Your passport is the document that opens doors internationally – defining where  you can go, how long you can live in a place, and where you can work.  Find out how to apply for dual citizenship and a passport that opens doors overseas.

Firstly, why would you do it?  Well, one reason is work.  If you have an EU passport, you can live and work in any of the member countries.  You can avoid long queues when entering from overseas.  You can go to places that are not authorised for travel (for example, if you are a US citizen, you may wish to visit Cuba – with a second passport, that is no problem).

Another reason is security.  If you get in a bad situation while travelling, do you really want to be holding a passport that identifies you as an enemy, or would it be better to have something showing citizenship of a neutral country like Ireland?  When you work in some places (for example in the Middle East), it is common for the employer to take away your passport.  What happens if you need to leave in a hurry?  With a second passport in reserve, you have more options.

Without being too extreme, there have been times in recent history where things have got bad in a particular country, and doors have been closed to the citizens.  With dual citizenship, you can relocate elsewhere and always have a new home.

Having dual citizenship is definitely subversive – it plays the government game against them, and opens up the opportunities of international travel.  It takes away government restrictions and ownership, and gives you options.  Multiple passports however are not restricted to spies and fugitives – they are actually very accessible.

There are two main ways to get citizenship – through descent (you will need to prove your ancestry), or by living in a country.  There is another way, and that is buying citizenship, but that is not commonly available .  You will also need to currently have citizenship of a country that allows dual nationality – the USA, UK and most Western countries do allow it.  For example, if you are a citizen of e.g. Malaysia, you can’t have dual nationality.

How do you organise a second passport?  Here is how I arranged mine – I have dual Australian / Irish citizenship.  I am an Australian citizen by birth, and applied for Irish citizenship.  Rather than tackle all the paperwork on my own, I used a lawyer who specialised in second passports.  They were able to confirm my eligibility and look after virtually everything for me.  I would recommend that approach.

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