What Passport do you have

[milanbenes]

as a Brit living on the mainland and contracting on the mainland, and having an EU passport and British passport, I've noticed over the last 12 months that the first thing Agents are asking regarding EU based contracts is, what passport do you have ?

Has anyone else noticed this ?

Has Brexit positively or negatively affected UK passport holding Contractors ability to do business in the EU ?

Milan.

Milan.

[hobnob]

I haven't had that question from any agents. However, I saw an advert on the job boards a while back for someone to work on a cruise ship. They said 3 times in that advert that people needed to have an EU passport: it was the first line, and mentioned in the skills list, and then the last line said "If you don't have an EU passport, don't apply!"

I'm guessing that they started with one mention, but then had to keep emphasising it when they received a bunch of CVs that weren't eligible.

[NotAllThere]

Only EU passports? That's me out then with my Swiss one.

[Uncle Albert]

The Alberts each have UK, EU and one sprog has a US one on account of being born there.

[Zigenare]

I have a British passport and I'm entitled to an Irish issued one. However if I were to apply for an Irish passport I can kiss goodbye to my current income stream.

[NotAllThere]

I have a British passport and I'm entitled to an Irish issued one. However if I were to apply for an Irish passport I can kiss goodbye to my current income stream.

You work for a B&B in the 1950s?

[ladymuck]

I have a British passport and I'm entitled to an Irish issued one. However if I were to apply for an Irish passport I can kiss goodbye to my current income stream.

I'm still trying to sort out my Irish passport. It's taken a bit of a back seat lately.

I currently am struggling to find someone who can sign off the paperwork. I also don't know if the evidence I've collected is sufficient to get on the register of forrin births so need to find an expert who can review it all first.

[Paddy]

I'm still trying to sort out my Irish passport. It's taken a bit of a back seat lately.

I currently am struggling to find someone who can sign off the paperwork. I also don't know if the evidence I've collected is sufficient to get on the register of forrin births so need to find an expert who can review it all first.

My grandfather and grandmother were Irish, however there birth certificates have been untraceable. Apparently, records are sometimes missing or even births unregistered.

[ladymuck]

My grandfather and grandmother were Irish, however there birth certificates have been untraceable. Apparently, records are sometimes missing or even births unregistered.

My Grandfather's birth certificate doesn't exist but I do have his baptism record with his Mum's name on it (the father is unsurprisingly absent). I then had to try and find proof that his surname changed from his mother's the person who became known as his father. Annoyingly, his Father lied on his WW1 enlistment papers, falsifying his date of marriage to make the kids look legit but at least lists my grandfather as one of his children, even if his year of birth varies by a year (and the day changes from the 15th to the 26th and back).

I am hoping the people who manage the registry are well aware of the holes in record keeping back in the 1900's

[merseygrit]

My grandfather and grandmother were Irish, however there birth certificates have been untraceable. Apparently, records are sometimes missing or even births unregistered.

You need to register your grandparent's birth - I've done so for a grandparent of mine by getting a copy of the baptismal record. Then you can apply to be added to the foreign births register, and then you can apply for a passport.

Since Brexit I've noticed more EU jobs requiring English+ local language.