“Should I Get UK Citizenship?”

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
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    Should you get another powerful passport if you already have one? And specifically, is UK citizenship beneficial to you? This is one of the common questions people ask Nomad Capitalist. In this video, Andrew shares his considerations about getting a similar second passport.
    00:00 Start
    0:51 Applying For British citizenship
    - Life In The UK
    - Moving To the UK
    - Canadian Citizenship
    - U.S Citizenship
    2:42 Irish Citizenship
    - How Do You Qualify For An Irish Citizenship?
    - Moving To Ireland
    - Is Moving To Ireland A Good Idea?
    3:22 EU passport
    - Moving To Europe
    - Life In Europe
    - How To Travel To The USA
    6:00 Caribbean Citizenship
    - Caribbean Citizenship By Investment
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Комментарии • 337

  • @harisadu8998
    @harisadu8998 2 года назад +93

    General rule: If dual citizenship is allowed and you are eligible for another passport, just get it. If dual citizenship is not allowed, then you have to debate the pros and cons.

    • @AD-oy8nm
      @AD-oy8nm 2 года назад

      if you are a non us citizen and you become dual us you can be taxed for your income even if you don't live in the us

    • @AD-oy8nm
      @AD-oy8nm 2 года назад +1

      @@realismatitsfinest5745 gotta maintain the crumbling empire somehow

    • @krisg900
      @krisg900 Год назад

      @@AD-oy8nm we don't pay taxes. We just have to file. Depends on how much you make.

    • @pbohearn
      @pbohearn 11 месяцев назад

      @@AD-oy8nm and if you’re a US citizen and you get, for example, Portuguese citizenship, you can be taxed for your pension in the United States by both the US and Portugal

    • @yadusolparterre
      @yadusolparterre 5 месяцев назад

      No, there are many cons to having another citizenship:
      1. If they have global taxation (like the US) you're fucked
      2. If you can't relinquish it (Argentine, Iran, Korea), you're stuck with whatever rules the ruling party decides to implement next year
      3. You can be drafted for war (Ukraine, Israel, Armenia)
      4. If you enter the country, you will be treated as a local citizen. So if Colombia puts you in prison, then your "real" country (eg. Spain) cannot help you anymore as you are a local citizen in Colombia

  • @mattbeks2949
    @mattbeks2949 2 года назад +22

    100% that’s what I did - married a Brit and eventually got citizenship. So glad I did being an Aussie by birth!

    • @pinetworkminer8377
      @pinetworkminer8377 2 года назад +2

      In what ways do you think Australia is even worse than the UK?

    • @mattbeks2949
      @mattbeks2949 2 года назад +12

      @@pinetworkminer8377 COVID- says it all. When you’re living away from home and you are banned from going back to your own country then that says it all.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад +2

      @@pinetworkminer8377 a lot of Aussies come to the uk for some reason?

  • @harisadu8998
    @harisadu8998 2 года назад +45

    No huge benefits to British citizenship for Irish citizens. Irish citizens can live and work in the UK as well as vote there and run for office. The main benefit to British citizenship is probably access to a better embassy network.

    • @1queijocas
      @1queijocas Год назад +7

      Unless the UK/Ireland change the rules in the future. Getting the British citizenship safeguards against future changes

    • @harisadu8998
      @harisadu8998 Год назад +4

      @@1queijocas The simple thumb rule is, if you're eligible, get it. No reason not to.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад +3

      There is probably more of a benefit for british citizens than Irish ones but still, if it is allowed always get it

    • @MrMaximino92
      @MrMaximino92 5 месяцев назад

      Until Ireland reunites and joins Schengen.

  • @alexandermustafin-wiszniew1336
    @alexandermustafin-wiszniew1336 24 дня назад +1

    Nice Serbian Angel icon on the background, sir! Nice office and a channel! All the best!

  • @frankpatterson4146
    @frankpatterson4146 2 года назад +2

    Andrew, I think it would be an interesting video and many people would like to know, if you did a video on the best countries to live in, which also give you the easiest and longest lasting travel back to the United States. For example, citizens of the Bahamas can stay up to 6 months in the USA. It might be easier for some people to leave, if they knew how easy it was to come back and visit.

  • @lerryperry
    @lerryperry 2 года назад +31

    My Preferred Tier A Passport would be Bulgaria even though it is A minus and is considered to be the worst EU Passport. Reason being that they simply leave you alone in that country when you don't live there.

  • @Tourlou0409
    @Tourlou0409 2 года назад +50

    I don’t see the value of the UK passport without the EU

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +7

      Spot on.

    • @MsIsetan
      @MsIsetan Год назад +1

      Exactly. I am a British Citizen but have a residency permit for The Netherlands. The only reason I haven’t applied for a Dutch passport is that Dutch citizenship requires me to relinquish my British Citizenship and I don’t want to do that.

    • @australianpatriot
      @australianpatriot Год назад

      ease of employment in london

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Год назад +3

      Indeed. I'm a British citizen and as a direct consequence of Brexit, I'm getting a French passport via my mother

    • @davidostrowski679
      @davidostrowski679 8 месяцев назад +1

      True. I'm a UK citizen and obtained Polish citizenship by descent and now live in Poland. My UK passport is gathering dust. I've had no reason to use it in years.

  • @johntheaccountant5594
    @johntheaccountant5594 2 года назад +26

    To get British Citizenship, you just arrive at Dover on a rubber dingy.
    You get free accomodation and meals and get leave to stay and then British Citizenship after 5 years.

    • @toddr3644
      @toddr3644 2 года назад +4

      That needs to stop. Decades ago.

    • @AS-hz8cv
      @AS-hz8cv 2 года назад +8

      @@toddr3644 It's not going to stop, it is very much intentional.

    • @jeffb.140
      @jeffb.140 2 года назад +2

      @@AS-hz8cv Yup and UK fought for this side in WW2.

    • @Chahlie
      @Chahlie 2 года назад +1

      Yes. My UK residency is costing me 6000 pounds plus. And I still have to pay for housing and so on once I get there. It just doesn't seem right somehow. There are resettlement grants in the Highlands but they want younger people :(

    • @crooks_da_great7789
      @crooks_da_great7789 2 года назад

      Comment Tinged with racism and xenophobia

  • @MrBCWalker01
    @MrBCWalker01 2 года назад +16

    You don't want UK citizenship just to be in the Home Counties, or even the Channel Islands. You want it for easy access to the overseas territories; if you're sufficiently rich, the Cayman Islands are your huckleberry; if not Monserrat should be what you look for along with the UK Virgin Islands.
    French citizenship has a similar thing going on, and a lot more places to go. Don't just look at the home country; look at ALL the places that passport grants you painless access to, many of which have more autonomy than you'll see back home.
    Go _there_ and set up your Plan B base, especially if you're a digital-primary worker or businessman. You don't need to live in the big countries or the big cities anymore, so GTFO and live well and make your money go further.

  • @bretcampos9048
    @bretcampos9048 2 года назад +7

    American who just got UK passport through descent (Father). It’s my plan B and May plant a flag in cheaper northern England. It would make a great base for vacationing throughout Europe without having to transit into the US on a regular basis.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +2

      Not worth it. My brother is living in Durham. He and his wife are planning to leave UK in 2 years.

    • @bretcampos9048
      @bretcampos9048 2 года назад +1

      Is it still shit if you buy a house and have already earned your money? I don’t think I would get taxed too much since I’m not earning a paycheck in the UK. Am I wrong?

  • @SydneyTrader2011
    @SydneyTrader2011 2 года назад +4

    If possible, request you to please create a "moving to Scotland" video.... advantages, disadvantages, easy of getting a PR for job or for retirement, etc... thanks.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад +2

      Moving to Scotland video would consist of the same shit as England and only minor differences… although if they leave the uk, it would be different

  • @nickhowden686
    @nickhowden686 2 года назад +81

    I am UK citizen and I am trying to leave the country. Taxes are high and are currently being raised and likely to go higher in the future and there is a lot of general Government overreach - although less so than mainland Europe. If you must live in Western Europe it's probably the best of a bunch of rotten eggs. But if you can live elsewhere I would probably do that!

    • @krugmeup2162
      @krugmeup2162 2 года назад +37

      Where would you go though? Greetings from prison Australia.

    • @cineffect
      @cineffect 2 года назад +9

      How about the Channel Islands?

    • @robster7012
      @robster7012 2 года назад +8

      @@krugmeup2162 Mexico

    • @johntheaccountant5594
      @johntheaccountant5594 2 года назад +22

      The UK became a sh!thole over the last 20 years.
      I moved to Thailand to get away from the UK.

    • @InstantLuc
      @InstantLuc 2 года назад +28

      UK isn't the best but it's a lot better than people give credit for. Running a business here is easy even if taxes are high

  • @MarkBrown-gc6hr
    @MarkBrown-gc6hr 2 года назад +63

    I am honestly considering renouncing my Australian citizenship. This place has gone to the dogs.

    • @robster7012
      @robster7012 2 года назад +12

      Can't believe what is going on in Australia. I visited back in 2016 and loved it so much I was looking into emigrating. So glad I didn't.
      All the very best going forward 🙏🏻

    • @larkatmic
      @larkatmic 2 года назад +14

      The whole western world is going ‘woke’. There’s nowhere to run.

    • @mattbeks2949
      @mattbeks2949 2 года назад +10

      I’m Aussie and I’ve considered giving up mine. Got the UK passport now. So much better to be in UK over Australia now!

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +2

      @@larkatmic latin America, Asia. I don't like Eastern Europe ( being EE myself) will never be entirely woke. Africa too.

    • @tentimetex
      @tentimetex 2 года назад +1

      @@vipeton.8927 Why do so many Eastern Europeans leave EE?

  • @TheVancoller75
    @TheVancoller75 2 года назад +4

    Just moved to the UK. Very interesting.

    • @davidgarcia32323
      @davidgarcia32323 Год назад +1

      Should have moved to Ireland, Irish citizens are the only people in the world that can live and work in the uk after Brexit and still be eu citizens.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      @honestlythatsbull you probably live in Birmingham or Bradford. Living in a village is a much happier experience

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      @@davidgarcia32323 5 years for Irish citizenship as well

  • @user-ie4jw8hp8q
    @user-ie4jw8hp8q 2 года назад +12

    My ancestors left the UK for Africa
    Don't want their hard work to go to waste 👍

    • @Chahlie
      @Chahlie 2 года назад +2

      That's funny- my grandparents left Scotland in the early 1920's, the government paid people to leave due to 2 years of bad crops and the fish disappearing. They did very well in Canada and I almost feel like a traitor for going back to where they came from. But then I realised that I am moving to better myself, which is what they did :)

    • @bak3456
      @bak3456 Год назад +1

      hard work aka apartheid

    • @user-ie4jw8hp8q
      @user-ie4jw8hp8q Год назад

      @@bak3456 yes 👍

  • @Sawickied
    @Sawickied 2 года назад +1

    Hey Andrew. ,
    My step father and brother are Germany and UK born, respectively. My great grandfather was polish born. Any chance of citizenship through Decent through them?

  • @falcon127
    @falcon127 2 года назад +1

    GO WHERE YOU ARE TREATED BEST!

  • @stuartpaul9211
    @stuartpaul9211 2 года назад +5

    you need to be in the Rothchild/schwab's club. if not, the George Carling quote stands.

  • @iamrichlol
    @iamrichlol 2 года назад +6

    You remind me so much of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory

  • @nathanbrown492
    @nathanbrown492 2 года назад +1

    Would you say there are any citizenships that are valuable enough even though they ban dual citizenship?
    For example, Singapore.

  • @npcknuckles5887
    @npcknuckles5887 2 года назад +22

    Being British myself, I'd advise against British citizenship. This country is going down the drain, with lots of taxes, regulations/controls on the individual, and out of control spending & nanny statism. This is a country which doesn't respect your rights; it determines that all of your rights are "qualified" (ie. null & void). The weather is also shit, the people worship socialism (eg. the NHS) and all this "green" bullshit. Cost of living is skyrocketing because both the Conservatives & Labour are pushing suicidal "net zero" policies. Personally, I can't wait to emigrate out of here.

    • @Chris-pq3wp
      @Chris-pq3wp 2 года назад +6

      I feel the same way but isnt every Western country pursuing the same agenda? The only places that offer a decent salary with low taxes are the Gulf states.. If you are rich then the world is your oyster

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +3

      True. I spent 11 years in UK, left in September 2021. Many my fellow colleagues ( European immigrants in UK) also left.

    • @larkatmic
      @larkatmic 2 года назад +2

      Come to America. Our boat is sinking here. We need more people willing to uphold our constitution to fight back these overreaching authoritarian government socialists wanting it destroyed. 🇺🇸

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +8

      @@larkatmic libertarian America would be great. But realistically- I think America is f*ed beyond repair. Libtards, too many of them. I would love to see independent Republics of Florida and Texas. NY and Cali can seriously go to hell.
      Also chanting - Let's go Brandon, without action is useless.

    • @harisadu8998
      @harisadu8998 2 года назад +3

      The passport gives you options mate, it's not necessary that you must live in the UK if you get the passport. Right now, the debate is just about "to get or not to get the passport".

  • @roccoburns8886
    @roccoburns8886 2 года назад +9

    U can have mine

  • @dasking1845
    @dasking1845 2 года назад +12

    Dubai newly introduced %9 corporate taxes, maybe you should do an episode about that.

    • @harisadu8998
      @harisadu8998 2 года назад +4

      He probably will soon. Although I noticed that this rule does not apply to free zone companies and there will still be no income tax, meaning that you can just pay yourself big salaries and avoid 9% corporate tax that way.

  • @Isweartolucifer
    @Isweartolucifer 2 года назад +2

    *I love St kitts passport. I also have uk citizenship. I love America but the double tax in the USA I don't like I rather go where I'm treated best. Until the US repeal (Fatca)*

  • @townswiley4429
    @townswiley4429 2 года назад +32

    I have a US passport and learned I could do get a UK passport from my father’s former citizenship… so I did! I have both but my father only has a US! Lol

    • @hilawes
      @hilawes 2 года назад

      Wait UK embassy in DC said that my wife’s father’s UK citizenship (he was born in UK and my wife born in US) couldn’t be used to get her one. How was your situation different?

    • @AKSmith15
      @AKSmith15 2 года назад

      @@hilawes Try get different opinion from someone knowledgeable, unless there were specific reasons I don't see why she isn't applicable for UK citizenship.

    • @hilawes
      @hilawes 2 года назад

      @@AKSmith15 will do, thanks for rekindling this fire with your comment 👍

    • @alexanderwray-kerr2235
      @alexanderwray-kerr2235 2 года назад +1

      I am also a US citizen whose father is a UK citizen. I want to get a UK passport (I have been living abroad in Asia for over 7 years, and I don't want to return to the US). Did you apply for the passport by yourself, or did you do it through a third party? I want to take the first step, but am not really sure where to start.

    • @indys544
      @indys544 2 года назад

      I'm not sure how its different but if her dad was born in UK then she should go through register of birth them get the registration cirtificate and after she can apply for passport

  • @jeanbrown8295
    @jeanbrown8295 9 месяцев назад

    I think Irish people have always been able to come to the UK,they did not need passports at all,but because of the EU some years ago they had to get them,to travel between England and Ireland .I read that there are more Irish born people in England ,than there are in Ireland

  • @jamisonr
    @jamisonr 2 года назад +4

    My mother was born in England in 1950s to an English mother (my grandmother), but my mom never pursued citizenship yet I would like to have dual citizenship, mostly for future opportunities. I'm nearing 50 myself and might like to retire or live elsewhere. Info is so confusing on whether i qualify as my understanding is that birthright via mother was not a thing, but then it became a thing in the early 80s I think...but not sure about folks born prior to that.

    • @NeurodivergentGuy2023
      @NeurodivergentGuy2023 Год назад +1

      Usually British Citizenship is only available through parents, there are some very niche exceptions in relation to grandparents but they are rare, so I would say not.

    • @williammarkey6020
      @williammarkey6020 5 месяцев назад

      Contact a lawyer in the UK. Using the 4L section of the new law that started on 07/28/2023, there is a very good chance you can get your UK citizenship. It is very confusing if you look at the UK law yourself, but multiple UK lawyers have assured me that I could qualify and I'm in a similar boat as you. My only problem is that I have to wait until I retire in a few years due to my security clearance. If that wasn't the case, I'd be pursuing it now.

    • @tank-slushy4727
      @tank-slushy4727 5 месяцев назад

      Anyone born in the UK before 1st January 1983 was automatically a British citizen by birth, regardless of the nationality of the parents. Children born abroad were only British if the father was a British citizen otherwise by descent, and the parents were married.
      From 1983 - Jun 2006, a child was British at birth if they were
      1. Born in the UK to a British mother or a foreign mother with Settled Status 2. Born in the UK [in wedlock] wedlock ti a British father or a foreign father with Settled Status 3. Born abroad to a British mother otherwise by descent or in wedlock to a British father otherwise by descent.
      Your mother would already be a British citizen unless she renounced it

    • @nua1234
      @nua1234 Месяц назад

      You are already a british citizen, you can apply for a passport. Because your mother was automatically a British citizen, as she was born in the UK before 1983.

  • @ultimatefab
    @ultimatefab 10 месяцев назад

    Very interesting ! I've got one question : today in 2023, as a French person, living in France, do I have the right to buy a property in Great Britain, apartment or house, to live there (without working)?

  • @williamphillips3557
    @williamphillips3557 2 года назад

    I know America has agreement with UK, but how would I go amongst getting one outside googling it. I am currently on a graduate visa which lets me live until 2023 in Uk with freedom to work. But Covid has slowed an already slow government, and UK sites are every way but direct. So basically, I am to get one but currently it seems I have to b in the Uk to get a job let alone get answers of how to apply and auch

  • @pbubalo
    @pbubalo 2 года назад +1

    I like the Serbian pin on your lapel 👍

  • @daviddaniel8
    @daviddaniel8 2 года назад +1

    I am a EU citizen (Portugal) but I am currently living in the UK and holding a Settlement visa (been living in the UK for 7 years) also I am holding a 2 more citizens by heritage (Venezuelan and Chilean). Because of Brexit my rights as a EU National has changed drastically and I am fears on whether my rights are no longer equals and the time line of been out of the country and that’s affect my residency in this country. Also I felt I’ve been tight up by bureaucracy and now there is so much documents to proof that I am speaking english or I am eligible to a Job, not by my skills, by my language skills-wise and documentation of living right in the country. Therefore I was wondering if I could be eligible to become a British citizen regardless my other 3 nationalities holden before? Does the UK allows citizens from other country have more than 2 nationalities and have a 3rd or 4th nationality in my case by naturalisation? Thank you in advance if you could reply this message ASAP.

    • @rogerphillips7270
      @rogerphillips7270 2 года назад +1

      Yes. The UK doesn’t care how many you have

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      You have the right to apply for citizenship..I am pretty sure..5 years is the max you need for the uk

  • @oliverqueen5883
    @oliverqueen5883 7 месяцев назад +2

    I have UK & France citizenship like my mother, and my dad has Irish (I was born in Ireland too but am somehow not eligible anymore for it) citizenship. Irish is light years clear, far better than both of the others combined.

    • @olivercullen1737
      @olivercullen1737 5 месяцев назад +2

      You should 1000% be able to get Irish, prove it with your birth certificate and they should give it straight away

    • @nua1234
      @nua1234 Месяц назад

      As you were born in Ireland to an Irish citizen dad, it makes you automatically Irish citizen. Although I have come across people who have had trouble proving that the are an Irish citizen to get a passport.

  • @GoldenNugget56
    @GoldenNugget56 2 года назад

    Im from UK but can qualify for Cypriot passport through parents... not sure if its really worth bothering but unsure.

  • @cdl6953
    @cdl6953 2 года назад +5

    I’ve left the Philippines when I was 19/20 yrs old. Been living away for almost 30 yrs. I was wondering if I should go back. I feel lost I don’t know where I belong

    • @redfoxsecurity3334
      @redfoxsecurity3334 2 года назад +4

      If ever you feel lost, you should just pat your pug 🐶 and then you’ll feel better.

    • @clockwatch5222
      @clockwatch5222 2 года назад +8

      @C dL Go on a long holiday there and get reacquainted before you commit.

    • @AKDHFR
      @AKDHFR 2 года назад

      @@clockwatch5222 is it really that bad?

    • @clockwatch5222
      @clockwatch5222 2 года назад

      @@AKDHFR I wouldn't know.
      I don't live there.
      Try before you buy, is all I'm saying.
      Good luck.

  • @alpinegeordie
    @alpinegeordie 2 года назад +1

    You can have mine !

  • @Soldknight324
    @Soldknight324 2 года назад +6

    Being born in Belfast, pretty good deal as we can hold both Irish & British citizenship from birth.

    • @steven8hamilton
      @steven8hamilton 2 года назад +1

      @Lean Mean Cleaning Machine UK passport holders can get Global Entry for the US where as Irish can't. So if you go US a lot it's more useful.

    • @steven8hamilton
      @steven8hamilton 2 года назад

      @Lean Mean Cleaning Machine Useful for some though. I go 3-5x a year for work and it saves me hours. Quite admin heavy to apply but then going to US is easy after for 5 years.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      Just go to Canada for 3 years or Australia for 5

    • @Soldknight324
      @Soldknight324 Год назад

      @@to5 I've got Australian Citizenship already

    • @owenready7043
      @owenready7043 Год назад

      Same for me

  • @Alfredosolotravels
    @Alfredosolotravels 2 года назад +1

    If you don’t live in the country where you have your second passport like Canada do you still have to pay taxes to them ?

    • @thumbodyelse21
      @thumbodyelse21 2 года назад +8

      your are taxed based on where you are living. except for the US.

  • @azdbuk
    @azdbuk 2 года назад +1

    Been pondering this for years. Still on the fence. Born in UK to USA parents before 83.

    • @deafcelt
      @deafcelt 2 года назад

      Means you're not automatically British if born to US parents in the UK.

    • @azdbuk
      @azdbuk 2 года назад +1

      @@deafcelt yeah, if they were diplomats or enemy occupiers. Otherwise you are.

    • @karlburmeister1552
      @karlburmeister1552 Год назад

      @@deafcelt I was born in the UK to a Croatian mother and American father. I've been a British citizen all my life but I've lived in the US 46 of my 54 years.

    • @thepearlswirl
      @thepearlswirl 8 месяцев назад

      I have both passports. Do it!

  • @AS-hz8cv
    @AS-hz8cv 2 года назад +32

    I moved from South Africa to the UK 20 years ago and for the first time I am considering moving back (though I have been advised against this). I used to have this naive, romantic notion I was returning to the land of my ancestors.
    The direction this country is moving in is making me very uncomfortable, at least the South African government is not competent enough to brainwash its people, here they have it down to a fine art.

    • @lerryperry
      @lerryperry 2 года назад +26

      Don't go back to South Africa

    • @AS-hz8cv
      @AS-hz8cv 2 года назад +7

      @@lerryperry a bit of crime never hurt anybody, and at the rate this country is being flooded with "teachers and doctors" crossing in boats from France I expect things to approach South Africa standards before too long.

    • @johntheaccountant5594
      @johntheaccountant5594 2 года назад +14

      South Africa has seriously deteriated since you left 20 years ago.
      It will become a blood bath in a few years.
      I would not recommend going back.

    • @AS-hz8cv
      @AS-hz8cv 2 года назад +8

      @@johntheaccountant5594 Alright, maybe I'll wait until the bloodbath is over.
      My point regarding the state of the UK still stands.

    • @whatnow9655
      @whatnow9655 2 года назад +9

      Think carefully,boet. Crime is bad,really bad. Corruption is just as bad. Taxes are among the highest in the world,except you get nothing back in return. Cities and towns are almost non repairable any more ,rubbish,filth ,potholes are the norm. Nothing much works anymore. Eskom on the verge of collapse. Continued daily loadshedding for hours . However your choice at the end of the day

  • @marsgal42
    @marsgal42 2 года назад +2

    As I read the various web sites I just might be able to swing an Irish passport on the basis of my paternal grandmother being born in Dublin. Not sure of her citizenship status when I was born, though. Hmmm...
    An ancestry visa for the U.K. would be easy, both paternal grandparents born in the U.K. (which included Ireland at the time).

    • @fair98fair
      @fair98fair 2 года назад +1

      I'm in a similar boat. I'd take an Irish passport over UK any day of the week

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      @@fair98fair The uk passport directly allows you to get an Irish one…and that is why the uk passport is good

    • @fair98fair
      @fair98fair Год назад

      @@to5 really? Never knew that 👍

    • @fair98fair
      @fair98fair Год назад

      @@to5 Although ive looked around online and found nothing

    • @NeurodivergentGuy2023
      @NeurodivergentGuy2023 Год назад

      @@to5 that’s not true

  • @sunlijen3974
    @sunlijen3974 Год назад

    I suppose we, asians, from Asia dont really fancy living or seeking employment in EU. We’d prefer british passport with cta access to ireland. Can simply set up the business in ireland, low tax, and eu region. UK citizenship has less required physical presence when it compares to ireland. 4 yrs in total to get citizenship for global talent or founder visa. But, obv if you have family tree then get both haha.

  • @Meta3
    @Meta3 2 года назад +27

    UK will probably go the USA route and tax it's citizens worldwide. That's why I didn't go for it. As a European citizen I am also not convinced the EU won't do the same. So my plan its to get Caribbean citizenship.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +3

      Good choice. 👍

    • @GleeSmee
      @GleeSmee 2 года назад +16

      I doubt the UK will go the worldwide tax on citizens route. There are so many British expats, for one thing, and there are tax treaties with the major expat destinations. For another, the (happy) reality for the post-Brexit UK is that it will need to be as nimble and open to the wider world beyond the EU as it possibly can.

    • @Meta3
      @Meta3 2 года назад +4

      @@GleeSmee I tend to agree with you if Brexit had been what was cracked up to be. However, looking at the UK mounting unfunded liabilities and a Tory government keen on pursuing a green agenda; I cannot fathom any other result besides this Tory government or Labour going for citizenship based taxation. All in all, I thought better safe than sorry.

    • @saveandinvestwithgiorgiolo8375
      @saveandinvestwithgiorgiolo8375 2 года назад +2

      @@GleeSmee With increasing taxes and lousy trade deals with New Zealand and Australia the UK is becoming more like France and a Western EU country. Inheritance tax in the UK is nothing short of robbery.

    • @SirSilentSquall
      @SirSilentSquall 2 года назад +2

      Uk has a law where you can't be taxed from two different countries so if you have an American and UK citizenship, it won't matter cause you'll be taxed worldwide anyways

  • @2023Red
    @2023Red 2 года назад +1

    Curious about Uk passport. My adult son was uk born and has his uk passport along with us passport. Can we, as parents, get uk passports too as some reverse birthright? Thanks for any responses .

    • @redfoxsecurity3334
      @redfoxsecurity3334 2 года назад

      Not from what I remember. If your son lives in the UK 🇬🇧, there might be a way to get a residence permit, then naturalize after living there for a number of years.

    • @clockwatch5222
      @clockwatch5222 2 года назад +1

      No

  • @nathanmacauldy4610
    @nathanmacauldy4610 2 года назад

    My son is a st lucian and i british national by decent from my mum because i was born in st lucia so i get a british passport from my mum is there another than doing application for my son that is costing me 1900

  • @aleong.9566
    @aleong.9566 2 года назад

    What if I have the settled status in the UK as a EU citizen and I leave the UK for 1-2 years. After that Decide to come back and get the UK citizenship. Do I need just 1 year more to stay in the UK or does the countdown start from the beginning and I ll need to wait for another 5-6 years? Appreciate any help or links that I could double check. Thanks

    • @nataliesh.1924
      @nataliesh.1924 Год назад +1

      You can watch Tom Bradford videos or book with him to get this question answered. From what I know, if you leave the UK for more than 5 years, then your settled status is gone, as if you never was in the UK. If you come back within 5 years, you continue to build on the years you had previously, so lets say you lived in the UK for 4 years, got settled status, moved away for 2 years and moved back, then your initial 4 years count towards your citizenship.

    • @bet_addict
      @bet_addict Год назад +1

      Prior to you starting your aplication you need to have no more then 450 days out of the uk in the last 5 years and no more then 90 days out of the uk in the last year, hope this helps

  • @newsnowadirondacksredux360
    @newsnowadirondacksredux360 2 года назад

    Can one live in Grand Caymans with a UK passport? I believe that I qualify because my Great Grandfather fought and died as a British citizen.

  • @Pisky_84
    @Pisky_84 Год назад

    Hi, for applying for British passport, do I need a covid vaccination certificate ?

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      No not right now I don’t think

  • @boyar1978
    @boyar1978 2 года назад +3

    i think the best citizenship to get is Neptunian. No taxes, no crazy laws, and plenty of peace and quiet.

    • @amcmillion3
      @amcmillion3 2 года назад +3

      The average wind speed on Neptune is 700 mph, faster than the speed of sound here on Earth. I am sure the tax incentives are nice but I feel like the wind would get tiresome.

    • @Michael18599
      @Michael18599 2 года назад +3

      @@amcmillion3 You could get rich with wind turbines there

    • @jaysterling26
      @jaysterling26 2 года назад +3

      Uranus has also got its sh¡t together.

    • @boyar1978
      @boyar1978 2 года назад

      @@amcmillion3i can set up a windfarm on Neptune to power my diamond collectors on Jupiter which i would sell to Earth to crush the diamond industry. I might have enough power left to power my metal transmutation facility on Saturn so i can make gold worthless on Earth.

    • @AKDHFR
      @AKDHFR 2 года назад

      or you could just live in the jungle.

  • @kabirhussain9053
    @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

    🇪🇺 EU - passport priorities Europe. Free to movement free to living but that has 🇬🇧 outcome
    Australia - Canada-Newsland.

  • @ezrapigatt9707
    @ezrapigatt9707 2 года назад +1

    UK closed their Investors visa.

  • @Aryan-nd9ed
    @Aryan-nd9ed 2 года назад +2

    I have Indian passport

  • @TsavoTouring
    @TsavoTouring 3 месяца назад

    It’s cheap… I’m eligible for the UK and my wife is eligible for Italian citizenship by descent. Italy’s wait is nearly a decade and when we contacted a law firm that’s on RUclips / the web they wanted about $11k USD.

  • @JagNavBrett
    @JagNavBrett 2 года назад +3

    My great grandfather came to US from Scotland in 1902 can I get British citizenship through him even though he came to 🇺🇸?

    • @MegaBallPowerBall
      @MegaBallPowerBall 2 года назад +2

      Brett Buckley You're likely out of luck. The UK is very strict on their one generation rule.

    • @TimothyPMAkey
      @TimothyPMAkey 2 года назад +1

      Brett, if you were born before 1983, it may be possible. Look at sable international

    • @sweethibiscus2514
      @sweethibiscus2514 2 года назад

      Yes everyone is right here. My great grandfather is Scottish and I’m one generation too many to apply for the ancestry visa… if it was your grandfather you could have applied for an ancestry visa to go to the Uk 🇬🇧. But then would have to live there for 5-6 years until you get your indefinite (permanent residency) then citizenship. I have a couple of friends that have gone through the process.

    • @sweethibiscus2514
      @sweethibiscus2514 2 года назад

      @Nathan Mcilveen Oh I wasn’t aware of that! Thanks for sharing. I guess I didn’t realise because the two people I knew went through it, was one was Canadian and the other Australian (obviously Commonwealth countries). Didn’t know about that rule as well. Thanks for informing me.

    • @Chahlie
      @Chahlie 2 года назад

      I think it was a specific generation as so many were paid to leave during the 20's, especially from the north. Now they are trying to resettle the highlands and islands. Go visit though, I bet there are still people around who remember your family, just don't do the clan/tartan thing!

  • @sachitshah1941
    @sachitshah1941 20 дней назад

    Hmmmm

  • @Nabeel7319
    @Nabeel7319 2 года назад +2

    What about a german passport?
    Is good?

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      Is diamond good?😊

  • @Dublin10
    @Dublin10 8 месяцев назад

    Do all uk laws and legislation apply to none uk citizens/subjects living in the uk🤔

  • @pbohearn
    @pbohearn 11 месяцев назад

    You didn’t say how or if you can get UK citizenship if you’re not an Irish citizen. That would be most of us. So, for example, I have permanent residency in Portugal. I’m applying for citizenship here I could live in Ireland at least the southern part. My sister is getting Irish citizenship and then she can live in the UK because of her Irish citizenship but I don’t think I could with my Portuguese citizenship even if I moved to Ireland. So how would I get British citizenship? Let’s say I just wanted to get it and live in London. Thank you. I’m an American citizen.

    • @stevebarlow3154
      @stevebarlow3154 9 месяцев назад

      If it is possible for you to move to Ireland, you can get Irish citizenship after 5 years or 3 years if you marry an Irish citizen. Once you have Irish citizenship you are then entitled to live and work in the UK. UK citizens can do the reverse, if they want to travel and work freely in the EU.

    • @DublinMarc
      @DublinMarc 8 месяцев назад

      Don't bother with UK citizenship. Move to Ireland. 5 years later Irish citizenship

  • @deankirk8554
    @deankirk8554 2 года назад +1

    What about tax? 🤔

  • @erminacunningham2652
    @erminacunningham2652 Год назад

    Focus on the question you posed. Irish citizens of a certain age can freely opt to be British subjects.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      If you are northern Irish yes

  • @mariamurray3959
    @mariamurray3959 7 месяцев назад

    I have both prefer the irish

  • @mimimomo8025
    @mimimomo8025 2 года назад

    Hello my question is I have British passport but I wasn't born in the UK I was born in North Africa if I have a baby in my country does he get a British passport easily and in a short time just like as if he was born in the UK?

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад +1

      If you have it she will

    • @tank-slushy4727
      @tank-slushy4727 5 месяцев назад

      No. British citizen by descent cannot pass down citizenship to children born abroad, it can only be passed on to one generation born outside of the UK. Your child will only be a British citizen if born in the UK.

  • @alexandertraveler510
    @alexandertraveler510 2 года назад

    Why this video gets much more comments than the others?

  • @venlafaxinedomperidone8377
    @venlafaxinedomperidone8377 2 года назад +3

    You should get a third world country passport as well. It will enable you to access cheap services from the currency of a first world country

    • @tstcikhthys
      @tstcikhthys 2 года назад

      Switzerland and Singapore are both Third World countries, and cheap they are not. You mean developing world.

  • @me2ontube
    @me2ontube 2 года назад

    I guess it's better than Antarctica

  • @armena.5450
    @armena.5450 Год назад

    Guys, which passport is better to receive - Dutch or UK?

  • @kabirhussain9053
    @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

    🇬🇧🇪🇺 Friend's.

  • @redfoxsecurity3334
    @redfoxsecurity3334 2 года назад +2

    I have a tier A passport from Canada 🇨🇦 and now I’m looking for tier C or D passports.
    Too bad that neither Syria 🇸🇾 nor Afghanistan 🇦🇫 have a citizenship by investment program.

  • @thegermanshot5651
    @thegermanshot5651 2 года назад +1

    I have Canadian and USA citizenship, but I recently found out that I qualify for Polish citizenship through my grandfather. Is that something I should look into and even apply for seeing what is happening politically within that region of the world ? Thanks

    • @sweethibiscus2514
      @sweethibiscus2514 2 года назад +1

      I would! As long as Poland 🇵🇱 allows dual citizenship which I’m pretty sure they do. It’s good to keep all doors open. I have 3 citizenships 🇨🇦 (born and raised) 🇯🇲 (descent) 🇦🇺 (naturalization). Citizenships = opportunities. You never know how the world will look 10, 15, etc years down the road.

    • @AKSmith15
      @AKSmith15 2 года назад +1

      You absolutely should, it gets you access to EU and Shengan zone. You don't have to live there, but you should take for flexibility and opportunities.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      You might as well get polish citizenship and bin your Us one, the Canadian one still allows 90 days visa free travel and you don’t have to abide by the double taxation laws

  • @andriiyeromenkov6337
    @andriiyeromenkov6337 2 года назад +1

    The USA recently canceled visa waiver for Hungarian citizens who where not born in Hungary, interesting situation

    • @MITANA1976
      @MITANA1976 2 года назад +1

      I checked us embassy in Hungary webside. Nothing there about it.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones 🇬🇧 isn't rich.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones don't need to be offensive. I did engineering in Birmingham. Was good work, although bit boring and too many boomers to deal with.
      Latvia. I'm not exited about Latvia, never was. But thanks to brexshit company 🇬🇧 soon will be over.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones that's good for you. Ofc, people need to accept referendum results and deal with consequences. Businesses are leaving UK. Money talks so to speak.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones I know what you mean about Australia/Austria. People loves to be 🐑. I'm fully vaccinated myself but I think that it is personal choice.

  • @emmanueljames2487
    @emmanueljames2487 2 года назад

    Can a Caymanian, Bermudian, or any British overseas citizen live in the UK under a non-domiciled tax system?
    Can you have two UK British Overseas Territory citizenships like Bermuda and Cayman Islands at the same time?

  • @risenshine2783
    @risenshine2783 2 года назад

    The question should be Does the UK want to give you a passport ? Why should they give you one??

  • @cristinelprisacaru7932
    @cristinelprisacaru7932 2 года назад +15

    I was in London for 18 years , applied for UK passport 3 years ago… sent 10years tax returns and all documents required trough a top lawyer
    Still waiting for approval … BLATANTLY RACIST !
    This were my lawyers words when i asked why we get no answers. Being easter European is a sin in UK at the moment!

    • @cristinelprisacaru7932
      @cristinelprisacaru7932 2 года назад +9

      Both my kids have British passports .. born in London .. also my wife
      The problem started after 2016 because of the Brexit vote .. UK just turned against Eastern Europe .. apparently we work to hard and to long hours and we are taking all the jobs
      So it’s better to be a criminal or to be on benefits then work hard
      I don’t believe it’s about money .. i have 2 companies in UK .. both of them over 1mil gbp per year … it’s just public perception pushed by the political rhetoric

    • @boogeh3630
      @boogeh3630 2 года назад +2

      That is disgraceful from the government. Hope it works out for you Cristinel.

    • @thespianswan
      @thespianswan 2 года назад +1

      @@cristinelprisacaru7932 do you need to pay to get ILR?

    • @crooks_da_great7789
      @crooks_da_great7789 2 года назад +4

      @@thespianswan it's the UK... you have to pay for EVERYTHING lol

    • @thespianswan
      @thespianswan 2 года назад +2

      @@crooks_da_great7789 from what I read, the EU settlement scheme is free.

  • @kabirhussain9053
    @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

    Still British citizens has their's access to living in the Europe as well. EU has access to live in the UK as well. Tra Tra

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад +1

      You cannot however work in Europe

    • @kabirhussain9053
      @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

      @@to5
      I no interested
      🇺🇸
      US-Dollar
      Canadian - dollar
      Arabic - Ryal
      Indian-Rupee
      🇬🇧🇬🇧£££££ Big one King Charles III pound sterling
      I don't have to work in
      Europe.
      One more 🇳🇿
      Australian - Dollar
      I don't have to go to the
      Europe for a Job I no fancey.
      Thankyou

    • @kabirhussain9053
      @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

      @@to5
      Almighty am I a British my mate - I don't have to go the Europe for a Job.
      Can be for a holiday not for a Job my mate. Am I a British my mate. ££££££££££.

  • @habanerorhinoceros2384
    @habanerorhinoceros2384 2 года назад

    You have to be inoculated to go to USA right? We couldn't even transit through USA because of this.

  • @rahulwalia8618
    @rahulwalia8618 2 года назад

    Can i get british citizenship as my mother got hers from her mother

    • @rahulwalia8618
      @rahulwalia8618 2 года назад

      @Lean Mean Cleaning Machine 😭😭

  • @emekaokoroafor1678
    @emekaokoroafor1678 2 года назад

    One downside of UK citizenship is the £1500 fee...🤑

  • @mrkcur
    @mrkcur 2 года назад +1

    If my grandfather was born in Canada, can I easily get Canadian citizenship?

    • @eliefosso7215
      @eliefosso7215 2 года назад +2

      Only if your dad was Canadian when u were born

  • @kabirhussain9053
    @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

    🇪🇺 EU passport VS 🇬🇧 UK passport go compare
    Imfact the currency 🇬🇧£££££.
    You should be getting a UK citizenship yes for a settling down to the UK.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад +1

      Get an Irish one, it is like a hybrid passport

  • @apegrasshoplizard
    @apegrasshoplizard 2 года назад +3

    TLDR American getting Canadian good, Irish getting UK bad. EU bad.

    • @apegrasshoplizard
      @apegrasshoplizard 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones free healthcare yo

    • @apegrasshoplizard
      @apegrasshoplizard 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones so far the canadians are teaching the world a thing or two about democracy and unity. No shortage of territory or resources, far from hostilities. I see only advantages.

    • @bretcampos9048
      @bretcampos9048 2 года назад +1

      Canadá is a leftist mandate riddled joke. Canada is most known as America’s hat.

  • @coffeeishare2575
    @coffeeishare2575 2 года назад +3

    If you're European - get UK passport. Apart from price, there is no cons.

  • @falcon127
    @falcon127 2 года назад +2

    THE WESTERN WORLD COLLAPSE! 1984,... ANIMAL FARM,... ATLAS SHRUGED.

  • @namevorname1973
    @namevorname1973 7 месяцев назад

    If You guys want to be just and only tolerated by Your travel destination You travel to on a british passport but never genuinely and honestly welcome there, of course !! go for the british passport immediately !!

  • @MENSA.lady2
    @MENSA.lady2 7 месяцев назад

    OK .In the old days if an American could get Canadian citizenship they could avoid conscription and dying in Vietnam. Good move.

  • @teebee3309
    @teebee3309 2 года назад +2

    But why don’t your videos ever address the title, it just sounds like a lot of ramble , please address the title

  • @kabirhussain9053
    @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

    UK passport or EU passport?
    Can I say UK passport future in Australia 💞💞💞💞💞

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      Get an Irish one

    • @kabirhussain9053
      @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

      @@to5 Am I a Verey British I got the highest & highest morality ever's sorry I don't want a Irish passport.
      Am I a British what's am I supposed to do with the Irish passport.
      🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿.
      Tra

  • @PrettyGreenMonk
    @PrettyGreenMonk 2 года назад

    Il sell you mine

  • @garridoentertainmenttv9615
    @garridoentertainmenttv9615 2 года назад

    Hell no!!!!!

  • @ChrisM-lb8xw
    @ChrisM-lb8xw 2 года назад +3

    British citizenship is the easiest and cheapest on the market at the moment. All you need to do is go to France, buy yourself a dinghy, throw away your passport, cross the channel and register as an “asylum seeker”. You will get free housing, food, benefits and in a few years citizenship. Job jobbed 🙃🙃🙃

  • @delboyk.8552
    @delboyk.8552 2 года назад +5

    No thank you, they have lost a lot since brexit.

    • @toddr3644
      @toddr3644 2 года назад

      And gained a lot, as well.

    • @jeffb.140
      @jeffb.140 2 года назад +2

      @@toddr3644 Gained the right to go full woke

    • @clockwatch5222
      @clockwatch5222 2 года назад +1

      @@toddr3644 explain ?

    • @delboyk.8552
      @delboyk.8552 2 года назад +1

      @@niceoppapy They have always self governed you pleb.

  • @Offensiveword
    @Offensiveword Год назад

    Iv found out that you loose your rites in U.K. once you’ve served a prison sentence over 4 years so I’m renouncing my citizenship . I never asked for it and never wanted it I use it as toilet people.

    • @karlburmeister1552
      @karlburmeister1552 Год назад

      The UK education system has failed you.

    • @Offensiveword
      @Offensiveword Год назад

      @@karlburmeister1552 yea I suppose it did , I learned very little from school.

    • @to5
      @to5 Год назад

      That is like most countries

  • @chrisjack4278
    @chrisjack4278 2 года назад

    The problem about uk. The is no jobs. If you get one. Next month you get kick out. No point of staying here

  • @kabirhussain9053
    @kabirhussain9053 Год назад

    UK passport - Class A
    EU passport - B
    UK passport Dominate EU passport. UK number - 1
    World play

    • @TheEmperor000
      @TheEmperor000 5 месяцев назад

      It's not the 19th Century anymore

  • @lowellirish
    @lowellirish Год назад

    Dude...what's with your hand? You're like flaming out! 🤣 Throw a pink boa on..the LGBTQ IAABCDEFG Parade is coming up! 🤣

  • @dannywilliams1444
    @dannywilliams1444 Год назад

    Too many nonsense

  • @DublinMarc
    @DublinMarc 8 месяцев назад +1

    Irish citizenship far more valuable

  • @MrRocknrolla4u
    @MrRocknrolla4u 2 года назад +11

    No. This coming from UK citizen. Stealth taxes here prevent social mobility.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад

      @@NigelHyphenJones Ireland is better.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +2

      @@NigelHyphenJones it depends. I'm originally from Latvia, was working in Ireland and UK. Currently living in Portugal, planning to move to Panama. I have my own business so I don't take away somebody's work ( like brexshit boomers pointed out in my face).

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 2 года назад +2

      @@NigelHyphenJones yes I'm not arguing with you. I never liked my homeland, was visiting mom recently and felt pretty much depressed. Latvia is post soviet country and I was dreaming about emigration since my teenage years. Go where you are treated best - it is my motto too.

    • @AKDHFR
      @AKDHFR 2 года назад +1

      @@vipeton.8927 i think the term "treated base" probably in south east asia. They like foreigner there.