Dual citizenship

I got an Irish and SA passport ... "Keeping my option's open" as someone else said.
 
I have a British and SA passport. I was born in the UK and have lived all my life here. I can think of no better statement about who I am.

I also travel quite a bit and not having to get visas is a real bonus.

The ticket of last resort is also a small part of it.

Basically having two passports is all about positives and very little about negatives.
 
Best thing about dual citizenship is being able to use the shortest queue at the airport ;)

Not having to worry about visas and being able to work on a whole other continent (ie in the case of having citizenship from a European country). Often countries charge more or less for visas depending on what country you are from.

Oh yeah . . . and cos its my birthright.
 
It's my soon-to-be wife's, our future kids, our grand kids and my get out of jail free card. I would never give up our back-door pass!!!
 
On the note of visa's where you have dual citizenship. They won't allow you to come in with the SA passport unless you have a visa, yet you can with say a european passport. How does that differ in you as a person, it doesn't.
 
duderoo said:
On the note of visa's where you have dual citizenship. They won't allow you to come in with the SA passport unless you have a visa, yet you can with say a european passport. How does that differ in you as a person, it doesn't.
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I'm not entirely sure what you're asking :o
 
Do I differ or more of a risk to the country because I have a SA passport.

Like they won't allow me in with my SA passport without a visa, but they will with my British. Why can they then just not let me in visa free with my SA passport, holding a different passport does not change me as a person.
 
Look, I can fully understand South African's getting dual citizenship. If you only have an SA passport, then get yourself another passport by any and all means. The SA passport is fairly useless and has the potential of becoming completely useless (Zimbabwe 2). In this case a European passport or similar would come in extremely handy for fleeing the country...
 
duderoo said:
Do I differ or more of a risk to the country because I have a SA passport.

Like they won't allow me in with my SA passport without a visa, but they will with my British. Why can they then just not let me in visa free with my SA passport, holding a different passport does not change me as a person.
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It doesn't change you as a person, it changes the way other people (authorities) perceive you. African countries tend to bring in more problematic (illegal immigrants) people into a country, than Eurpean countries.
 
I think trying to link 'commitment' to a country - to ownership of arbitrary passport(s) - means the original poster has a range of personal, unresolved issues of their own, about 'patriotism' and what constitutes 'involvement' with the country they happen to have been born in.

As I'm a citizen of the world, with a global outlook, rather than a localized provincial focus, I'm en route towards owning both a US and an SA passport, and in a few years, I'll be working towards getting a UK one as well.

Does this mean I'll have one third less commitment than others who only have two passports? :P
 
Example: Why do we need a Visa to go to France, yet they do not need a via to come to SA.

Surely it should be a give and take situation, and SA is not the rest of Africa.
 
duderoo said:
Like they won't allow me in with my SA passport without a visa, but they will with my British. Why can they then just not let me in visa free with my SA passport, holding a different passport does not change me as a person.
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As far as most countries are concerned if you're presenting yourself as a foreigner at the border that is how they will treat you. Also, they probably wont know you are a dual national unless you tell them.
duderoo said:
Example: Why do we need a Visa to go to France, yet they do not need a via to come to SA.

Surely it should be a give and take situation, and SA is not the rest of Africa.
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You mean repricocity (sp)? Unless there are agreements in place then each country does as they see fit.
 
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