Tory peer Baroness Gardner of Parkes, who has been in the UK since 1954 but still has an Australian passport, raised the issue during a debate on the Commonwealth on 10 December 2009.

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The answer, according to Fahey, is to insist on a biological profile and passport for each player, an issue he raised with Sepp Blatter, the secretary general of FIFA, when they met last week.

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Germany says it will not allow Bulgaria or Romania to join the EU's passport-free Schengen zone if the issue is put to a vote in the EU on Thursday.

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Getting a divorce legally recognized in both countries is another issue, as is the cost of getting a Dominican passport, she said.

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Germany said on Sunday it would veto any attempt to allow Bulgaria and its neighbour Romania to enter the passport-free Schengen zone when EU ministers discuss the issue later this week.

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