Difference between country of birth and nationality?

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On some forms it asks for country or birth and also nationality. Surely they’re the same thing ?

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They’re similar, but not the same.

If you were born on holiday, you wouldn’t consider yourself Australian.

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You can change your nationality, you can’t change your country of birth.

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Can I be Dutch, please?

I’ve always wanted to be Dutch :blush:

Or Swiss…

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Take Northern Ireland for a prime example:

I was technically born in the U.K but have a right to an Irish passport and consider myself to be Irish due to the Good Friday Agreement.

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Of course you can. It might be best if you can start the process this year, though.

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I think I’d see that as a bonus tbf :man_shrugging:

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That really depends on where you go on holiday, and how committed you are. If you were born in Australia, you’d become a citizen after 10 years. In America, you’d be a citizen from birth.

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Thanks. Is there a form I need to fill out, please?

I’m exempt. (What are the categories, again? :thinking:)

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Yes. It’s in a hole in one of the dykes. You put your finger in the hole, and wait a bit.

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Best to avoid being born in America if you’re not going to be resident there, unless you’d really like to be filing taxes your whole life.

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A 10 year holiday in Australia is pretty committed.

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The country I was born in, no longer exists.

Think that one through.

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I’m Welsh, but have a British passport. I hope to one day swap it for a Republic of Wales one. :slight_smile:

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Yugoslavia? The Soviet Union? Serbia and Montenegro? Czechoslovakia? These are the countries I can remember ceasing to exist in my lifetime (possibly you could count West/East Germany as well).

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Living in an airport seemed quite good :laughing:

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Those dammed dykes.

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I see what you did there…:rofl:

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… I’ve got nothing…:flushed::woozy_face:

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