How common is it for Poles to be able to pass in UK/Ireland?

[El_Abominacion]

As groups, they don't pass, but I can't imagine most individuals don't. The difference among most Euros isn't that huge. I think they'll all pass as individuals unless they look super Slavic.

Most of them are very easily distinguished here, with the super Slavic look. There are probably some individuals that can pass but they're a heavy minority

[Jana]

From what I have seen, Poles look lot less stereotypically eastern and Slavic than advertised. Tons look just east-central Euro, visibly more western than Russians for example.

Probably UK receives eastern Poles mostly who look more typically Slavic since that part of Poland is less developed and has higher emigration rate. Just a guess...

[Satem]

From what I have seen, Poles look lot less stereotypically eastern and Slavic than advertised. Tons look just east-central Euro, visibly more western than Russians for example.

That's true.

Probably UK receives eastern Poles mostly who look more typically Slavic since that part of Poland is less developed and has higher emigration rate. Just a guess...

It is not necessarily true. Many people from east Poland emigrate to UK but there are also Poles from the western part of country who emigrate and their number is not small either. In case of developement there is bigger difference between big cities and villages in the same region than between regions.

[Tauromachos]

Yes some of them can pass

Though a British or Irish native would still be able to tell a difference when foreigners don't see any difference at all

[JamesBond007]

10% of Poles can pass as British but they pass a minority types of British i.e. that is as minority elements that already exist in the British population at low frequencies.

[Finnish Swede]

Just based on TA's official opinions (or ''knowledges'') between Scandinavians and British/Irish ... needs to answer here: Nope they don't.

[Immanenz]

I think its certainly more than most people here believe.

[Tooting Carmen]

I think its certainly more than most people here believe.

Yes. As I have said here and in other threads, around 60% of Poles are barely if at all passable in the UK, but the other 40% can pass to varying degrees (at least individually).

[Tooting Carmen]

As a side note: in the UK, except perhaps among the far right, White foreigners and non-White foreigners are seen as equally, well, foreign. (Except for the Irish and some other English-speaking nations like Kiwis and Aussies). Thus the assumption many forum members seem to have that Polish/Eastern Euro migration would always be welcomed here as a way of 'keeping the country White' is really preposterous.

[Septentrion]

Poles are mainly Slavic/Slavonic people, while the British are either Celtic or Germanic or a mix of both. So there is a difference there.