View Poll Results: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Yes
31
46.97%
No
35
53.03%
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Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Apr 27th 2006, 12:14 pm
#31
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by weeman111
Hi,as soon as I can I will be getting Aussie citizenship,will keep UK passport in the hope Scotland willgain independence some time,if I had to give up British citizenship I would not lose any sleep over it,Cheers Dave 
Apr 27th 2006, 12:14 pm
#32
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by demigrate
My wife will face the issue of possibly giving up her German nationality when we gain citizenship so she may decide that myself and our son will take Aus citizenship along with our British nationality and she will stay German. She could keep her German nationailty but Germany will make her jump through hoops to keep dual nationality. She wants to keep an EU passport which I guess is fair enough.
Darren
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Apr 27th 2006, 12:16 pm
#33
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
I was born in Scotland. Does that mean I am Scottish?
Apr 27th 2006, 12:17 pm
#34
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
I am South African but I gave up my South African citizenship in order to keep my British citizenship. If I had to lose my British citizenship to acquire Australian citizenship then I would have to say 'categorically' not interested.
My British citizenship comes first and foremost.
However I am pleased to say that I have both Australian and British citizenship.
My British citizenship comes first and foremost.
However I am pleased to say that I have both Australian and British citizenship.
Apr 27th 2006, 12:18 pm
#35
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by soapy
yip, lucky u
Apr 27th 2006, 12:19 pm
#36
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Aye!
Apr 27th 2006, 12:36 pm
#37
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
I'm not British, I'm Australian, so I would without a doubt ... ermm ... hold on ...
Apr 27th 2006, 12:38 pm
#38
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by soapy
well it really depends on where in scotland u were born?
Apr 27th 2006, 1:11 pm
#39
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by Toryglen-Boy
Im not British im Scottish - so I would without doubt take Australian Citizenship.
Apr 27th 2006, 9:17 pm
#40
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Having been here almost three years, but still have another three years at least to become an Aussie. They certainly make things hard for those of us married to Australians, and this has made me a lot less enthusiastic about "becoming" an Aussie.
Personally, I am proud of being British, and would choose that above Australian any day. My boss at work has just found out that he is entitled to british citizenship and as pleased as a cat with two tails - which is lovely to see!!
Personally, I am proud of being British, and would choose that above Australian any day. My boss at work has just found out that he is entitled to british citizenship and as pleased as a cat with two tails - which is lovely to see!!
I have dual nationality and if I were told I could only have one, I would give back my Aussie passport.
Apr 27th 2006, 10:19 pm
#41
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
What are the chances of your wife getting a UK passport? Can she attain British nationality for the purposes of retaining a EU passport?
It has so far taken almost 2 years to have my sons double barreled surname accepted by the German authorities and it's still not fixed so I dread to think how long it will take to get dual nationality sorted.
Darren
Apr 27th 2006, 10:23 pm
#42
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Having been here almost three years, but still have another three years at least to become an Aussie. They certainly make things hard for those of us married to Australians, and this has made me a lot less enthusiastic about "becoming" an Aussie.
Personally, I am proud of being British, and would choose that above Australian any day. My boss at work has just found out that he is entitled to british citizenship and as pleased as a cat with two tails - which is lovely to see!!
Personally, I am proud of being British, and would choose that above Australian any day. My boss at work has just found out that he is entitled to british citizenship and as pleased as a cat with two tails - which is lovely to see!!
Hi all
Having been here almost 2 years i can apply for Australia citizen but i am going for both.
I was born in UK so way should i gave my whole life up just because i came out here. i am going both ways British and Australia citizenship.Just like the kids because there are half oz anyway because of there dad.
just look at the world UK is not that bad. Every were you live has the bad ways so good luck to england in the world cup lol.
And good luck to morecambe football club on Saturday hope you win off the the playoff if there win lol
Take care
ann marie
Apr 27th 2006, 10:32 pm
#43
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
I am British and proud to be so, so I guess the answer is no!
Apr 27th 2006, 10:47 pm
#44
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
No way. I imagine I will always be English first. Of course, in 30 years time when I've lived more of my life in Australia, who knows. But for now I'm English first and very much proud to be. But then I didn't leave England because I didn't like it, or hated the way it was heading. I left for a change of scenery. I know I will be back living in the UK for a while at some point in my life, my Aussie gf wants to live there for a while.
Apr 27th 2006, 11:13 pm
#45
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Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen
Originally Posted by brisnick
No way. I imagine I will always be English first. Of course, in 30 years time when I've lived more of my life in Australia, who knows. But for now I'm English first and very much proud to be. But then I didn't leave England because I didn't like it, or hated the way it was heading. I left for a change of scenery. I know I will be back living in the UK for a while at some point in my life, my Aussie gf wants to live there for a while.