Christ I was born in England but my whole family are French and honestly I ' ve been studiously ignoring French politics since 2012 , it makes the UK look progressive and that takes some doing . This is really good to know though ! I only have French nationality because I fall in an awkward gap between law changes so this could be relevant to me . I was looking forward to renouncing my citizenship once my British documents came through , but considering that more likely than not entails giving up the right to live and work in 27 countries keeping my deadname passport seems prudent Hopefully all this administrative nonsense seriously if you still think Byzantium fell in 1453 , just try to do anything involving the French legal system has some kind of equivalent proxy at the consulate general although it would not surprise me if the law leaves expats to fend for themselves , it wouldn ' t be the first time .