Does anyone know the full chapter and verse ref Nationality for Irish people on companies house?
Seems like the irish are a bit like quantum particles in that they may sometimes have dual nationality as default or not ?
My specific question today is with regard to an Individual who has "republic of Ireland" on his driving licence - if we default to him only having his basic birth nationality (born in 70's) - do we use "Irish" on companies house and is that deemed to be a foreign national? I need to formally check if he could have official dual citizenship but it all seems very confusing as to what the defualt position is for people born in ROI and nortnern ireland - that may be me over complicating matters though - hopefully all Irish are treated as being UK cizizens - i suspect this may not be the case though?.
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People in Northern Ireland are entitled to an Irish (Republic or Ireland) or British passport.
People in the Republic of Ireland I don't think are entitled to a British passport by default.
Does this matter? Put 'Irish' on their nationality and move on. Does the client have a particular important outlook on the matter? [1] If so, ask them.
[1] I do admit, I identify as 'British', and NOT as 'English', whereas my wife does the opposite.
You're overcomplicating this. If born in the Republic, it is very likely he has Irish citizenship (though just possible that he hasn't). Whether he has or could claim dual nationality is irrelevant. What's the problem with being listed as Irish? Why do you think Irish people would be treated as UK citizens? They are treated as...er...Irish citizens.
They can vote in UK elections, and always have had that right.
They can also vote for Ireland in the Eurovision song contest.
People born in Northern Ireland are UK citizens but are entitled to apply for and hold either, or both, UK and Irish passports. People born in Republic of Ireland are, as far as I'm aware, not UK citizens but Irish citizens. However, regardless, if he has presented you with an Irish passport I would suspect he wants to be identified as Irish, not British.