Brexit passport applications surge

In the two months since British voters chose to quit the European Union, embassies and high commissions in London have reported increases in passport and citizenship applications

Passport applications since June 23 referendum

NETHERLANDS 500% Up from 40 citizenship applications in 2015 to 20-plus in month after vote

LITHUANIA 750% From average of two applications per month to 34 since vote

POLAND 1,500% Embassy recorded citizenship inquiries up from 18 per month to nearly 600 since vote

IRELAND UP 73% Spiked at 7,321 applications in July – up from 4,242 in July 2015

AUSTRIA 100% Near-doubling in applications to more than 100 inquiries per day

GERMANY 263% From 110* in 2015 to more than 400 inquires since Brexit vote

SWEDEN 650% From 20 per week peaking at 150 applications in referendum week

ESTONIA 900% Applications for e-residency† programme jumped from seven to
70 in week after referendum

HUNGARY 8,000% Up from just 10 inquiries in first six months of 2016 to 220 since vote

*Figures for 11 German cities. †Offers digital identity to anyone worldwide to create an Estonian company, administer it remotely, conduct e-banking and remote money transfers. 0% corporate tax when profits are re-invested. See www.howtostayin.eu/ 

Sources: Bloomberg, DW, Statistics Netherlands, Sveriges Radio, Irish government