[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Of course modern witches prefer to travel by trike....

I saw one of those the other day and thought of you

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

How will being a descendant of the Salem witches help you here?

Moravian witches if you don't mind.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Both my grannies are dead so little bit offensive tbh

[billy123]

I honestly dont care whether we stay or leave at this point. What does piss me off is the misinformation that has been relayed to people by both sides.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

So if we leave, will you apply for a passport say is you have an Irish Granny so you can have dual nationality thereby affording easy access to Europe if you want to work?

The truth is that on Friday if Leave win nothing will have greatly changed. Deals will be done, better deals for us. You won't have to use your Granny to travel. My son travels all over the world and never has any problems, EU or not.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by jaxie

The truth is that on Friday if Leave win nothing will have greatly changed. Deals will be done, better deals for us. You won't have to use your Granny to travel. My son travels all over the world and never has any problems, EU or not.

I'm not talking about travel Jaxie, I'm talking about to live and work, of course we can still travel, but I would be very surprised if there wasn't a visa requirement for work and to live or people would have to become citizens of that country, take a test like they so here in the UK

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I'm not talking about travel Jaxie, I'm talking about to live and work, of course we can still travel

My son's friend lives and works in Dubai. I'm pretty sure he will still live and work in Dubai on Friday. Pretty sure it will be the same for someone who lives and works in France. The world isn't going to implode on Friday, people aren't all going on a big boat home because they aren't welcome anymore. In fact the implication seems kind of ridiculous.

Sorry but I still like you, you may pet a cat just watch the one on my head she bites!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by jaxie

My son's friend lives and works in Dubai. I'm pretty sure he will still live and work in Dubai on Friday. Pretty sure it will be the same for someone who lives and works in France. The world isn't going to implode on Friday, people aren't all going on a big boat home because they aren't welcome anymore. In fact the implication seems kind of ridiculous.

Sorry but I still like you, you may pet a cat just watch the one on my head she bites!

That is not what I am saying at all it will take two years for the UK to exit Europe so obviously nothing will change over night, but down the line if we do exit it will change, do you honestly think if the UK put controls on Europeans entering, that they won't receive the same treatment when Brits want to move to Europe?

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

That is not what I am saying at all it will take two years for the UK to exit Europe so obviously nothing will change over night, but down the line if we do exit it will change, do you honestly think if the UK put controls on Europeans entering, that they won't receive the same treatment when Brits want to move to Europe?

So in the worse case scenario you might need a visa. Why is that such a big deal?

[Kizzy]

I wish I had a Canadian granny I'd go there ay,

[Cherie]

A scramble for EU passports is under way after Britain’s vote to leave the union. There has been a spike in the number of online searches for “getting an Irish passport”, and some European citizens publicly offered themselves – probably jokingly – in marriage.


Ireland’s foreign ministry said it had received a significant rise in the number of Irish passport applications from Britain. It published a guide on how to obtain documents for the 430,000 Irish-born people living in England, Wales and Scotland.

Anyone with a parent born in Ireland is automatically eligible for a passport, irrespective of where they live. People with an Irish-born grandparent or a parent who had Irish citizenship at the time of their child’s birth may also qualify.

Northern Ireland residents are also entitled to citizenship. Adam Quinn tweeted: “From Belfast, proud to be British but definitely getting an Irish passport to retain EU citizenship. Lucky I can do so.”

As well as the spike in UK Google searches for “getting an Irish passport”, there was evidence that panicked expatriates were trying to acquire citizenship and naturalisation in other EU countries.

Charles Masters, a translator who can certify legal documents, said he had received six or seven applications on Friday from Brits living in France seeking French passports.


“A lot of people were thinking they wouldn’t have to worry about getting French nationality. Now all of a sudden it’s ‘Oh Jesus!’” said Masters, who lives in Burgundy.

He said getting French citizenship was relatively straightforward. You need to have lived in the country for five years and to have no criminal record. The cost is a couple of hundred euros.

Masters, who is originally from Reading, said: “I’m gutted by the result. We got French nationality ourselves two-and-a-half years ago. We were thinking: ‘You never know.’ Now ‘you never know’ has actually happened. We are in shock.”


Other people resorted to humour to disguise their frustration and disappointment at the Brexit result. Some said they were accepting proposals or were seeking sham marriages. Other EU citizens said they were taking bids.

There was a wry realisation among international travellers on Friday that having a post-Brexit British passport would mean standing in the unfashionable slow-moving non-EU queue at airports. The days of gliding through the quick lane are drawing to a end.



Looking forward to getting off a plane full of Brits and watching them queue behind the chinese guy trying to get his point across to the one immigration officer in the non EU queue while I head to my sunlounger after sailing through....

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Cherie

He said getting French citizenship was relatively straightforward. You need to have lived in the country for five years and to have no criminal record. The cost is a couple of hundred euros.

If you study in France for two consecutive years then you can apply for citizenship.

The thing a lot of ex pats will fail is the oral and written French test. There’s a lot of Brits living in France who can’t speak or understand French.

[Vicky.]

Noone in my family is from anywhere else so I can't

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Noone in my family is from anywhere else so I can't

Same, mine are African so that's no use

[arista]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Same, mine are African so that's no use

Some African Grannies
are in Big demand - they Work HARDER
Hayden

[Underscore]

My gran came from Slovenia in the 40s but don't think I could utilise on that

[bots]

if you have the appropriate skills you will be in demand around the world no matter what passport you have. People should concentrate on achieving things in life rather than expect to get them handed on a plate

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

if you have the appropriate skills you will be in demand around the world no matter what passport you have. People should concentrate on achieving things in life rather than expect to get them handed on a plate

i if you don't have to apply for visas and stuff though, its a pain having to get a visa and pay for it when you go to the states and it really adds up if there is a few of you going say if you travel to Europe 2 or 3 times a year it would be useful to have an EU passport, its bad enough..do I sound like the vodaphone ad..its bad enough having to get a code from the DVLA to prove you have no points on you licence if you hire a car though I don't bother with that any more as no one abroad asks for it

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

if you have the appropriate skills you will be in demand around the world no matter what passport you have. People should concentrate on achieving things in life rather than expect to get them handed on a plate

I think you're underestimating how difficult it is to live abroad long-term no matter how in demand your skills are... at the end of the day, your right to reside in a country is up to the government of that country, not an employer. I know more than one person who has been "sent home" after a couple of years and had to live with their parents again, despite having been in full employment.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

So if we leave, will you apply for a passport say is you have an Irish Granny so you can have dual nationality thereby affording easy access to Europe if you want to work?

Can they work?
I will pay CASH & all their Legal TAXES
For assistance in 2 Offices.

No Robot will go near them,

All is Good TS

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Cherie

So if we leave, will you apply for a passport say is you have an Irish Granny so you can have dual nationality thereby affording easy access to Europe if you want to work?

When we leave I won't be needing an Irish passport!

[Livia]

My grandmother comes from Germany. She moved straight from a concentration camp to the UK just after the last time the Germans ran Europe. So no, I won't be using her nationality for a passport.

[Cherie]

Big spike in Irish passport applications

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46030552

the best bit of the 5 live show this morning was hard line Brexiteers ringing in using anonymity saying they had got one "for their kids'

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Big spike in Irish passport applications

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46030552

the best bit of the 5 live show this morning was hard line Brexiteers ringing in using anonymity saying they had got one "for their kids'

Yes they are making money out of the rush

[user104658]

My stupid ancestry is all Scottish and you have to go back too many generations to find me Oirish roots (My dad's maternal grandmother was from ROI).

Both of my wife's grandparents on her Mum's side are Irish but I don't know if that's on any use to our kids? ... They also both moved over to England in their 20's and had British passports etc. so I dunno if they even count as properly Irish.