have my Passport. So I'm now dual-citizenship (triple if you consider EU citizen) of both Ireland and the US. Very happy - and someday hope to retire there Eire.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

In an unexpected historical turnaround, Ireland will now provide refuge to all the Brits exasperated by their own country.

[@celticlofts]

Hey if you qualify for an Irish passport go for it I say. Things look to ge worse in the UK so having an Irish passport might help you a lot.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

@@celticlofts It’s the only passport I qualify for ;) My gf and her siblings got one through their grandparents straight after the referendum, though.

[@celticlofts]

@@TheLastAngryMan01 : Then that's another reason to marry that fine woman. Send her my love :-)

[@brettbambouturton3117]

I am an ex brit who has lived in Denmark for 23 years.. I'm now a Irish citizen.. And proud of it..

[@taintabird23]

Welcome to the broader Irish family!

[@brettbambouturton3117]

@@taintabird23 a privilege indeed sir 😎👌

[@edgardebruin8398]

I might become irish, kinda depends if my non-EU wife can join me in Ireland. however my uncle lived in Ireland for most of his life and my cousin is born in Ireland.

[@brettbambouturton3117]

@꧄꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄ ꧄ explain to me why not? My family are Irish, my parents are Irish...so explain to me your logic?

[@brettbambouturton3117]

@꧄꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄𒐪꧄ ꧄ Sir .. I really Don't have to explain myself to you.. you know absolutely nothing about me or my heritage. So please move on to troll some one who gives you some attention . Or indeed find a good shrink to help you with what ever problem it is that you wake up with on a daily basis.

[@boylebudley3320]

I left the UK a couple of years ago. Brexit didn't help, but the truth is living standards simply aren't very good in the UK in comparison to other states across Europe or Asia. Public services are mediocre, housing is far too expensive for what you get, crime is absolutely an issue in certain places and there's a general climate of unpleasantness and anger everywhere you go. I've lived in several other countries in my life (Finland, Japan, Singapore) and honestly, the UK is a bit of a joke in comparison to those.

[@michaelblower7363]

I can definitely agree with you on the UK's flaws. Particularly the attitudes of unpleasantness and anger. :/

[@いちごくん-l6d]

fellow well-travelled guy here. Lived in Shanghai, then Osaka been in many places in SE Asia. Now living in Sunderland. what a difference!! Damn this Corona!

[@atgoldsmith]

I'm living in Poland. When I moved here (just after the referendum) I wasn't planning on staying more than three years, but since then my circumstances have changed and I'll have lived here for at least five years by the time I finish my studies. Therefore I'm considering staying an extra few years to try and apply for citizenship.

[@Hadar1991]

Does Polish citizenship do not require 10 years of living in Poland and fluency in Polish?

[@atgoldsmith]

@@Hadar1991 According to what I've read on the Polish government website, after five years' continuous residence you can apply for permanent residence. After three more years (and completing a language test - about B1 level) you are eligible for citizenship.

[@chillaxo9863]

@@atgoldsmith good luck from a fellow countryman

[@atgoldsmith]

@@chillaxo9863 Cheers!

[@Hadar1991]

@@atgoldsmith If I recall correctly, maybe something changed after the influx of Ukrainians to Poland. But I won't lie - as a native Pole I never bother to check what steps must be completed before applying for citizenship of my country, although I though that the requirement are quite strict in comparison to rest of EU.

[@FAngus-ly8lk]

If one or both of your parents were born in Ireland, you are already deemed to be an Irish citizen. You just need to apply for a passport and provide your parents' birth and marriage certificates.

[@muckle8]

I thought it was grandparents not parents ?

[@JBCreatesUK]

Hey if i get a passport (my mums irish) can my wife and kids travel into shenghan area with me if they dont have one?

[@FAngus-ly8lk]

@@JBCreatesUK - I'm not an expert, but I don't see why not. Depending on your family's citizenship (I assume you are American, Canadian or from some other developed, English-speaking country), they are probably admissible to most EU countries on a standard 90-day visitor's visa. In which case the Schengen area is open to them. Ireland is not part of the Schengen area, by the way - but EU citizenship gives full access to it, and freedom of movement, including the right of residence. If your kids have an Irish-born grandparent, they can apply for citizenship, too.

[@stevenhubbard298]

I became a German citizen at the end of 2018. They said that, since I applied before the actual Brexit, I could keep my UK citizenship. If I started my application after January 31st 2020, I'd have had to give it up. They accept multiple nationalities if the others are EU passports. Outside of the EU they only accept under special conditions. All in all I found the authorities here very helpful, sensible and flexible!

[@tanellidesaragossa855]

For me it is the other way round! I have a German citizenship by birth, and can keep it despite my British naturalisation taking place next week, as I applied for naturalisation before Brexit and the transitionary period

[@konfluence]

Wow I'm glad I read this comment. Best get on that application...

[@WingedWords1117]

Do you have to speak at a high level of German to qualify? Do you need to have work there set up and ready before applying? Thanks in advance.

[@rushinroulette4636]

Vicky Pullin yes and not enough. You need to have an ok grasp of the language (not perfect, but still well above basic school German as a second language). You also need to have lived in Germany for at least 6 years unless you are an "exceptional talent" ( eg. A sportsman/woman who would represent Germany in the olympics or similar level) or a few other rare exceptions to shorten the residency requirement. You also need to already have a stable income and can prove that you can take care of yourself and your family wirhout needing support from the state. There are a few other requirements, but those are the major ones.

[@Wawelman]

@@WingedWords1117 Why? Do you consider becoming a German citizen without speaking German? Stay in your own country if you want to speak English only!

[@richardproctor6251]

Sounds like a lot of the EU countries are telling uk citizens with European heritage that they are more welcome in Europe than in UK. I've never been more thankful for my Irish heritage

[@tusharsingh4543]

Imagine Unionists being thankful of their Irish heritage haha

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

leftie McGobshite Most are full of it, if they haven’t got foreign citizenship already they aren’t going to.

[@megaangelic]

Well that's a retarded stance on it, since the UK also grants EU citizens with UK heritage citizenship in basically the same way and has given much more assurances and guarantees for EU citizens than all the EU countries have for UK citizens. AND allowing dual citizenship, whereas Spain for example requires you to renounce British citizenship.

[@sitrilko]

And why wouldn't they? The people already have some ties to their country (loose as they might be at the start) and odds are for them to be at least medium if not highly skilled workers. Sounds like a win for the countries to take those citizens away from Britain.

[@Daniel-fv1ff]

What makes them more welcome in the EU than UK?

[@rskb1957]

applying for my Irish citizenship and passport (courtesy of an Irish grandfather) was the best way I could think of to stick two fingers up at Farage, Johnson, Rees Mogg et al. Other benefits? Fulfilling a long held dream to be a citizen of a republic and to forge some connection with the culture form which my family came (through the male line).

[@taintabird23]

Welcome to the Irish nation...

[@pockclash1276]

Awesome

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Rees-Mogg has interests in Ireland.

[@grassytramtracks]

will be giving them the middle finger to that lot with my French passport via my French mother (though Nigel Farage actually secured EU passports for his children!)

[@Gillemear]

How ironic! After centuries of trying to make good English subjects out of the Irish, now over 1 million want to be citizens of the Irish Republic. Just 100 years ago, we were in a life-or-death battle for our independence from a British Empire hell bent on trying to keep us British. You could never make this up.

[@Gillemear]

@Zuul Gatekeeper Maybe but look again at the headlines shown within the video 2:07 . It clearly says 1 million applicants for Irish passports, as does the narrator. Not saying you are wrong and they are right, just going with the evidence presented

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Tuathal the True Well if a YT video says it... Want to buy some magic beans?

[@yamyam2987]

Well, they choose money more than anything else

[@Gillemear]

@@mrmagoo-i2l Sigh, am just going with what is presented, as I said before. The truth of the matter is up to every individual to decide.

[@Gillemear]

@Sassy The Sasquatch My point is that times have changed so dramatically since then.

[@AaronOkeanos]

The first question by the Irish should be "Do you voted for Brexit" if you answer yes it should be denied. It would be the high of hybris if you voted for the need to this step, but at the same time try to circumvent it's consequences with a foreign passport.

[@meneither3834]

I get where you're coming from but that would go against a core principle of democracy.

[@AaronOkeanos]

@@meneither3834 You know nothing and names can be deceiving. What principal is preventing a country to insert this questions into their citizenship-forms?

[@meneither3834]

@@AaronOkeanos hidden ballots is necessary for a healthy democracy.

[@jas1049]

Actually, I think I agree with this. I feel quite conflicted about Brits getting Irish passports in the wake of Brexit, especially if they are not living here. Relations between the two countries are as bad as they have been in years directly because of people in Britain voting for Brexit. On that basis, I’m not sure I could welcome a Brexit voter as a fellow Irish passport holder, particularly if they were applying just to hold on to EU access. I would definitively feel aggrieved about that.

[@capnskiddies]

Who would answer that question at all? Nevermind who would answer honestly

[@insearchofnemo]

I know someone who voted for brexit and applied for Irish passport. This pisses me off and I told her this.

[@kieranb892]

InSearch OfKnowledge I got my maltese passport and voted brexit. We are at liberty to vote for whatever we want whatever our race. Identity politics is so boring.

[@FAngus-ly8lk]

No different from Nigel Farage and his kids with their German EU passports. And his fat EU parliamentary pension and benefits. The hypocrisy is off the charts.

[@SamButler22]

I've been looking at Irish citizenship for around 15 years. My gran took me to her childhood home in Ireland every year as a child and I've always felt a little bit Irish. There was never any sense of urgency until the referendum though, and now that the fight is over I'll be applying soon. Also want to get applied while she's still with us. My dad, who isn't eligible, has been jealous ever since the day after the referendum!

[@QuantumFluxable]

As a German, feel welcome to live here. I can recommend Berlin, noone here furls a brow if someone speaks only English as they are used to tourists and it's a multicultural city in every regard. Unfortunately I'm not available for marriage, but I may be able to teach you a bit of German should we ever meet.

[@rishikachaudhary512]

Nice

[@petersimmons3654]

The third Reich, aka EU, is crumbling from within and more will be leaving soon. You only kept Denmark and Ireland by making threats, which didn't work with the Brits since we're used to threats from Germany. Your European project is on the way out, it was on;ly ever for the benefit of corrupt politicians and other power obsessives.

[@seankane8628]

I would love to,

[@_jpg]

@@petersimmons3654 Would you look at that, nearly a decade after the referendum no other EU country is considering to leave, there are even more applicants than before.

[@petersimmons3654]

@@_jpg It's a politician thing, more power, more clout among other nations, the people are another matter, most member states have a similar split as the UK, those who imagine it's beneficial to ordinary people, and those who don;t believe a word the bastards say. You go on being conned, little people often love 'pwerful leaders', Von Der Leyen imagines herself a cross between Hitler and Thatcher. We have always traded wityh European cpountries, it didn't need a political union, we always had free movement, neither did that. It's a politicians con, there is no need for anpother layer of corrupt politicos helping themsrlves to tax payers hard earned wages. They are already building a EU Armed Force, and will be taking over taxation soon. It's a drippy liberal dream, united Europe, no more war and free movement. But none of them saw the immigration surge coming, and are now rethinking free movement, which belonged in another age, the fifties. Immigration north is growing due to climate change, none of the politicians saw that cpoming. Remainers simply can't drop it, they understand nothing of what democracy means and have persisted in wantibng it to be thrown =away so they can feel good about being cosmopolitan.

[@seangg03]

Im irish, i was born in Ireland. Ye brits please dont abuse our passport system. Like ye abused our people above in the north.

[@DirtyFecker69]

Go home British soldier go on home...

[@petersimmons3654]

The word you're searching for is 'you'. Still wallowing in the distant past eh?

[@dukadarodear2176]

There are at least 8 million people of Irish descent in mainland Britain. Everyone from Northern Ireland is automatically Irish. Many "Unionists" there have secretly applied for Irish passports and have been granted them automatically.

[@nicchauvin1096]

@Nathan Mcilveen It sounds like you didn't listen to the video.

[@SuperDiagnostic]

Thank the lord 🙏🏼

[@martinbyrne6643]

I don’t believe a staunched unionists would ever harbour the idea of applying for an Irish passport, can u imagine the embarrassment of such a thing in your wallet.

[@spareemail8711]

No genuine Unionist would apply for an Irish passport.

[@PS-ru2ov]

@@martinbyrne6643 i am a unionist, i have a Irish passport for practical reasons

[@Vienna3080]

Brexit is making Irish Unification actually possible What's next American Irish moving back?

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

No it isn’t. Popular vote still with Unionists “Despite Brexit”. Prat.

[@boereherp8705]

@@thegrandmuftiofwakanda billie doesn't have a sense of humor :-)

[@SeanMMcCormack]

Yep - that is me. I'm ready to return to the land of my forefathers.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

@@SeanMMcCormack Enjoy Pakistan.

[@inquisitor229]

American Irish returning? Please - not that! The country would standing room only, like passengers on the Tokyo metro. :>)

[@Bestline7]

The irony of Brits begging for Irish passports is just too rich.

[@angela_merkeI]

Alas, we are witnessing the return of the Anglo-Saxons to the continent.

[@johnwhittington2998]

Dewey Dezimal unfortunately we have more scandanavian blood than German blood due to the Norman's conquest

[@meneither3834]

@@johnwhittington2998 but the Norman were more French than Scandinavian.

[@TheMurmandamus]

@@meneither3834 The peoples of Normandy, during that time, were Norse settlers and their descendants who the Franks essentially bribed to not attack them by giving them that land, after being fed up with the constant raids. In a nutshell.

[@meneither3834]

@@TheMurmandamus The ruler of the area were initially of Scandinavian origin, but they were mostly Men and married French women and spoke French. After two generation of that, they weren't Scandinavian anymore.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

uildanach2010 I can’t imagine the nomadic tribes going to Ireland then turning back then going up to Scotland. More like the same tribe split, some went to Ireland the others to Scotland. Just a guess though.

[@vinniechan]

Tell u the fastest way to get a French passport: serve in the French Foreign Legion 🤣🤣🤣

[@sirBrouwer]

but you do loose your entire personal identity. Not only your nationality but even your name. At least that is what i understood.

[@manorexia1964]

That’s 5 years

[@sirBrouwer]

@@StarKnightZ o that is new. might be interesting for my father. he is Dutch but lives in the USA.

[@vinniechan]

@@sirBrouwer I think they change it and enlistment includes background checks by the Interpol There has been an effort to shakes it's reputation as hide outs for crooks and criminals at large

[@vinniechan]

@@manorexia1964 there is a French by blood clause whereby if u get injured in combate while serving in the French military u have automatic rights to citizenships Which sounds quite fair to be honest

[@sharadowasdr]

Hm Brits fleeing to Ireland. That's ironic :D

[@Piisuke]

Not really fleeing to Ireland, they're requesting an Irish passport to retain their EU citizenship. You'll find that they'll likely stay in England.

[@Danc1978]

Paddy's going home, where they should be anyway.

[@Porkcylinder]

sharadowasdr it would be if it was an actual event and not just virtu tantrum throwing. I’d love to see them renounce their British citizenship, let’s see how many takers that gets

[@phueal]

@@Porkcylinder I would take that. I'm staying in the UK, but if forced to choose between EU citizenship + relocating, or British citizenship, I'd choose EU.

[@Porkcylinder]

phueal that’s absolutely fine. No one will stand in your way. I’ll even buy you a one way ticket.

[@jjs3287]

The day we see people breaking into lorries at Dover to get back into the EU i will accept we have a problem.

[@Jam77229]

Wow how shortsighted of you

[@gloin10]

@JJ S IF anyone did break "...into lorries at Dover to get back into the EU..." at the moment, they might well die of suffocation, or lack of food, before they actually got to Calais. A dinghy might be a better option....

[@spoopytime9928]

"Due to the influx of too many citizen applications, we have decided to introduce a new method of citizenship acquirement. Applicants must be able to peel 15 potatoes in 3 minutes, and drink a liter of Guiness in 45 seconds."

[@tygonmaster]

Sounds like that could work for Germany's citizenship requirements as well

[@CashelOConnolly]

spoopytime racist

[@blugill2273]

not very hard but still challenging

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

@@tygonmaster And Russia, just change Guinness to vodka.

[@CashelOConnolly]

Pining for the fjords and for people coming to Britain ,Carlsberg Special Brew and a Greg’s pasty

[@flymb3358]

Please move to Finland, we need more people

[@technicalfool]

I know at least one person who did just that shortly after the referendum. They're still there and enjoying it. Kinda helps they were born there and have some family ties though. As for everyone else, I don't know how many Brits could cope with a Finnish winter, even in the South where it's not inside the Arctic circle.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

I’ll send you my mother in law. You’ve got to keep her though.

[@MrBurgeri]

@@technicalfool Not a problem this winter. Looks like November in London out there...

[@flymb3358]

@@technicalfool Well because of climate change, we'll probably have beaches and palm trees here in a couple years. JK but the winters have got really warm in the past few years.

[@Katastra_]

If Finland needs more people, do they have relatively easy immigration/citizenship rules?

[@TheIamtheoneandonly1]

As I understand it, 30% (approx) of all Brits have some Irish heritage in their family background somewhere if you go back far enough. As an aside, the way Poland's economy is going, give it about another 10 years and it might be the Brits who are going over there to live and work just as we did in Germany during the 1970s / 80s. The irony isn't lost on me!

[@Victor-tl4dk]

Yep Poland is an amazing country and it is growing!!! So ironic! But the Brits did put themselves into this position.

[@eekamoose]

Brits won’t automatically be able to go and work ANYWHERE in the EU from 31 December. The post-Brexit recession is going to hit hard when Brits can’t be economic immigrants in Europe as they were in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. Fortunately, the recession will hit northern cities which overwhelmingly voted for Brexit hardest. Karma’s a bitch...

[@desmondobrien68]

@@eekamoose There was no EU in the 70s 0r 80s it was called the EEC back then and there was no freedom of movement then like today!

[@eekamoose]

Desmond O'Brien You seem to have gone quiet, mate. Could it be that, like most Brexit supporters, you have no grasp of basic facts and no idea what you are talking about? The votes of people like you in the 2016 referendum are already crippling the British economy but you had no idea what you were voting for or against, you ignored just about every expert and specialist in the country and believed the crap spread by the Daily Express and millionaires like Farage. But unless you are a millionaire yourself or live outside the UK you will suffer the fallout from the Brexit that you so badly wanted. Sure, the UK will survive, possibly without Scotland in a few years, but it will be poorer. Prices and unemployment are already rising, the car industry is collapsing and wages are going to fall. And a generation from now, when the worst of the right-wing gammons are dead, Britain will be pleading to join the EU again.

[@mickeencrua]

The percentage of Brits with Irish ancestry is based on "Official " figures. Brits should ask themselves this question; "Who was "looking after" granny while grandad was in Normandy/North Africa/Burma etc..?" A nationwide DNA survey would produce some very interesting results.

[@brennenderopa]

"common language" Someone has never been to Ireland.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Well, a fairly small number of people speak Irish every day as their mother tongue, so I don't see much wrong with his statement there.

[@brennenderopa]

@@TheLastAngryMan01 I was actually talking about the dialect the irish have. It is like the scottish dialect but somehow harder to understand.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

@uildanach2010 Yes and no. Yeah, the structure of Irish English is obviously influenced by an Ghaeilge, and the slang and whatnot can be puzzling to a non-Irish person at first. But honestly, I went to live in Ireland at the age of eleven and had no problems (and spoke better Gaeilge than the local kids, strangely) and my English girlfriend doesn't have too many problems with my West of Ireland dialect. I think it depends on the person and how willing they are to adjust. Even then, I've lived in non-English speaking countries, and it's a lot harder, even when you speak the language to some extent.

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

uildanach2010 by that metric Americans and Brits also speak different languages.

[@Jcolbert123]

@@brennenderopa Geordie, Manc and Cockney are almost impossible to understand when you're not from their regions... The Irish plantations saw the British move a lot of Scots to Ireland and from this I would expect that Ireland and Scotland have similar dialects but this would be more concentrated in the north of Ireland (not NI but the northern half of the island).

[@christopherseton-smith7404]

The real "irony" was watching a programme on "ex-pats"who had retired to Spain to live in their English speaking communes having voted for Brexit, and expressing outrage that it mght affect them after all.

[@dannyboy5517]

Not ex pats they are immigrants

[@petersimmons3654]

Said without a scrsap of proof ex-pat Brits voted for Brexit. All the evidence points to them being solidly pro remain. So erhaps you misunderstood or the programme lied.

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@petersimmons3654 Plenty of examples of interviews available of British in Spain where they voted leave. Brexiters voted in the main to reduce freedoms only for other people. They mostly didn't expect to be adversely affected in any real way.

[@molybdomancer195]

My kids found out at their grandfather's funeral that he had been born in Belfast, so my son is now a dual national thanks to my deceased father-in-law. Sadly I have no way of keeping my EU citizenship :(

[@pockclash1276]

Wow

[@aimeerivers]

I’m British but moved to Denmark just over a year ago. Looking forward to one day beginning Danish and therefore being an EU citizen again. It made me so sad country decided to take away an identity that I feel very strongly. I’m grateful that the EU gave me the chance to live and work in a different country.

[@britopia1341]

aimee rivers The UK didn’t take away an identity that you feel very strongly.. That just didn’t happen. You were a UK citizen in a UK which was a member of a club, you were never an EU citizen. The EU doesn’t have citizens. It’s is Denmark you should be thankful to not the EU. Denmark is a beautiful country.

[@aimeerivers]

Britopia Denmark is indeed a really beautiful country, and I am very grateful to it for welcoming me. But if we’re talking about feelings, I do feel like something has changed for me in my identity. Whether or not that feeling is valid is another matter, but you can’t deny me my feelings.

[@britopia1341]

aimee rivers I don’t deny your feelings. Of course not. It’s just that that particular one was slightly off target. Many people feel the same. Mostly because people use and let the term “EU citizen/s” carry validity. But it doesn’t actually exist. Much of the time it’s just down to “citizens of EU member states” being a mouthful to say. I’m pretty sure one day the UK will come to arrangements with the different European countries (including migration) but the problem is being a member of the EU meant that the UK had to treat everyone equally. But thats not how real life works. In real life we have preferences. For love, For Friendships and for groups. For instance The UK is warmer to Denmark then Romania but we can’t show it being members of the EU. It’s a shame it was pushed on us like this because it meant we also had to get rid of some of the stuff we did like along with a lot of the stuff we didn’t.

[@aimeerivers]

Britopia thank you for that most respectful way of pointing out where I’m wrong. I really appreciate that.

[@jojocavallo3847]

You didn’t mention Italy . It accepts dual nationality. It took me 18 months to gain citizenship and two weeks to get a passport. Highly efficient- believe it to not. However, I am married to an Italian

[@celticlofts]

I have three Brazilian friends living here in Ireland who have already applied for Italian citizenship through their grandparents. That way they'll be able to remain in Ireland without having to renew their visas.

[@tm23822]

Brits finding out to move to another country and get citizenship rights, you actually have to learn another language. Lmao

[@milosm9280]

I mean they can move to Ireland.

[@MrKarlyboy]

5 core Languages are spoken and are culturally native in the UK. and many more besides which are non-native. Comments like this shows the level of intelligence of the poster, when more languages are spoken in the UK than anywhere else on earth. This is is a fact. I'm native UK and I speak 4 languages. So do try to f**king keep up! I know many natives who speak more than one language. The fact is English is the global dominant language, which is down to the UK's history, the fact the language is easy to grasp and a further push by the United States development over the last century to keep it that way. So you can bleat all you like but the British achieved something no other country on earth has achieved. I bet that makes you feel smart now does it not?

[@milosm9280]

@@MrKarlyboy i hate the comments like brits only use english to talk to ppl abroad . Like what do u want them to try to learn 10 languages? Also most ppl who know english probably would know it if german or spanish was the world's language.

[@christophercook7445]

@@MrKarlyboy From reading comments on KZbin I don't think many can write English and probably don't speak it well (I certainly don't mean immigrants).

[@sammybesr3989]

Brits can move to Ireland for 5 years if they want an EU passport - or they can pay a Romanian gypsy a few pounds! Either way, they don’t need learn a new language - and those many immigrants can’t visit the UK, as easily. (Not all bad! I moved to Ireland - 4 years ago. So I will be applying my passport soon, and then moving to sunny Spain. The weather in Ireland is worse than the UK!

[@snowcold5932]

6:55 "citizens also can't hold dual nationality" *laughs in dual spanish/french nationality by birth*

[@franciscoborquezk.155]

That's because most dual citizenship limitations are not imposed on birthrights, but naturalisation.

[@luthor24127]

Yeah, they can't *make you* get rid of one of your nationalities.

[@jamest5149]

Yep my Australian/British passports plus 10 yrs in Spain say otherwise.

[@agustinentratico3081]

So is it Spain that doesn't accept dual citizenship?

[@usarkarzts4207]

@@agustinentratico3081 there are exceptions, but generally you have to renounce to your other nationality.

[@Carolus_Tsang]

Oh how the tables have turned..... Brits begging to become Irish when back in the 1800s Irish nationality was seen by Brits as a backward concept.

[@britopia1341]

Karl Tsang They aren’t begging they’re applying because they’re entitled. They’re entitled because they have Irish heritage. Roughly 80,000 RoI citizens who just also happened to be UK citizens applied for RoI passports last year not 1 million.

[@millhilljimjimmy6731]

If I have a blue passport can I go on holiday to Europe yes or no

[@SM-ly5tf]

@@millhilljimjimmy6731 yes

[@TheCyborg94]

I'm from Northern England and apparently have Irish, Scottish and Scandinavian ancestry/heritage from a few generations ago (1st great grandparents and 2nd great grandparents), but sadly I'm one generation out of luck for an Irish passport and a few generations out luck for a passport in Norway or Sweden. I'm planning/hoping to move to Sweden, Denmark or Norway. I've already lived in Sweden because my ex girlfriend was from there and loved it! So I'm going to head back eventually. The UK morbidly depressing and I don't see much future here.

[@bradavon]

Generations ago! It only extends as far as Grand kids.

[@TheCyborg94]

@@bradavon Yeah, I know that's the sad part about it. I also have ancestry/heritage from Scandinavia, too, in the recent few generations.

[@jjlennon07]

If you are married to an Irish citizen(I am by the way), you can apply for citizenship if you have live on the island of Ireland for 3 yrs not 5yrs. And you must have lived on the Ireland for a full year prior to your application.

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

My cousin received her Irish passport a few weeks ago, having gone through the route of a parent or grandparent being Irish. I am so English it’s painful with no foreign background for at least four generations (everyone in my family for generations was from the Slough/Langley area.) I am looking at Germany as I am ex British Army, spent years living here. I have taken and passed my Einbürgerung test and take my German Language B1 Prüfung in a few weeks. What I like about this video is it demonstrates how the EU countries have their own entry requirements and haven’t become a single entity, one of the things many people in favour of Brexit feared.

[@FriedrichHerschel]

Which is fascinating, because being granted citizenship in one country grants you rights in all of them. You might think they want a say in it then. Does your military servive time in Germany really allowing you to ask for citizenship?

[@timor64]

@@FriedrichHerschel i suspect he stayed on or returned. EDIT: "returned" meaning "returned to Germany"

[@Sanderos25]

@@FriedrichHerschel In joining the EU there are minimum regulations all countries have to pass, making it harder is up to the country themselves. This goes back to that line of Boris, "We can make our own laws". You already could, as long as they were at least par with the EU laws, if you want to improve safety laws of social laws etc. feel free. You just can't go below the EU threshold, so what he is actually saying is "we want to lower our standards"

[@ryanstark2350]

Sander van Veen Our law in the UK is common law which is totally incompatible with tyrannical EU law. Under common law you can do what you want as long as you don’t harm others or breach contracts. It’s called freedom which the EU can’t comprehend.

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

Ryan Stark do you talk bs all the time, or do you save it all up for KZbin?

[@sarowie]

For Germany: You forgot two important details: "Usually" you have to give up your citizenship. Naturalization becomes a lot easier when married to a German. You need to take a culture/history test and a language test (if you can not prove your German skills with relevant school diplomas).

[@jimroberts1943]

"You need to take a culture/history test and a language test" I think that depends on where you live in Germany (which Land). In Bavaria, as you say. In Lower Saxony, not so much.

[@blossom8160]

For ‘western’ countries, it’s _NOT_ that hard to be granted a “_Beibehaltungsgenehmigung_”, (permission to keep German citizenship and take up a second citizenship). Mine was granted within DAYS, and _EVERY_ German I know here who chose to become Australian has kept their German citizenship. And there are an estimated 10,000 native speakers of German in Greater Canberra (including, Swiss, Austrians, Belgians, Bavarians etc) 😉 10k in a total population of under 500k! I even know several dual citizens who don’t speak _ANY_ German! 😱 They usually need someone to go with them whenever they have to go to the German Embassy .... poor buggers. 😔 Of course I don’t know all of them - but everybody I can think of has both citizenships (or not eligible to become Australian yet). I never needed to do an English language test either (AU does not have an official language, so certain immigrants, like spouses) don’t need to speak English. And German is one of the most commonly taught foreign language in Australian schools. 😁 Oh, also: there are a LOT more ALDIs here in Canberra than I’ve ever seen in any big German city north of the Black Forest! *>~~•oOo•~~

[@sarowie]

@@blossom8160 permission to keep German citizenship and gaining an other is easier then gaining German citizenship while keeping the other. So, the order is important. But yes, there are exception but in place for EU countries.

[@rushinroulette4636]

Michael Frey for naturalisation as a German citizen you can always keep your older citizenship as long as it is an eu country and that country allows it. You only need to renounce your old citizenship if it is a non eu country or that country explicitly demand it.

[@mr.clanni9930]

@@rushinroulette4636 u don’t have to give up you’re nationality if it’s impossible to do so. Ex, Argentinian citizens get to keep their citizenship when naturalizing in Germany because it is impossible to renounce an Argentinian citizenship.

[@gilesdunk7416]

How about move up to Scotland and wait for independence! 😂😂

[@akooma3694]

EU has already said they would not accept Scotland into the EU lol

[@MrKarlyboy]

Nah Scotlands run by a rabbid krankie and she has no answers. Scotland won't survive, I know many people who would leave, take their business south, and withdraw all their investments from there. Take away the Barnet formula and it won't work. I don't think so

[@kakab66]

@@akooma3694 frustrated brexiters like to believe so, but I don't think Scotland would be denied entry into the EU. If a region secedes from an EU country, then its application to join back EU as an independent country would be problematic ie if ever Catalogne should leave Spain, its joining of EU would be very difficult. On the other hand, Scotland won't be seceding from an EU country, but rather from a non EU country (or rather an ex-EU country) and hence will be very welcome back in EU.

[@cakeisyummy5755]

@@akooma3694 Well, I guess the scotts will be damned.

[@justfelix9199]

@@akooma3694 - They never said that, check your sources. They said they won't have the automatically right to join the EU, and they would have to join a queue.

[@waywed]

One other useful point. If you live in the UK on some sort of visa or permit but are not a UK citizen, an Irish passport will mean you can still live and work there under the Common Travel Area provisions between UK and Ireland which will continue after 31 December 2020.

[@tokiomitohsaka7770]

I actually know one of the British citizens trying to become polish as a result of brexit. Didn’t know there were so few moving to Poland, all the pierogi are worth moving for by themselves.

[@jas1049]

I’m Irish and have always felt very friendly to our British neighbours. I have to say though that Brexit has changed my views. I think that the conduct of certain UK politicians, of aspects of the UK media and the publicly expressed views of many British citizens has been so unnecessarily insulting and derisory of Ireland and of the EU in general during the period since 2016 that my genuine view is that if there was a legal way to ban every Brexiteer from ever entering Ireland or the EU or ever doing any business with us again, I would vote in favour of it.

[@taintabird23]

My own sentiments exactly. It is the remainers in the UK I feel sorry for. They are stuck with these people.

[@emilchandran546]

Everyone in the comments with this strange conflation of obtaining an EU passport and leaving the UK. Ummm... passports are for travel you know, like if they want to travel, having the EU passport will get them easier and cheaper access to many countries. It is one of the most powerful passports in the world. I can see why a lot of people might want one, if they have family in Europe, if they travel for business, or if they intend to take a holiday in Europe or any of the other countries that don’t require a visa for EU passport holders. This wasn’t a “love it or leave it” video it was just about passports.

[@pirhot4283]

Sure, furthermore French and German passmort are 3rd place exaequo in terms of power.

[@starlinguk]

It's not just about travel. It's also about work. It means that if you can't find a job in Britain you can find one elsewhere in Europe, without restrictions on how much you need to earn.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Arya1999 Yes, the continent is dying to hire a halfwit with a history of art degree and 6 months Starbucks experience.

[@k.e.w]

A passport is a big thing ... As others said not only for travel. It's a symbol of being in the EU and working rights ... In the end millions have chosen to move and I'm sure the other country's are more than happy to make it easier for the British to be accepted. I lived 10 years myself in the UK and find it really sad what the UK has become.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

BABAYAGA DELTA What free? Enjoy slavery, ironically Ursula Von der Leyen’s family made their money from plantations. It’s very apt.

[@NotYowBusiness]

"Island of island" or "Ireland of Ireland" ?

[@eamonnogmcconnaghie7670]

He said "Island of Ireland" meaning all of Ireland including Northern Ireland

[@seanegan8150]

Ireland of Island

[@hannahg8439]

@@eamonnogmcconnaghie7670 that was helpful, thanks!

[@ekx5120]

@@seanegan8150 That's definitely what I heard.

[@MichaelTavares]

It’s be good if he could pronounce the hard R in Ireland, even though it’s not a natural part of his accent, he could intentionally do it to be clear.

[@olegabbatini7015]

6:50 Just pointing out a small inaccuracy, but Spain does "allow" dual nationality, just requires foreign citizens becoming Spanish to give up their previous nationality. So this means Brits becoming Spanish will have to renounce their citizenship, but Spaniards living in the UK doing the opposite are allowed dual citizenship, can keep their Spanish nationality and also take up UK citizenship in addition.

[@clowncarqingdao]

Quite pissed off that so many rich elite Brexit supporters have applied for EU passports or have them already.

[@klausbrinck2137]

So, you have thought, that rich elite Brexit supporters don´t have a plan B, in case plan A works...? That´s cute ;-)

[@kimrsns7363]

If any of those Brits applying for an ‘EU Passport’ voted FOR BREXIT, we should DENY THEIR APPLICATION OUTRIGHT!!

[@kimrsns7363]

Joshua Simpson You obviously are a ‘Brexiteer’! If you have a decent salary, you will NOT be effected by Brexit, but what about those who are not so fortunate? It seems to me that you do NOT care AT ALL about ‘your brother and sister’!?! Well, I say to you: you will receive the JUDGMENT you deserve on ‘Judgment Day!

[@kimrsns7363]

Apparently, you are of the opinion that you do NOT have to answer for your actions when you die. Well, I can only ask you to contemplate this simple question: what if YOU ARE WRONG? You obviously do NOT value the lives of your ‘neighbours’, neither do you value your OWN LIFE! That is the EPIDEMY OF SAD!

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"Why learn a foreign lingo m8, we're br1tish innit?" - some brexiteer, probably

[@Xuhybrid]

Look at this mature individual who isn't at all condescending.

[@london_james]

Decent argument to be fair 🤣

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Translation, “English is the most popular second language, it is less important to learn the native tongue”. Yes, it’s a logical conclusion.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Xuhybrid Look at that individual who can speak English and who is on a British site. The lack of self awareness is laughable. “Ooh those dirty poor people”. They have scraped enough money together with overtime for their one holiday a year and haven’t had time to be fluent in a language in a country they are going to be in for two weeks. Let’s laugh at them. What a set of snobs this channel attracts. It’s disgusting.

[@Xuhybrid]

@@mrmagoo-i2l Learn to read lol.

[@mujtabaellari2597]

I'm kinda surprised the Netherlands isn't a more popular choice.

[@Piisuke]

@Another NPC Not much more, if at all, than Spain. Five years in the country, speak the Language, renounce your current nationality (unless married / civ partnered to a Dutch national,

[@cs1810]

They don't allow dual citizenship for naturalisation, and you have to pass a language test.

[@Yoshi_206]

How can you live there long enough to naturalize if you can't get a work permit?

[@angrytedtalks]

Too far left.

[@pbac9570]

I'm Irish and studying in the Netherlands. They make everything difficult for you, with delays in registration or not clearing out previous tenants from the property register, limiting the services you receive. I've also had trouble finding work and have had to work for less than minimum wage.

[@FMORAIS]

Non-Brexiters will always be welcome in Portugal!

[@nourdaniel2437]

Salaheddine Aziz Probably you didn’t and you would never get what he meant by that

[@FMORAIS]

@@salaheddineaziz1076 Not really. Many intelligent British investors and youngsters come to Portugal to implement businesses and to have fun. But I guess you wouldn't know it, probably because you're not learning from them.

[@annarehbinder7540]

Beautiful country and with the worlds best pastry, really nice wine, great seafood and lovly and fairly easy language to learn .... frozen swede here ... sounds really nice ! Including.... actual palmtrees !

[@FMORAIS]

Anna Rehbinder I heard Sweden has the best snow mountains, mashed potatoes, meatballs and beautiful blonde women, so you’re doing great as well :)

[@louisokeefe8307]

Im Irish and im coming over for the fun and sun. Respect to Portugal from Eire

[@Bhethar]

A colleague kept jokingly offering to marry me so I could get a UK passport. I told him maybe It should be the other way around since he's the one loosing all the EU travel and busines rights 😂

[@azomboup]

😂😂😂 🤔🤔 and you can get British citizenship without losing your EU citizen

[@Bhethar]

@@azomboup and most importantly, without marrying anyone 😂

[@mrreality4735]

I am a brit, all the way back. I also live in Aus. There's no helping me, and i'm very sad about it. For me, freedom of movement is my favourite part of having an EU Passport, and it's disappointing to know that will be gone soon enough.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

Just wait for the market crash. Once politics will have bailed their money oversea those that will be left will most likely sue for a trade deal at any cost. That would by default implies a restoration of freedom of movement, except of course that the UK would lose all their privileges that actually kept it interesting as a EU power.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Adrien Mansuy The North holds the keys to who becomes PM. Restoring freedom of movement is political suicide. The north won’t accept it. A party only wants to be in power, nothing else matters.

[@ekx5120]

@@mrmagoo-i2l Are you George R. R. Martin? :D

[@WingedWords1117]

@@ekx5120 We've already bent the knee.

[@xxxalexxx309]

@@mrmagoo-i2l I think the north will be the first to be hit hard by any impacts and won't be able to blame the eu anymore so will be very confused and start voting green

[@philliprogers964]

The Brits fleeing to the countries they battled in WW2... Priceless

[@a2falcone]

Ireland, Spain, France, Portugal and Poland??

[@millhilljimjimmy6731]

Their must be lots of jobs in the EU for the taking by Brits then

[@adventure40s]

I have always wanted to retire and spend 6-9 months a year in France or Portugal when I’m 60 and had no concerns before Brexit because of free-movement. However, Brexit has put a spanner in the works and despite searching a number of information sources regarding the cut off date to claim automatic residency as an EU citizen is out of date and confusing. My question is do UK citizens still have the right to free movement until the end of transition period (currently 31/12/20) or do we need to be able to demonstrate intended residency before the Withdrawal Agreement is passed? I’ve just become 55, so I’m considering the implications of bringing forward my plans, I’m sure there are many other UK citizens regardless of age that may wish to reside in mainland EU before the doors finally close, so please can you cover this point? thank you in advance, John

[@Christophe.C]

You're going to have to register yourself as resident of the county you're planning to live in.. I have no idea how it works for pensions ect.. I think you might be able to get around such an issue if you're registered as a temporary resident of the country you want to go to.. I'm sure things are going to change but there're a lot of Brits in both France and Spain, I'm sure there will not be too many issues because retirees bring $$ to the economy.. at the moment it's all speculation..

[@AlexNicholls.]

I've lived in the EU outside of the UK since 2014 but in two different countries so havn't quite got the required residency time for either country and will likely have to go back to the UK where I haven't been for years and have no life there, also my job doesn't even exist in the UK so I'd have to do some unskilled work and retrain which sucks at this point in my career. There should be just an EU citizenship without a nation attached.

[@LeojPT]

In Portugal, there is also the gold visa: if you invest 500’000 euros in real estate or create a company with at least 10 employees, you’ll have an expedite visa process.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Yeh but Portugal is a shithole.

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

@@thegrandmuftiofwakanda not really it's incredible.

[@ganjafi59]

RYAN HUNT RAJPUT if you have money any land is beautiful

[@petersmith9689]

The population of the Republic of Ireland is just under five million. Does one million new passports mean a 20% increase in population? I suspect that many Brits whose grandmother once watched an episode of Father Ted are applying for the Irish passport so that they can live and work anywhere in the EU.

[@taintabird23]

Most Irish passport holders are part of the Irish diaspora and do not live in Ireland.

[@taintabird23]

@Nathan Mcilveen What do mean?

[@paologat]

You should also consider Italy, where you have a right to be recognized as a citizen if any of your ancestors since 1860 was Italian (provided they did not explicitly renounce their citizenship).

[@xlite4999]

Paolo Gatti what if they are all dead?

[@anthonyfrushour537]

xlite doesn’t matter. Citizenship jus sanguinis is passed on at birth, so if the line wasn’t broken then you were born an Italian citizen. I just finished the process and got my passport. It wasn’t cheap for me, however, but the costs depends on several things. How many generations you have to go back, if your documents are foreign (extra-EU), and translations.

[@chewiella]

if there's other options available i would definitely recommend to steer away from Italian immigration. it takes literal ages... how long did it take you to get it?

[@anthonyfrushour537]

Alexa B that’s not true, in general, with jus sanguinis. JS isn’t naturalization, so it’s not the same. If all goes well you can be recognized as a citizen within 9-18 months. It depends on where you apply, and how many generations you need to go back. And with the prevalence of FB groups and internet forums there is more information out there than ever before. I’m going to recommend the Dual US-Italian Citizenship group, while this group is US-focused, the information is good for everyone and we have members from UK, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, etc. The documents take 6-12 months to prepare. If you come here to Italy you could be finished in 3-6 months if you have all of your documents ready to go. While it did take me almost exactly 3 years, I moved around the US and was bounced around the consulates. Which was why I came here. If I hadn’t come here I’d still be waiting for my appointment in July (Los Angeles consulate) or October (Philadelphia) this year, and then I’d have to wait at least another year to be recognized. However, if you compare that to years ago that’s not terrible. My professor took 15 years to finish his process. But anyway, once I came here I was finished in 4 months. Yes, you need to do you research before you come maybe even come visit and feel out comune you might want to apply in before hand. I did go to Perugia first and it didn’t work out so I went to the comune where my family is from, and where I still have relatives.

[@clorox1676]

The problem with Italy is that they are extremely slow to do paperwork and it's more costly, because you need to translate all certificates if they are not European standard. But, yeah, they do extend citizenship rights way further than other countries.

[@malahammer]

"British ex pats"...you mean immigrants.

[@petersimmons3654]

No, from the perspective of Britain they are ex pats, from that of Europe they are immigrants. Funny how many ill-educated who don't understand word differences think they've made a point!

[@mogznwaz]

Expat is how Brits refer to themselves when they *leave* Britain so they're emigrants not immigrants. Those who immigrate into Britain are entitled to refer to themselves however they like including as expats. The countries the Brits are going to I've no doubt call the British incomers 'immigrants'.

[@malahammer]

@@mogznwaz they can and will call themselves whatever they want. They are no different than the African, Asian and West Indies immigrants in the UK.

[@mogznwaz]

@@malahammer Which was, I think, my point 🤔

[@malahammer]

@@mogznwaz sorry! Missed that :)

[@fryede]

What I really got out of this is that An Roinn Airgeadais picked up a windfall of at least €80m last year.

[@Simonsvids]

Sturgeon stated anyone living in Scotland when it becomes independent will get Scottish citizenship, Scotland will then apply to join the EU. I'm moving into a bedsit in Glasgow.

[@molybdomancer195]

I'm hoping they'll allow citizenship by descent too. My father was Scottish

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

This is basically the British version of "If Donald Trump wins, I'm moving to Canada!". LOL.

[@CharlieVane21]

No one would actually move to Ireland, they're not that crazy. More about having an EU passport. Me, I'm marching on without one.

[@britopia1341]

Elijah Ford Very true. It’s just feet stomping. But to be honest The UK and the RoI have free movement with each other and this has nothing to do with the EU. Any RoI citizen can come to live and work in the UK and vice versa. Many UK citizens move to the RoI anyway and will continue to. Again it’s nothing to do with the UK leaving the EU. There are some people in the RoI parliament that are worried because many of the people gaining RoI citizenship lean towards the UK. This means that British Unionism will grow in the Republic of Ireland.

[@Blackmetal699]

I would be really interested in a video on how to become a UK citizen post Brexit, but that's probably all up in the air right now. I am currently living in South Africa and have Portugese Citizenship, but I'm yet to complete my studies. So Brexit is really a few years too early for me if I wanted to go to the UK to work as a clinical psychologist.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Find out if your qualification is recognised by BPS, British psychology society. It will be easier to get it recognised if you are still studying. If it isn’t, don’t worry. It doesn’t have to be but it is better if it is. I just looked it up.

[@Blackmetal699]

@Astir01 One things for sure, there is no shortage of people who need mental healthcare. No matter where you are in the world.

[@kieranb892]

So many people have degrees in psychology in the uk. They end being managers in small supermarkets.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Kieran B Clinical is a different kettle of fish.

[@alexanderboehmler6451]

Why would you go to the UK? You can go to Ireland as an EU citizen. Or to the Netherlands (Dutch is almost the same as Afrikaans).

[@alvaroludolf]

Technically British people can do just like the rest of the world and apply for a work or student visa... Even a blue card visa after the brexit is done.

[@Mistoffillies2]

I have a question about the Transition Period. On 31st January we leave the EU, but we stay in the Customs Union, the single Market, the common Fisheries Policy, the Jurisdiction of the EU courts all until the end of this year. So in what way have we left on 31st January? Do we gain any power/control back after that date?

[@Mistoffillies2]

@Mark Morgan So we're not leaving on 31st then.

[@xxxalexxx309]

@Mark Morgan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh yes those plucky brexit voters knew EXACTLY what they were voting for didn't you know!!!!

[@didierlemoine6771]

easy, no more MPs in brussels !

[@cathytrueman4857]

@Mark Morgan Hi Mark, I also understand that, prior to 1 July, the UK or EU can request one extension to the transition period, with a maximum of 2 years. The 11 month timeline from 31/1 - 31/12 is too tight for finalising the details of the withdrawal agreement. Boris is adamant that the UK will not request an extension, so I hope the reality is as you predict.

[@xxxalexxx309]

@@didierlemoine6771 MEPs.......

[@rtsharlotte]

Ireland and the UK have a post Brexit agreement. Even in the event of a no deal the freedom to travel and work in both countries will still be honored. This is because of The Good Friday Agreement and both governments want to protect it. Naturalisation is straight forward in Ireland and only costs €1000 plus solicitor fees

[@rtsharlotte]

@Nathan Mcilveen It was reinforced because of the Good Friday Agreement and was done to show that both countries are committed to it. Your right there's always been an agreement between the two countries but if the Good Friday Agreement didn't exist there wouldn't of be a common travel agreement between the to countries because the EU wouldn't allow it. I never said I had the right to Irish citizenship based on my residency I said "naturalisation is straight forward" which it is! I'm in the final phase of citizenship so I know what I'm talking about here and what the other requirements are. Basically live in Ireland for five years, keep your head down paying taxes and make sure you keep three different copies of utility bills over five different years in the last ten and your very much there. You also have to provide bank statements, tax records, 3x pay slips, character references, birth certificate, temporally surrender your current passport, and a police certificate from your home country. The justice department has sent me a letter stating that all of my documents have been cleared and there's no requests for any more documents. They don't just reject because you might have forgotten something they actually tell you what's missing and if there's any issues with the ones you've sent. Unless I do something really stupid right now I would gain citizenship. It really is that straight forward.

[@colindasilva2442]

Good lord , I have a British passport moved to Portugal , work and live without any hassles at all. Just registered at the town hall and done. Really a load of fuss about nothing

[@solhsa]

5:55 I have a funny feeling trump isn't going to apply for an irish passport..

[@Gillemear]

I think Obama did though

[@pg205]

Incredibly, no one seems to have noticed that!

[@boylank2]

I spotted that too.

[@SirRandom]

@transit journal His mother was Scottish, born in the Outer Hebrides.

[@bodyloverz30]

@@SirRandom Thus where his golf course is.

[@Mugdorna]

In fairness, Arlene Foster is entitled to Irish citizenship.

[@dukadarodear2176]

Many, many Northern Irish 'Unionists' have a spanking new Irish Passport in the garden shed (if they're male) and sewn into the lining of their handbag (if they're female) and other such places.

[@cheetang9494]

I’m am a Brit living and born in the UK and want to remain within the EU. Could anyone kindly tell me if it’s possible for me to apply for citizenship in the Netherlands? I lived there for 5 years when I was young, and I can also speak Dutch. Many thanks 🙏🏻

[@BIGDZ8346]

So short answer is I don't really know but my friends been living there for a few years and says it was relatively easy and inexpensive to get it.

[@j-wtersteege7364]

You have to live in the Netherlands for 5 years and then you can apply. If you are an illegal migrant it would be easier (weird but true).

[@starlinguk]

Hi! Contact the Dutch embassy in London and they can fill you in. But I think you might not qualify, sadly.

[@starlinguk]

@@j-wtersteege7364 only if you're a refugee, not "illegal immigrant". Don't believe everything Baudet tells you.

[@j-wtersteege7364]

Arya1999 Laatste wat ik las was dat als je zonder paspoort(of je eigen paspoort vernietigd) Nederland in komt en je gaat niet vrijwillig terug naar je eigen land dan krijg je na 5 jaar Nederlanderschap omdat de procedure niet zolang mag duren.

[@pointless7453]

Brexit doesn't affect me as much as it may affect other people: I am a British citizen and a German citizen which grants me access to EU rights. The only thing that Brexit changes is that I always need to scramble to renew my German passport to keep my (easy) travel access!

[@stefanocapparelli4997]

Malta and Cyprus are also good options as you can get the passport after living for 2 years

[@ronan7695]

"It is unlikely anyone has a parent born after 2005..." Sweeeeet Home Alabama......where the skies are so blue....

[@LivDeSantos]

My Mum is Irish and I live in Portugal. Applied for my Irish passport already :D

[@beawarenow8287]

And?

[@dukadarodear2176]

@@beawarenow8287 And....she'll get it.

[@beawarenow8287]

@@dukadarodear2176 and?

[@millhilljimjimmy6731]

Waist of money

[@runningfromabear8354]

@@millhilljimjimmy6731 money belt?

[@liamolaoghaire]

I’m actually the opposite haha, I’m Irish but have an English parent so I’m applying for UK citizenship

[@jackieblue1267]

Irish citizens still have the same rights in the UK so you really don't need UK citizenship.

[@vi6144]

@@jackieblue1267 You might have heard of that thing called "Brexit" maybe ? It's going to change that. That's why so many people on both side are applying for dual citizenship.

[@stepheng3334]

@@vi6144 you might have heard a thing called the Common Travel Area, Irish or British Citizen's can freely move and vote etc in each other's countries. .

[@jackieblue1267]

@@vi6144 As Stephen G has pointed out it is not going to change for Irish citizens in the UK or British citizens in Ireland even with Brexit which is why an Irish person won't need a British passport.

[@andrewm9221]

Welcome friend! England is very happy to have you!

[@IBISZ15i18]

The thing is tho, I am a 21 year old Pole who moved to the UK in 2012 and I am currently on my second year of uni (second semester). When I finish undergrad course in 2021 I am willing to finish postgrad and then decide if I want to stay here or go back to Poland to work there as all of my family is there and with my IT skills gained in the Uk as well as English language knowledge I can get well paid, not as good as here but still good pay. So I wanna see how is it going to be in the UK in 2022.

[@desmondobrien68]

Thats it! Keep your options open lad! 👍

[@oscarmurphy3441]

I feel like it’s not really fair. Everyone in the UK is getting an Irish passport and I would consider the majority are not even Irish. Being Scottish it makes it hard for me with Brexit and everything.

[@Aubury]

I took this route for my children. To old and fossilised for me. Thank you Ireland. A believer in the EU...

[@petersimmons3654]

Ireland 'believes' the EU will keep handing over money. Do you believe in another megastate, the United States of Europe, being a good thing? I don't. It's bureaucracy has already put it's dead fingers round the budget and the EU is striggling financially. A massive gravy train bureacracy that all tax payers have to foot. I noticed during the referendum 'debate' that remoaners didn't have an argument; it was all the scare stories they'd been fed of what would happen, nothing positive, nothing inspiring, and when I made rair, reasoned arguments for leave they were met with insults of racist. That is all remainers could come up with, and it's still the same old whining that leavers want the British Empire back, which is what you were programmed to say. I failed to find an intelligent remainer with an intelligent argument, yet they all sneer as if they are superior. Sadly for them the facts don't back it up. Leavers simply want our country back like the vast majority of sovereign countries in the world who trade with others and don't go to war. The idea that the EU has prevented any wars is laughable. But it has soaked up a lot of our taxes over the decades.

[@pg205]

I you Brits miss the boat to Irish Passport, try the following: 1. move to Scotland. They also speak a kind of English. 2. vote right on the next Referendum. 2nd chances don't come often. 3. mock the poor lads whom stayed on the wrong side of the border...

[@groudyogre]

It really bothers me that if you're British you're an 'expat' but everyone else is an immigrant.

[@niallkinsella2687]

@Chris Collins Irish people who emigrate to Australia or the UK don't give up their nationality, but they're still emigrants from Ireland and immigrants to the new country. British people are no different except they don't like the migrant label.

[@johnhooper7040]

Sadly my French and Irish ancestry is too far in the past for me to be eligible for citizenship of either country. I no longer feel I belong in Britain.

[@nikoking825]

I'm an American with an American, British and Irish passports. My dad was British (Scottish) but born when his parents were living in Northern Ireland for a short time. After hos birth they went back to Scotland.

[@Kramlets]

The high frequency hissing is present in this video too. Please fix it.

[@JAmediaUK]

No. There is no hiss. I am listening on studio reference monitors. Any hiss is being generated on your hardware.

[@JAmediaUK]

@Feminism Is Toxic Femininity I hope your hearing improves.

[@TheSuzberry]

I’ve been watching Dara o Briein on Mock the week flourish his Irish passport. Meanwhile the other contestants ask about getting one for themselves. I think Brits are going to replace Americans as most despised tourists in Paris.

[@van-gabondramblinrose6398]

Not as despised as Macron

[@sickymicky36]

Well there you go. Tells us all we need to to know about you Pro EU lot. Racist and fascists at heart. Just listen to yourselves! You accuse others but your blind to your own nasty views. There's nothing liberal about you.

[@TalysAlankil]

Poland…yeah, if you're LGBT, maybe don't. Anyway I gotta love how brexit isn't even complete but brits are already looking to soften the drawbacks of it. brexit for the EU but not for you, I guess?

[@mrid5850]

I think these brits were never really a fan of brexit to begin with...

[@theMoporter]

@@mrid5850 Half the country is vehemently against Brexit.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

uildanach2010 Loser.

[@Kartissa]

British tabloids have been misinforming people about the EU for decades. It's not surprising that when the vote actually happened, most of those who participated were woefully ignorant of the facts.

[@Kartissa]

A lot of people *DO* follow the tabloid press. Compared to the various broadsheets, tabloid newspapers have 4 or 5 times the circulation. And that's just based on units sold, never mind the ones that are left lying around in hairdressers, offices, cafes, etc. that people pick up and glance through while waiting for whatever they're there for. As for 'get over it,' I have *NEVER* campaigned to try and "fix" the result of the referendum in a way that suits my viewpoint (other than voting Labour last month, but Corbyn *did* promise a Brexit deal that the UK public could vote on). Yes, I think the UK is better as a member of the EU, because I believe that the EU has done more to help this country than it has to hinder it. But the government invoked Article 50, so I accept that. It won't stop me voicing my opinion (which isn't illegal yet), or pointing out lies where I see them.

[@gota7738]

Desperately watching this as someone whose family on all sides don't seem to have moved since the middle ages.

[@ekx5120]

Sorry :/

[@coineineagh]

Interesting vid. It'd have been worthwhile to summarize the dual nationality policies of different countries with this, as some simply don't allow you to retain any previous citizenship. I'm dual Dutch British myself from birth, and the Netherlands only tolerates dual nationality by birth, or if previous country won't allow citizens to lose their citizenships. There's a host of complexities around dual citizenship with different countries, and each one opens you up to (dis)advantages of that nation. It's valuable for people to be made aware of what they're getting in to. If obtaining dual citizenship becomes a common thing for Brits especially, it may be with a follow-up video.

[@johnnicolson467]

After Scottish Independence in 2021 we will join the EU again

[@taintabird23]

Fingers crossed.

[@aperson.7738]

I think it’s too late for Scottish independence now, I’d say SNP had their support for it when brexit happened but it’s faltered out now and I doubt a referendum would succeed

[@realhawaii5o]

The EU could potentially just decide to create a nice program so UK nationals could migrate to the EU and get nationality if they stayed in the EU.

[@jadoei13]

@Ri Ver I'd argue that they're likely to be highly educated and productive people, otherwise they probably wouldn't bother. If that's true, I wouldn't mind accepting them

[@swanky_yuropean7514]

Outside EU migration was always in the hands of each individual member country. There is nothing the EU can legislate in that regard.

[@realhawaii5o]

@@swanky_yuropean7514 It could be an opt-in thing :P

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

So you want the EU be able to dictate to its member states who it takes as citizens now? You people are absolutely rabid.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

@Nathan Mcilveen Then why on earth are you "staunchly pro EU"?

[@pierregabory8772]

Brits becoming french? Hilarious.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Not getting a bath will save the environment.

[@hotshot8365]

Don’t worry, they are sort that give up and run away at any hint of hardship. Not proper brits.

[@hotshot8365]

Diarmaid O'Riordan Britain is doing what is hard but right, time will tell.

[@hotshot8365]

Diarmaid O'Riordan no, 10 - 15 years. Short term pain for 2/3 years but that is coming with a global recession anyway.

[@hotshot8365]

Diarmaid O'Riordan trade deal with who? Yes I think we will have a few by then, not a comprehensive suit but some. Meanwhile the EU will be struggling with the collapse of Deutsche Bank it’s 43 trillion dollar derivative debt plus all of Italy’s failed banks and the loss of a net contributor. It is going to have increasing disunity from the likes of Hungry and if it really want to hurt itself it will try to punish the UK the UK can as a dynamic sovereign state slash corporation tax and pinch Ireland’s economy.

[@rpwood934]

Okay, for the avoidance of doubt, these are people living and working in the Republic currently on a British passport. They need to naturalise so that they can continue to live and work in Ireland post freedom of movement. The same is going on with people from all over the EU wishing to stay in the UK. These people are NOT fleeing Brexit nor rushing to join Brexit. Nice try TLDR!

[@celticlofts]

I renewed my Irish passport online and received my new passport in two days, yes two days. They've evidently added a lot of staff in the department and processing times have been drastically cut. Just make sure your paperwork is accurate and the process will be easy. My passport cost 75€

[@ekx5120]

So many Brits are going to fail these language tests :D EDIT: OK, these 5 Brits below will be safe and get raptured. You got me. :D

[@MarkLsixtyseven]

Porfavor ?

[@danielarturocabezasfuentes8762]

It is, ? Disculpa?

[@Anerdi1]

Qué??

[@clowncarqingdao]

Warum?

[@TheCyborg94]

Vad? Haha. Jag talar lite svenska. 🧐😉

[@CallieMasters5000]

Monaco: just ask His Serene Highness Prince Albert II for citizenship and if he likes you, you're in! (The odds are really low, though.)

[@samib3589]

where did you hear that?

[@asymptotichigh5]

Monaco is not in the EU

[@M0rtanius]

1:58 "EU passport for helping you keep your data roaming" What? You realize that anyone can buy an EU sim card, you don't need to be an EU citizen for it? I didn't expect this channel to say something so dumb.

[@gengis737]

People try to explain you, free roaming apply to UK phones, home and in Europe, due to a EU directive. It will be removed on 31/12/2020, and you will have to use European sim card when calling Europe and UK when at home. And you will pay the roaming when calling UK from EU. Nice try., dummy

[@japaris75]

I am a triple national, one of my 3 citizenships being from an EU country in which I currently live. I have British friends here who apply for citizenship over here. They are very likely to succeed in this process

[@jwrobin21]

So the 1,000,000 people applying for Irish Passports are from the North! What a surprise. (But The Doc says "NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!"