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Irish joining the British army

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  • 02-09-2017 5:52pm
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    power29
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    Hi,

    Just wondering would I need to be a British Citizen to join the army or just lived in the country for five years?

    Thanks in advance


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    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    power29 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Just wondering would I need to be a British Citizen to join the army or just lived in the country for five years?

    Thanks in advance

    Neither. Just go to Belfast or London with your passport and sign up.


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    JigglyMcJabs
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭JigglyMcJabs


    power29 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Just wondering would I need to be a British Citizen to join the army or just lived in the country for five years?

    Thanks in advance

    Google will answer that for you in detail, but quick answer is if you're Irish, you can join.


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    dev100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭dev100


    power29 wrote:
    Just wondering would I need to be a British Citizen to join the army or just lived in the country for five years?


    I don't think you need to be either. Once your an eu citizen your fine


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    deceit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭deceit


    I was a british soldier. I had no issues joining up as a republic of ireland citizen.


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    Negative_G
    Registered Users Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭Negative_G


    If you search this forum you will find many threads answering your query. In short, being an Irish citizen does not prevent you from joining the British Army. Not being a British citizen will restrict you from some certain roles in sensitive areas.

    No doubt, the resident boards.ie British Army ambassador/recruiter will be along shortly with some longwinded rosy stories about HMAF for you to peruse.


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    knucklehead6
    Registered Users Posts: 6,784 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    Negative_G wrote: »
    If you search this forum you will find many threads answering your query. In short, being an Irish citizen does not prevent you from joining the British Army. Not being a British citizen will restrict you from some certain roles in sensitive areas.

    No doubt, the resident boards.ie British Army ambassador/recruiter will be along shortly with some longwinded rosy stories about HMAF for you to peruse.

    Hmmmm

    And still no sign. He must be getting his photo taken again.


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