Simon as you say this is getting more confusing.

I was only hoping to clarify the situation for Filipinos with dual nationality, in that they need not have the inconvenience and expense of renewing their RoP passports.

Having looked at your reference, is it saying that a Filipino national who obtains UK or Irish nationality automatically ceases to be a Filipino, in that they need a privilege to enter and stay up to a year in their country without a visa ?

I cannot imagine, almost any Filipino, would choose to renounce their Filipino nationality when they acquire say UK or Irish nationality, that not being a requirement in UK nor Ireland.


To UK nationals it would never occur to them that if they did not renounce their UK nationality they could just lose it.

When I took up my right to dual Irish nationality I never thought for a moment I might lose any of my rights as a UK national and of course one does not. I maybe mistakenly thought all other nationals would have the same inalienable rights.

If I enter the UK using my Irish passport, I am still treated as British with no loss of my rights as such.

I appreciate that what may seem obvious to a national i.e. "of course that's the way it is" may seem almost unbelievable to others. I remember learning that a Filipino needed to attend a CFO seminar and get a DFA stamp before they would be allowed to go abroad. Of course in UK one can leave the country whenever they wish without any permission. I know in Spain many things which are accepted as normal, seem very odd to those from other countries.