My 5 year old sons british passport has just expired and i am trying to decide whether its worth the hassle of applying to Paris for a new one when i could just go to the gemeentehuis for a cheaper dutch one. My youngest son was born here and so has a dutch passport and my husband is dutch so my son is entitled to it. Does anyone know if nowadays there are any real benefits to a british passport??

All i can think of is possibly getting a longer holiday visa when visiting countries in the commonwealth!

Well in Australia's case young Dutchies can get longer holidays as well!

That's a very good question. I'd like to know the answer too...

As an American, when I got my UK citizenship and then passport, I thought from a terrorist point of view, if a plane got hijacked both were equally as bad. Might want a dutch passport to save yourself a beheading

That's a little morbid, although not out of the question, I suppose.

Bristolgirl, my British passport expires next year, but I'm not going to renew it. Instead I'm going for an Irish one, which fortunately I also qualify for.

Personally, I see absolutely no benefit in holding a British passport anymore. The only reason I have one (instead of Irish) was because it made it easier to get through immigration in the US, at the time.

The only other reason (aside from what you mentioned) I can think of is that if you are ever abroad, and run into problems, your family could get 'separated' based on the passports that you all hold. But that's a very unlikely scenario. Maybe the best idea is for both you and your son to apply for Dutch?

LOL!
Morbid? Paranoid more like.
You're a thousand times more likely to go down in a plane crash and the passport issue won't matter then.

It was a bit tongue in cheek. Although, the point being, no one really has a strong reaction to the Dutch which I think helps perception. None at all so you don't get an automatic response based on stereotype.