I thought I had already written about this but due to the number of "wait what??" comments to my last post about my offhand reference to getting a German passport, apparently I didn't
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I was born in Germany, naturalized as a US citizen when I was three or four years old. I suppose it's possible that I could qualify for a German passport, but I'm not sure I want one. Still, it's an intriguing possibility.
So you were presumably born a German citizen? Sounds like you might have a definite claim for the passport. Yeah obviously not super pertinent if you don't plan on traveling or moving countries but hey its good to know your options (:
My family left Germany too long ago (350 years) for that to be an option for me, but that's really cool that you can qualify for German citizenship several generations later!
Some relatives on Cristina's dad's side came from Spain but we don't have the necessary official records to pursue Spanish citizenship for her that way.
Cool! I knew someone whose late dad was a first gen from Hungary and she was trying to get Hungarian citizenship, mostly as a way into the Euro zone. I realized from talking to her that because my dad was first gen Czech-Hungarian I could do the same, but it was all theoretical. For someone like you, who is already emotionally quite international it makes huge sense, so I applaud your enterprise!
Yes I feel like I'm quite rather a "citizen of the world" 'as they say, and I really intend for my children to grow up as such as well - spending time in Venezuala and the US as well as whereever we are living at the time.
I've always envied people who have that! It becomes more and more a benefit to have an international background, I think, although it also increases the likelihood that your children will end up far away from you!
I can do this by birthright in Italy and am seriously considering it for similar reasons. I'd be more likely to live in Ireland than Italy, but you never know.
But hey, Italian citizenship will entitle you to live in Ireland because EU!
My brother is actually now looking into Irish citizenship. I forget the issues, maybe your grandparents need to actually be born in Ireland - because my dad even has Irish citizenship but I don't. Tobin (my brother. note the very Irish name too!) thinks at best we might have a 50/50 shot at Irish citizenship. It carries a real advantage over German citizenship though in that I don't think I'd lose it if I took Australian citizenship.
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So you were presumably born a German citizen? Sounds like you might have a definite claim for the passport. Yeah obviously not super pertinent if you don't plan on traveling or moving countries but hey its good to know your options (:
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- Erulisse (one L)
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My family left Germany too long ago (350 years) for that to be an option for me, but that's really cool that you can qualify for German citizenship several generations later!
. I don't even know offhand how to say hi.
Hallo.
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That is a long time ago!!
Some relatives on Cristina's dad's side came from Spain but we don't have the necessary official records to pursue Spanish citizenship for her that way.
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Yes I feel like I'm quite rather a "citizen of the world" 'as they say, and I really intend for my children to grow up as such as well - spending time in Venezuala and the US as well as whereever we are living at the time.
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I quite rather think so!
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I can do this by birthright in Italy and am seriously considering it for similar reasons. I'd be more likely to live in Ireland than Italy, but you never know.
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But hey, Italian citizenship will entitle you to live in Ireland because EU!
My brother is actually now looking into Irish citizenship. I forget the issues, maybe your grandparents need to actually be born in Ireland - because my dad even has Irish citizenship but I don't. Tobin (my brother. note the very Irish name too!) thinks at best we might have a 50/50 shot at Irish citizenship. It carries a real advantage over German citizenship though in that I don't think I'd lose it if I took Australian citizenship.
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