The answer is subjective, depends on the nations one has for each passport and their diplomatic ties. There are also complications on who takes jurisdiction during crisis (like disaster or war) since one country will argue on who should take control of repatriation. For example, when the Iranian conflict started: evacuation flights issued by let’s say by Germany for German citizens, what happens if an British person also has a German passport (a dual citizen of a EU and a non-EU country), wouldn’t the UK also say they’re also a citizen.

This is what I mean, during certain situations or a crisis: who takes charge if the individual is from 2 nationalities which may cause a dispute between both sides? Like, if Britain said “This guy is British” (refering to being stranded in UAE during a drone attack) but Germany recants “He’s also ours”. Although the repatriation flights are intended to be for German nationals stuck there, despite the individual also having a British passport even though Germany considers this person a German citizen by their second passport.

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    I have UK and US dual citizenship (I was born in the UK and married an American, naturalized about a year ago).

    Advantages:

    • Easier entry into both countries, and countries with appropriate treaties with one or the other. This is somewhat important to me under the current US administration.
    • Will allow my wife to get UK citizenship more easily should she want to.
    • I can vote in elections in both countries. Also important with the current US administration.

    Disadvantages:

    • US citizens have to file/pay taxes no matter where in the world they live. I believe the US is the only country that does that - although this does apply to all American citizens, regardless of dual citizenship; I only mention it because dual citizens can more easily move out of the US.
    • I need to keep track of two passports, especially when traveling, although I only need to show one at a time.