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Irish or British for Northern Irish in your passport?

If you come from Northern Ireland, does it say Irish/Northern Irish or British under nationality in your UK passport?

Update:

If you opt for a UK passport, can you have 'Irish' as your nationality? Or does it have to be 'British'?

Since Britain does not include NI(hence UK of GB and NI), it's a bit strange to be callled British when you are Irish, isn't it?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    People who were born in Northern Ireland are entitled to apply for either a British passport or an Irish passport, if you have a British passport, the nationality will be British. A passport issued by the Republic of Ireland will state the nationality as Irish. It not unknown for people from Northern Ireland to have both passports

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  • 4 years ago

    Passport Northern Ireland

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Northern Ireland Passport

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    6 years ago

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    Irish or British for Northern Irish in your passport?

    If you come from Northern Ireland, does it say Irish/Northern Irish or British under nationality in your UK passport?

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  • 1 decade ago

    U either get a british or irish passport. If you get a british i think there is an option to fill out like a dual nationality thing which is where you would put irish

  • ....
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I was born in England but living in Ireland for many years. I have an Irish passport but Great Britrain is also included on it cos I was born there.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You can apply for either because of the situation in Ireland. People in the north can apply for irish passports. I have a british passport but i can apply for an irish one when my current one expires

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Passport is stamped 'Great Britan and Northern Ireland' but the inner page states 'British' - that's the offical one.

    You can legally carry both - GB for going to England, and Irish for the rest of the world.

    (And yes, I use England - Not United Kingdom)

  • Ciara
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You can either have an Irish passport or a United Kingdom passport.

    My dad is from Antrim but has held an Irish passport all his life. Cursed be the day when he holds a UK one.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    You will need a long birth cert.You may have to apply for a new one.With things like passports they're pretty strict on documentation.I have both passports.

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