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Originally Posted by P_RABID
He's born in Australia, grandparents are from UK, just has a Australian Passport as of now, has not claimed a "UK issued passport by descent" as of now.
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As an Australian you can only obtain British citizenship by descent if one of your parents was British. Grandparents won't do it.
https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent
In this case, your friend will need to apply directly to the country in which he wants to live for either residency or citizenship to live and work there.
Schengen zone countries have changed the rules on travel by some nationals in the zone, after Brexit the changes are even stricter and migration controls are being tightened by most countries in the EU, not only in the Schengen zone.