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In case you don't loose your EU citizenship, I think it is really a no-brainer to have both. It's different for, e.g. a Spanish and a French passport as the benefits might marginal. In case of the UK and Brexit, the benefits are really tengible.

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There was a huge wave of UK residents taking Irish passports under that country's generous ""right of return"" equivalent, too.

Anyone born, or with a grandparent or parent born on the island (meaning Northern Ireland too) has a right to Irish citizenship. So a lot of UK citizens qualify. It normally takes about 6 months to process, but due to demand after Brexit and closing of the relevant office, it was taking about 2.5 years. Only in the last few months does it seem to be back down to about 1 year.

Absolutely, and I think that's what I'll end up doing.

Problem is: if your first passport is German, you are at high risk of losing it and you have to essentially decide which way to go. Germany only allows dual citizenship with EU countries (at time of application).

This is planned to be changed by the current ruling coalition.

https://www.thelocal.de/20230110/i-hope-it-happens-soon-how-...

yeah, I'm lucky. My passport is Danish and Denmark have allowed full dual citizenship since 2015.

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