A new thought

[tasyfa]

For some reason, it honestly never occurred to me until this week that I am most likely eligible for dual Canada/UK citizenship since my father and technically also my mother were born British subjects (my mom's from Newfoundland and they didn't join Confederation until 1949). Hell, as a Canadian federal government employee, I had to sign a form

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[cookie2697]

Dude, you should do it. It makes it so much easier to get work overseas. Which is a good option to have. I was going to attempt to get Irish citizenship, but we found out recently that we were misinformed and they only give it through my mother's generation, and not mine :( And I was looking forward to that, dammit!

[tasyfa]

(Icon giggle!) I seem to actually be eligible for a UK Ancestry visa, which would allow me to live and work there without a work permit for up to 5 years as long as I promise not to go on social assistance, basically. I did send off an email asking how to investigate getting a dual cit, though, and I could always work on that while actually there with the visa. Awww that's too bad about it stopping right before your generation!

[angela_o]

I've toyed with the dual citizenship idea. My dad is a naturalized US citizen which I'm told makes me eligible for Irish citizenship. I'm curious to know how much it costs.

[tasyfa]

I'm definitely eligible for a UK Ancestry visa, like I mentioned ^up there to Anne, if not for dual cit. The cost for that is mostly in obtaining the various birth and marriage certificates to prove your origins, although I expect I'd need all those for citizenship application as well so once done it's done, lol. I haven't dug far enough to get the true costs yet but I'm sure I'll complain about it in a post when I do. ;-)

[innerchorus]

Ooooh. That sounds like it has the potential to be very cool! I know I'm biased, but UK = YAY! :)