Petition · past parliament

Instruct the Passport Office to issue traditional Blue British passports

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

As Britain will leave the EU within 1 or 2 years it makes no sense to continue issuing EU-style passports that will soon be invalid.

The old-style Blue British passport must become available at least as an option to those who renounce their EU "Citizenship" now.



http://inquiringminds.cc/government-confirms-that-a-uk-national-cannot-renounce-eu-citizenship-without-becoming-a-stateless-non-person-under-international-law

The dictionary definition of citizenship is ‘a legally recognised subject or national of a state or commonwealth’. Since the EU is neither so it has no such citizenship in any case.

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Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
28 Jun 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Jun 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.