Baby Passport Dutch/British/Irish

[dlp097]

i hope this is the correct place to post, but having searched the forums I'm struggling to work out the best combination of passport for our new born, living in the UK.

My partner is Dutch, with a Dutch passport and indefinite leave to remain (settled status) and has no intention of getting a British passport, as she'll have to renounce her Dutch passport.

I'm British, with British passport and have my FBR registration for Ireland and an Irish passport. This was all sorted before our child was born.

We aren't married, but potentially will at some point.

We're in the process of applying for passports. We're very lucky that we can apply for Dutch, British and Irish, but trying to work out if they're allowed all three at once? For example, I know the Dutch only allow you to hold one passport if you emigrate out the country, not sure if this is true if you're born abroad.

It would be good to ensure we give them as much flexibility possible, in case they want to emigrate abroad when older, maybe permanently or for education etc.

Is there anything we should consider, or am I over complicating?

Thank you in advance

[alterhase58]

Dutch passport gives free movement across the EU - so for me that's a must (can't comment on Dutch regulations).
Plus either British or Irish passport for UK/CTA free movement. As you are British child is British by birth so I would go for British PP. I'd expect Dutch regulations not to prevent this. I believe Dutch regulations are more concerned with taking on a foreign nationality by naturalisation. Experts need to comment on this.

[vinny]

See also Dutch nationality law.

[meself2]

We're very lucky that we can apply for Dutch, British and Irish,

Not quite - as (I assume) your child was not born in ROI/NI, you will not be able to apply for Irish passport for a child straight away - you first have to apply for Irish citizenship for them (speciifcally, put your child on FBR).
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/m ... -register/

If you were born outside Ireland, and you are not an Irish citizen by birth, you can become an Irish citizen if:

One of your grandparents was born in Ireland
or

One of your parents was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth but was not born in Ireland. Your parent may have claimed citizenship through the Foreign Births Register themselves, or become a citizen by naturalisation.
In both these cases, you become an Irish citizen by registering your birth with the Foreign Births Register.

Once a person is entered onto the Foreign Births Register they are an Irish citizen and entitled to apply for an Irish passport.

That means Irish citizenship will not be passed down automatically - you'd have to perform actions to give your child Irish citizenship, which some governments may consider as voluntary getting another citizenship. I'm not sure if Dutch citizenship is affected by this, but you better check.

P.S.:

Dutch passport gives free movement across the EU - so for me that's a must

Irish also does : (