He then went on to ask about chaos at the Home Office
over passport applications.
Not exact matches
Around 5,500 firms registered in the UK rely on the European Union's
passporting rights for the financial services sector, and they turn
over about # 9 billion in revenue.There has been a surge in
applications for Irish
passports following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.
The State Department estimates that the surge of
passport renewals that will be spilling
over into 2018 and 2019 — combined with other new
passport applications — will push the number of
passports issued this year to more than 21 million, after more than 20 million
applications in 2017.
Antigua and Barbuda has since tightened its rules for issuing diplomatic
passports and sought to reassure the public
over the integrity of the country's recently introduced Citizenship by Investment Programme,
applications for which have been dominated by high net - worth individuals from the mainland.