Dual nationality of British and Turkish - disadvantages

[ay420]

Hi Folks,

I got ILR last year and I was preparing documents to apply for UK citizenship in July to have dual citizenship. (I am Turkish by birth). Due to recent family health issues, there is a high possibility to move to Turkey to live there as of 2020 rather than staying in the UK.

My question is if I apply for UK citizenship now and after having dual citizenship, If I go back to Turkey to live and work there permanently (apart from visiting UK for a few weeks in a year for touristic purposes),

1) Do you see any problems or obligations that I carry out due to leaving UK to move abroad just after getting UK passport from UK POV?
2) Will I need to pay tax to Uk for my income in Turkey? or gained property there while living there?
3) Will I need to pay inheritance tax to UK for my inherited property in Turkey?

When I searched it online, there are always advantages of dual citizenship or UK passport. But, I couldn't find anything about disadvantages orobligations that need to be carried out for UK. I thought people having dual citizenship (esp. both Turkish&British) may already know this.

Alternatively, could you please advise me who I can ask those questions. I called a solicitor to ask if I get advices, she told she woudn't know and she only helps with naturalization application process.

It's a really tough decision becuase I lived here for 6 years (Tier 2, extenstion, ILR) and waited for UK passport for years .Now, I am eligible to apply for Citizenship, but I had a dilemma although most of my documents are ready because of change in my future plans:

1) I first thought it could be better to make the application to have the dual nationaly before moving unless there is a disadvantage. because i may decide to come back to UK again in the future if circumstances change.If so, I wouldnt need to apply for Uk visa.
2) On the other hand, while I was trying to get the avdantage of dual citizenship, I don't want to put myself in hard situation or extra obligations (?) I need to carry out for UK e.g. extra tax, extra inherit tax, being have to inform UK government about every change

I would be really really grateful if any of you give some advices!

PS. this is also my email address: Email address removed by moderator because I cannot send PM now due to insufficient amount of posts.

[seagul]

You seems like heavily overthinking. In my opinion having dual nationality can be very beneficial in long run because undeniably in UK you will get more opportunities than in Turkey and even you can register your foreign born minor children with British citizenship. Also remember that your ILR can be lost if you remain absent from UK for 2 years and your temporary visits to UK wont help to keep it intact/regaining it. Anything you buy/invest in Turkey wont be taxable in UK but on several occasions/application forms you might be asked to declare your foreign assets/investments. If you can afford then preferably apply citizenship and then leave UK.

[ay420]

You seems like heavily overthinking. In my opinion having dual nationality can be very beneficial in long run because undeniably in UK you will get more opportunities than in Turkey and even you can register your foreign born minor children with British citizenship. Also remember that your ILR can be lost if you remain absent from UK for 2 years and your temporary visits to UK wont help to keep it intact/regaining it. Anything you buy/invest in Turkey wont be taxable in UK but on several occasions/application forms you might be asked to declare your foreign assets/investments. If you can afford then preferably apply citizenship and then leave UK.

Thanks seagul very much indeed for allocating your time and reply.
Yes, I accept I am heavily overthinking. I think this is because I really don't have knowledge in this area and I don't know anybody who is in the same situation to ask, so I have been worried not to miss any obligations (if available) or do anything wrong.

I mean there were some obligations while I was living in UK under Tier 2 such as updating UKVI & police registration about any personal or work changes in certain time (name, address, work title change etc). So,

if I move to Turkey permanently after gaining the citizenship, my concern is to find out if I have any obligations for UK government or if I have to update them about anything regularly (work, tax, address, foreign assessts etc.) not to have a trouble at the airport or not to have a unhappy surprise (e.g. penalty) if I have a short visit back to UK? Or can I just go abroad and live there without any extra obligations?

Regarding to "declare your foreign assets/investments on several occasions/application forms", what kinds of applications/forms do you mean? And, is it something in case I am asked rather than a regular obligation?

Many Thanks