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Old Jan 6, 2013 | 1:38 pm
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Originally Posted by celle
I have two - NZ and UK.

I have a friend who has 5 - UK, Eire (Ireland), Zimbabwe, South Africa, and NZ.
He was born in Eire, of British parents, then lived and worked in Zimbabwe and South Africa long enough to acquire citizenship, before finally emigrating to NZ.
Are you really sure he legally has those five citizenships and their unexpired passports currently? Zimbabwe has changed its laws within the past three decades at least twice in a way that has seen people lose citizenship status there and even risked making others stateless.
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