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Sure, but it was a change that was slipped through under the radar without any proper justification for it (the situation wasn't even clarified for dual nationals until quite close to the deadline).

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I'd have thought the justification was fairly obvious in that they can keep a better eye on British passport holders

Amazingly obvious to jamespo is not normally the standard by which new immigration rules are introduced.

Amazingly != fairly, but I doubt any civil servants responsible for drafting this are going to reply to this thread just for you

Isn’t one of the use cases to help determine tax domiciles?

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