EU & Brexit Bunker

[BoldonLad]

They told Spain that on naturalisation, they will renounce their British citizenship. This is because Spain doesn't accept dual citizenship in most cases. They have then not renounced their UK citizenship and the Spanish authorities don't know because the British don't tell them, and the Spanish authorities didn't ask for proof.

This is actually quite common. Often, someone (e.g. a Spaniard) acquires a second citizenship (e.g. British) and their is no way for the country of the original citizenship to know. That said, some embassies are sneaky and ask for the proof on renewing a passport abroad that the person has not acquired citizenship. This used to cost hundreds of pounds in the UK, but I see it is now a bargain at £27. The work around is renew the passport in the home country, or whine to the Guardian.

Thank you for the explanation. That explains a lot, relating to some former "Spanish residents" I know. 😊

 

[C R]

They told Spain that on naturalisation, they will renounce their British citizenship. This is because Spain doesn't accept dual citizenship in most cases. They have then not renounced their UK citizenship and the Spanish authorities don't know because the British don't tell them, and the Spanish authorities didn't ask for proof.

This is actually quite common. Often, someone (e.g. a Spaniard) acquires a second citizenship (e.g. British) and their is no way for the country of the original citizenship to know. That said, some embassies are sneaky and ask for the proof on renewing a passport abroad that the person has not acquired citizenship. This used to cost hundreds of pounds in the UK, but I see it is now a bargain at £27. The work around is renew the passport in the home country, or whine to the Guardian.

Spain does accept dual citizenship for those "born" Spanish, but not for those naturalised.

 

[PurplePenguin]

Spain does accept dual citizenship for those "born" Spanish, but not for those naturalised.

Noted. Insert Korea, Japan, etc. in my example.

 

[PurplePenguin]

The BBC has found some inconvenienced people. This time a recently naturalised Latvian who may have to delay her return to the UK and someone who will need to travel to Madrid from southern Spain. The Latvian must have been warned that by naturalising she would lose her permanent settlement status, so irrespective of the changes the UK government is currently implementing, she would have struggled to board a one way flight to the UK. This change should have no impact on those who live in the UK, it only impacts Brits who want to visit the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d9yk2kpjo