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Help Nat "remain" in Berlin

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A Cháirde,

With Article 50 about to be triggered I want to secure my future here in Germany.
As someone who is second generation Irish being "British" has never been part of my identity despite being raised in the UK. I'd always wanted an Irish passport because that was the identity I'd always held close to my heart (as anyone who knows me closely can attest) but with Britain being part of the EU it was never a pressing issue. Holding a UK passport was always an easier and more cost effective solution. However, with the Brexit vote this has now shifted.
I relocated to Germany in May 2016 under the free movement of people that being a member of the EU grants, for a better quality of life and to further my career. I did everything in my democratic power to secure my future once the referendum was announced including flying back to London to vote remain. Alas the people have spoken and now this future, and life I have built is at risk.
So now the worlds of want and need have collided and my best course of action is to finally apply for the dual citizenship I have always wanted.
I have all the required paperwork sat waiting in an envelope to apply for my Irish citizenship, the only thing preventing me is the cost.
In order to gain my Irish passport I first have to register as a foreign birth abroad which comes with a fee of €278* which once granted allows me to apply for my passport (€80**)
Although it doesn't seem like a great deal in the grand scheme of things to me it is priceless.
I have built a life and a future for myself in Germany, and with Theresa May's talk of a "hard Brexit" and the UK governments refusal to guarantee protection of EU citizens already residing in the UK that future is at risk.
No one knows what is going to happen over the next 2 years with negotiations, and visas are always an option but it would be irresponsible for me to sit back and wait, in the hope that people like me, living and working in the EU are protected.
Any donations towards my cause are accepted with my utmost gratitude, love and appreciation. Anyone who can help is literally transforming my life and my future, and I will be forever indepted to you.
If I were an artist I would paint you a thousand suns, if I were a musician I'd sing you a thousand songs, but instead I'm sitting here cap in hand hoping you see me and what this means.
Le grá go deo,
Natalie


*https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/

**http://www.anpost.ie/anpost/maincontent/personal%20customers/irish%20passport%20costs%20for%20passport%20express.htm

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Natalie Cummins
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