I have had a collection of experiences, related to the different way that the UK and most other European countries treat identity.
Some countries base your permission to stay on your birth certificate and others on the passport you present.
In my case the names on the two are not the same.
The UK demands that if you have two passports then the names on both must be identical.
But UK passports do not support accented characters found in other European alphabets.
Eggs now in different baskets.
npub1nj…290hp
2026-02-04 14:51:19 UTC
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