kimilseung

pomme, limey. There are worse thing to be called than fruit and veg.

nethead

Yeah definitely

Bob

indeed, thinking of the toss of the coin

As to the OP, I think someone posted about this a couple years ago, saying that it took 2-3 weeks...but then again, that was ages ago, so no idea about now.

Apfelkuchen

A friend of my fiance calls me 'lime' (d'oh). He's one of these fourth generation Irish-American types who has never been to the 'old country' but somehow still manages to have a chip on his shoulder. He seems to think he is making some kind of political statement. Yawn.

adrenaline

I was born in 88 in New York and my mother is a UK citizen, as she was born there. She moved back to Ireland with her parents when she was about 10 months old. I've done a lot of research on this and I'm pretty sure that I am considered a citizen, and I sent everything in to take care of this. If I'm not, I guess they'll let me know that and send everything back. Anyhow, the main reason I came on here is to just figure out how long this process takes and I guess no one knows that, as most of you on here have never considered doing this.

kimilseung

Do you have to renounce Irish citizenship too?

adrenaline

No, because while I'm eligible to become an Irish citizen through my grandparents who were born there, I am not automatically an Irish citizen because my mother was born in England.

ian-mstm

Since the term "limey" refers almost exclusively to the English... there is no such thing as limey citizenship.

Ian

kimilseung

That answers the question about limey not being used by Americans, very few Americans are aware that they have met any English, as they think we are all Australian, Scottish and Irish.

paulpur

thats quite funny lol, us Scots are all thought to be Australian or Irish , and ive had the odd 'are you English' statement hehe

Apfelkuchen

That's what I thought. When the American called me 'lime' I responded: 'It's LIMEY and I'm NOT English!'

iray

adrenaline - I suspect that this won't matter to you, but I believe it's possible, under the circumstances you've described, to reclaim your citizenship at a later date, should you wish to. You may want to take a mental note of this for when you're done with your service. An EU passport can come in very handy.

JAJ

The process is described in section 17 of the Nationality Instructions:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/po...ctions/nivol1/

kayinaz

Adrenaline - please let me know how long it took you to get your renunciation confirmation back. My son is having to do the same thing and they're giving him a tight time frame to complete it or they may discharge him. How long to get yours back from UK?

Noorah101

kayinaz,

You have responded to a post that's a year old. It's possible that Adrenaline won't come back to check this thread. You can try sending him/her a private message, that way he/she might get a notification to check the PM box.

Rene