What I Never Told You About my British Citizenship 

America: * leaves Britain because "no taxation without representation!!" American then leaves America in favor of Britain. America: "wait no not like that"

I'm surprised you have to pay taxes to maintain the US citizenship. I recently found my cousin who has British, Belgian and American citizenship. But doesn't pay any taxes to maintain her Belgian one.

@@ToastieBRRRN I have Irish citizenship and don’t have to pay anything towards it either

@@ToastieBRRRN there are basically only 2 nations who maintain taxation on their citizens, regardless of their residency, that is the good ole' US of A and Eritrea. And Eritrea's claim is a bit harder for them to uphold, but America? They can and will force companies that want to do business with them to cooperate with them on basically telling on their citizens. If a bank wants to do business with Americans, or in America, they have to disclose all income of their American account holders to the IRS, or face huge fines and possibly loose the right to operate. There's a reason why so many European banks simply refuse to do business with an American citizen...

Hang on, how does that even work? So if Evan makes money in the UK in pounds sterling, he has to declare that to HM customs and IRS? Do they both take their percentage or is it split, or what? That'd be one hell of a tax bill!

legally *obligated* to complain

i think the fact that the first thing he did with his citizenship is make a video complaining about his citizenship really cements the fact that hes legally british now

Lol.

It’s a real state of mind to be British

No, he can join the queue to legally complain.

Hahahhh

speak for yourself, id marry her... lol

@@SirZanZa So you're into getting flogged passion-of-the-christ-style every other night i recon? Whatever floats your boat ;)

@@peterpain6625 He would be a good stock of fresh blood for our night queen Priti.

@@SirZanZa to get British citizenship ? A step too far in my opinon.

Hey, that's also the German national sport. Maybe we should have a competition

Just because we can’t object to it, doesn’t mean we can’t complain about him complaining lol

@@kgapaneseschoolgirlb True. But then again, he could then complain about us complaining about him complaining, and then we could complain about that.

It's a national Dutch pasttime too. And French. Lol

@@thatmarchingarrow Well, now I’m going to complain about you pointing that out!

I found it embarrasingly awkward just watching the video

Love your name 👌 😁

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I can count to 15, can I have a citizenship to come do the maths?

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I read recently that they used taxpayers money to buy 20 Abacuses from China instead of using our own world class tech factories to source them. Same as how millions of covid home tests are being bought from China instead of being home produced; oh the irony!

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That’s how everything works here 😂

@@charlottesmith8439 pretty much lol. I applied for my National Insurance Number, and sent all documentation and photocopies within the allocated time frame. Four months in am I am STILL waiting for the number lol.

Makes sense, you are applying for a passport that does not become your property, which needs to be checked, verified, produced, then sent - as a service offered to an entire country so first come. Not sure why you would need 6 weeks to return government property, that has a lot of legal power so needs to be treated seriously and not allowed to stay out in the public past the point it should.

@@ashleygirvin1740 I'm waiting a year plus for NI this country is hopeless

I'm not sure about new passports (as opposed to renewals), but I don't know anyone that's waited more than a week or two to get theirs

Absolutely xx

That's bad he should be using Imperial units.

the uk uses both, metric system for some things, imperial for others, for example the distance is in miles but we use celsius.

@@costintoma4319 that seems like the only way to make it more confusing then even just Imperial…

@@weepingwalnut In reality everyone under ~50 years old almost exclusively uses metric in the UK. Road signs being in imperial is just about the only imperial measurements you will come across day to day.

Driving licence as we call them.

@@peterc.1618 wait, so we don't call it an Internal combustion engine propelled horseless carriage operation licence? I can't believe I've been saying the wrong thing this whole time.

@@christopherscott7055 That would cause too much confusion with electric and hybrid vehicles and what have you.

to get a provisional license you need to send in your passport to prove your identity though XD wich he doesn't have atm

@@christopherscott7055 I don't know I think the icephco license has a nice ring too it!

Ah what lovely freedom 😆

😂😂

Then again American people will start revolution.

You can hear them if you’re astute

I understood it as he had to close the windows, on an already hot day for the sound. The lights add extra heat and they are there for visual effect. Just a bit of reading between the lines...

Man I need too break up with myself

After level 10, you could even get a vector graphic

It's been a while. Oh man, I miss the fish fingers and custard youtube.

I miss Charlie

Same in Belgian passports. It has something to do with the new electronic passport gates, I think, they didn't make such a stink about it previously.

@@barvdw I think it has been a rule in the UK for a very long time. It has been suggested that it is because they want you to look like you will when they check your passport and no-one is ever smiling when they go through immigration!

I'm a Brit-American. Smiling is not permitted in US passport photographs, either. It's something to do with the facial recognition technology that is becoming ever-more prevalent.

No glasses either I think

@@JD-eo7dr that's true, I couldn't were my glasses with my last passport photo, I could on my old passport.

It's just sad that the uk left the eu because he could have lived anywhere in Europe easily before brexit but now wou need to start all the immigration paperwork again if he wants to live in the EU ever.

Not an American here, so I may be completely wrong. I thought that USA allows double nationalities if you are born so but requires you to give up the American one if you choose another one.

@@michellezevenaar yeah that’s why there was a frenzy after Brexit was officially taking place of a bunch of British citizens trying to get citizenship in an EU country (particularly Ireland) so they can keep the free roaming privileges

@@MariaVlasiou No, you can be a dual national. You can lose it if you renounce your status, but I believe that costs money and is a process to do. I am finally checking into obtaining dual national based on my parentage (was born in US to US father & UK mother)

Can't handle it

Same thing as in America.

Seeing how complicated such a process can be I appreciate more the much easier path I had. I had no problem receiving my German citizenship and I was also one of the exception so I still have dual citizenship.

@@AL5520 I didn‘t have any problems, either. I didn‘t have to take the language test because the official handling my file said I spoke better German than many Germans, and since I was able to present a number of certificates from my 3 1/2 years of law study in Germany, I didn‘t have to take the citizenship test. Easy-peasy..

You haven't made any 'commitment' to the continent of Europe at all, what are you talking about? If that had been a question in the German citizen test you would have failed! FFS if you're going to live in the EU then at least make some basic effort learning the terra firma you live on and the collective group of countries you belong to, there's a massif difference and you should not be confusing either of them at this point.

@@nowexit No, I would not have failed my test. I am well aware that the EU and the continent of Europe are not identical. I was speaking here of my personal and emotional commitment to a vision of Europe that includes, but is not limited to, the EU and the duties and responsibilities of that political organisation that I accepted by becoming its citizen. When I say „Europe“, I am referring to the continent and its broad diversity of cultures, attitudes, traditions, history, and values. If I am referring to the EU, I say EU, not Europe. Perhaps my little jab at Brexiteers misled you. I was thinking at the time of the attitude they (and many other Brits) seem to hold that Great Britain is somehow not a part of the European continent. Whether a part of the EU (or EFTA) or not, Great Britain is in Europe.

@@michaelmedlinger6399 : You talk clear and obvious nonsense, what commitment would you have towards the landmass of the European continent, that maybe you could convince Russia to be a run by Brussels?? and why do you not have a commitment to the South and North American continent??. " *_I was making a commitment to this country and to Europe (take that, Brexiteers!)_* " - Why would 'Brexiteers' care about your commitment to the European continent?????? Now you just sound even worse, you absolutely meant to say the EU but instead said Europe, its a thing many Americans get confused about but you should know better by now, like the rest of the population of the Europe. You're right, the UK is in Europe never has the UK said otherwise, why would any country deny their geographic location, what would be the point? What continent does the UK think it should be apart of? It is true that the UK was never really convinced about the EU, one foot in and one foot out but again that is/was an EU thing not a continent thing so I'm wondering if you are confusing the EU with Europe again? " *_EU and the continent of Europe are not identical_* " !!!!!!! Well obviously not, one is 1 of 7 large landmasses of the planet, the other is a collection of countries, so yes not identical by any means (did you mean to use the word "identical"?) I voted to remain FYI but as I believe in democracy, being from the country that wrote the book on its modern sequel, I respected the outcome and as time passed I, like so many others, feel the 'divorce' was ultimately for the best and since the vote it is clear the EU will feel the sting of divorce a few more times so you better stop with your commitment to the continent of Europe and focus on your commitment to the EU, know what I mean!

Having a free pass to dis on the French too.

don’t forget queueing, great British pastime/tradition!

@@serinadelmar6012 ah, queueing, what would we do with our holidays and school trips if not that...

Huh, maybe I am British after all...

@Rusty Shackleford Sorry I don’t quite understand what you’re actually saying here! Are you trying to get Irish citizenship or English citizenship? Using your grandmother as a justification for the application. NSW in Oz

all I know about Hounslow is the Matt Lucas cameo in Jay Foreman's London boroughs video tbh

Born and bred in hounslow and proud of the weirdness 😂

Hounslow MEANS Hounslow

Me finding out someone lives in Hounslow: oh I’m so sorry hun

The last time I went to Hounslow they had a £1 shop, a 99p shop and a 98p shop. There may have been a 97p one too but I may have just been hallucinating that one.

When did he say that? I missed it.

@@qwertyTRiG Very near the start “British vs British vs American vs American” (0:26)

@@DrWhoFanJ Ah yes. Thanks. I miss Charlie, I must say.

@@qwertyTRiG You’re welcome. (I have no idea who it is, though!)

He is an OG youtuber, who was very popular, but hasn't been active for some years now

That was cockney? I thought that was australian.

I loved how Essex she was XD

Australian

And take pride in how well Scotland and Wales have played.

Cheer on Scotland for fucking them up!!!🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@@georgejob7544 0-0 not exactly fucking us up 🙃 -🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

He streams on twitch regularly. Check his Twitter

I rediscovered him on Twitch recently. It was a great to watch him again!

Yeah, learning the language is going to be the most difficult part. LOL

I live in England.... The amount of people that go 'PoptyPing!' at me is actually disturbing.

I would rather have british citizenship than american, But it is what it is. I am american and not happy about it

@@pilsplease7561 Same on all counts. There are countries Id rather live in than England though. But still better than America.

@@ricochet4674 Perhaps you should be able to auction off your US citizenship to the highest bidder. Or perhaps an American could swap citizenship with a British person, a bit like exchange students but for life.

@@ricochet4674 you do realise the UK is not just England right? thats why its called BRITISH, if you dont like England you can move to another British nation lmao

So how do you renew your Australian passport? Have someone else do it for you? Pay the embassy a visit?

@@AlienValkyrie Last time I did it was at the Australian Embassy in London. That would be a bit of a pain now as I no longer live anywhere near London.

@@vitalspark6288 wowsers, I got my Irish passport for the first time and did it all online. All I needed was someone such as a doctor or accountant to sign off that the photo was of me

@@vitalspark6288 Just call them. You can probably do it by mail.

That's true for most countries, if you are a national in that country, you have to use their ID or passport to identify yourself upon entry. Basically, you are 'their' citizen, and any double citizenship goes unrecognised as far as they are concerned.

Using a satnav in wales is fun. As the road signs have English and Welsh, the satnav does both

Not for the first adult passport, though.

@@hubbadubba6063 Ah of course... well, a good tip to keep for 10 years time maybe?

The current passport? God no, it's boring AF. There is no British personality to it. The previous few passports at least had something. There was the British birds (not the most exciting), then the British landscapes and then history/cultural history/events. The new one just had boring pages with nothing distinctive from other passports.

Would have been cool if he got it before they switched to blue because then, like me, he would have a blue and a red one. Now when I re-new mine I will just have 2 blue ones.. how boring.

The Irish passport has tricolour threads in the binding.

@Rusty Shackleford Im supposed to be eligible for German Citizenship through my dad but idk.

@Rusty Shackleford uuh ? 1 grandparent is enough AFAIK, what is the issue ?

Yeet

UK Gov do not permit joined up thinking.

That would be too easy!!!

It's raining in Brussels, too, but still quite warm, so I just walked home in the rain last night. Lovely time!

Dont be upset he just cant appreciate your friendship. Just like he wouldnt appreciate my friendship with the bavarian "minister president " who sent me a wonderful letter at my 18th birthday

Polish friend of mine was told he didn't have proof that he'd lived in the UK for five years or whatever. He produced his payslips as a train driver but they were not accepted. Can you drive UK trains by remote control from Warsaw?

@@peterc.1618 idiotic isn’t...

When you do jury service likewise. Lawyers have for some time been questioning the need for jurors to be sworn in. One story I heard was of a courtroom where they couldn't find the Bible so they put a Concise Oxford English Dictionary into the little cloth bag the bible should have been in. No-one was the wiser and justice, it seems, was still done.

Lol!

The Netherlands do allow dual citizenship, but really don't like it. I have some Dutch friends living in Belgium and Switzerland, the Swiss resident has both nationalities through marriage, but even the Belgian residents have had to keep their Dutch citizenship active, and they are just that, residents. But if you live in the NL, it's less of a hindrance. Basically, your other citizenship is just considered void to the Dutch authorities.

Despite deeply wounding me as a Welshman, he gets a you tried meme star

@@Nathh99 It's poptyping, isn't it? My best friend uses that term all the time. Other than that questionable phrase, the other things I can say in very broken Welsh are: nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda and llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch... but my pronunciation might make you cry and make your ears bleed. 😭

Nobody here says that either its meicrodon 🤣

@@EricaGamet (heads up bit of a long message) ‘popty-ping’ is a slang term (some love it some hate it, either way it’s still is a funny sounding phrase) Due to Welsh having 4/5 major dialects we actually have multiple words for microwave (just to make things harder for learners obviously😂), but the most common accepted term would be ‘ffwrn’ meicrodon’ (microwave oven) or ‘’microdon” (microwave) English pronunciation: f(f from four) oo (oo sound in pool) rn (from moRNing) F-oo-rn may-cro-don I do think it’s cool that you know some terms! It’s always nice seeing people trying to learn some Welsh - we do have some great terms which are always fun to mention at parties We do have another popty-ping jokey/slang term: Jellyfish The actual Welsh word is ‘Sglefren fôr’ (jellyfish, translates as sea glider, pronounced skle-vren vore), but is also known as ‘cont y môr’ (pronounced: cont-urgh-more) translates literally ‘c**t of the sea’ But the popty-ping version of jellyfish is ‘pysgodyn wibli wobli’ (pronunciation: puh-s-cod-in wibbly wobbly) which this slang term can be roughly translated to wibbly wobbly fish

Some more fun Welsh words - Gwdihŵ (south Welsh for owl, pronounced: goo-Dee-who) Smwddio (to iron, pronounced: smooth-ee-oh) Bochdew (hamster, literally translates as fat cheeks, pronounced: bo-ch(like a Scottish loCH)-dew)

Absolutely not (Jared voice)

An interview to get a passport? Why?

@@sisuguillam5109 I think it’s an anti-fraud measure, since it’s your first one, they want to match you up to the photo you sent in and make sure it’s really you. It seemed like just a formality really, was quite short… You just have to book it with the passport office nearest to where you live. I believe for renewals you do not need to do this…

@@miketendler might be... it's just totally different from my european neck of the woods. Thanks for the answer! Hope you are having a lovely morning!

@@sisuguillam5109 I used to work at the Passport Office in Peterborough. You'd be amazed at how many fraudulent applications are made every year - each office has a whole department just to deal with them all. A passport is a legal proof of identity and nationality - the security involved in checking first time applications goes a li g way to protecting the security of the country and also citizens against identity theft. British passports sell for around £5,000 each on the black market.

@@sisuguillam5109 My wife’s niece had to travel from Perth (New Holland named by Dutch traders) to Sydney in order to ‘Renew’ her passport in person that the same as flying from Amsterdam to Damascus in Syria to renew you passport. Not her first but a renewal! NSW in Oz

Lol

passport is issued in her name too, same principle

@@rivenoak In the old days the king/queen had to sign all passports. I like the inside cover of our passports where the Secretary of State in the name of Her Majesty requests and requires that the bearer be allowed to pass freely without let or hindrance and afforded assistance and protection. Not all countries have that.

How would the IRS even know?

@@LurpakSpreadableButter you're obliged to file your taxes with the IRS. And because of the importance of the USA, they can (and will!) force other nations to cooperate to give them the information to tell on their citizens, on the penalty of being barred from doing business with the us. That's why banks in Europe and elsewhere will ask you to disclose if you are an American citizen or in any way taxable by the IRS, they have to tell the IRS how much money is in that account, how much they made etc. As in the USA, not filing your taxes is a criminal offence, and while they won't come and get you abroad, that next time you visit your granny, you might be in for a nasty surprise. It's more that hassle than the actual dollar amount in taxes that is exhausting, there are tax exemptions for those living abroad to some degree.

All he has to do is just renounce his citizenship and he's free from the IRS.

@@purplerocket4300 only if you have filed and paid your taxes, and for a fee of over $2000.