You and me both. It continually catches me out. I enquired as to whether any child of ours would be Manx or British and was told by the IOM immigration people that there's no such thing as Manx, any child would be British.Originally Posted by Terpe
There seems to be a lot about the IOM that we 'mainlanders' have no idea about
Is it possible to become a citizen of the IOM without being a UK citizen?
Basically, I am from the UK and just over a year ago I moved here. I am resident here, pay tax here but have to work on a permit for 5 years before I can work here without a permit.
Anybody from the UK can come and live here at any time, but employment here requires a permit. For those outside the UK and IOM I imagine UK immigration rules follow i.e. to enter as a Filipina a visa to the UK of some kind is required. I am not clear, however, on EU folk but my boss implied that EU rules apply here too but am not clear if they would require a work permit or not, presumably yes. The emphasis here is on job protection for the islanders.
