Multiple Citizenship
I hold dual citizenship (EU & US) and I was wondering if there are people out there with 3 or more?
If that is the case do you have 3+ passports? |
Hrmmmm... I'm not sure what the point of holding more than one national identity would. Which country do you hold you allegiance to? 50% EU and 50% US?
Other than being married to consular staff, I would think it difficult to attain more than 2 nationalities. |
Originally Posted by eyezon
(Post 17300807)
Hrmmmm... I'm not sure what the point of holding more than one national identity would. Which country do you hold you allegiance to? 50% EU and 50% US?
Other than being married to consular staff, I would think it difficult to attain more than 2 nationalities. Thereīs not a point to it, itīs somethig that just happened. Having different passports ( one or a couple from the EU and a Brazilian ) means more future opportunities for my daughters in terms where they want to study or work and makes travelling easier ( easier to get into Brazil, no visa for the US and a lot of countries with a EU passport, and so on... ). |
Originally Posted by eyezon
(Post 17300807)
Hrmmmm... I'm not sure what the point of holding more than one national identity would. Which country do you hold you allegiance to? 50% EU and 50% US?
Other than being married to consular staff, I would think it difficult to attain more than 2 nationalities. |
As a US citizen living in Europe, An EU passport would be quite useful. Having EU citizenship makes it MUCH easier to work in the EU. I will be applying for Cypriot citizenship once I have lived here in Cyprus for 8 years (only 6+ years to go).
I don't see why a person could not show allegiance to more than one country. I have moved to Cyprus and will spend the rest of my life here. That is why I will be applying for Cypriot citizenship. Cyprus does not require that I give up my US citizenship, though I would if they required it because this is my home now. BTW, it now costs $450 to renounce your US citizenship. I don't want to get into a patriotic vs unpatriotic discussion, but I do find it very strange that a country can force you to remain a citizen by charging a fee. |
Originally Posted by fjord
(Post 17300703)
I hold dual citizenship (EU & US) and I was wondering if there are people out there with 3 or more?
If that is the case do you have 3+ passports? Someone once claimed to have six but disappeared and never answered my questions about it. :) I personally have two citizenships (US and UK) and am equally allegiant to each. Thankfully neither country much cares. It is very common in this country to meet people with multiple citizenships, normally children of Britons (or other Europeans) who have emigrated, or immigrants who have been naturalised. |
Originally Posted by ajax
(Post 17301209)
There are several FTers with three or more citizenships. I can think of one with four. I have also come across the odd individual with one American and one British parent who was born in Canada (three times actually this very combination).
Someone once claimed to have six but disappeared and never answered my questions about it. :) I personally have two citizenships (US and UK) and am equally allegiant to each. Thankfully neither country much cares. It is very common in this country to meet people with multiple citizenships, normally children of Britons (or other Europeans) who have emigrated, or immigrants who have been naturalised. |
Originally Posted by STBCypriot
(Post 17301010)
I don't see why a person could not show allegiance to more than one country.
Cyprus does not require that I give up my US citizenship, though I would if they required it because this is my home now. BTW, it now costs $450 to renounce your US citizenship. I don't want to get into a patriotic vs unpatriotic discussion, but I do find it very strange that a country can force you to remain a citizen by charging a fee. But the IRS still cares. :rolleyes: IANAL, but escaping US tax liabilities isn't all that easy. |
A good friend of mine has 4 - one by virtue of where she was born and lived as a small child, one from each of her parents, and one from where she lives now. She only bothers with 2 passports now I believe (now EU is all so free and easy to move between), but has had all 4 at some points.
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Originally Posted by STBCypriot
(Post 17301010)
BTW, it now costs $450 to renounce your US citizenship. I don't want to get into a patriotic vs unpatriotic discussion, but I do find it very strange that a country can force you to remain a citizen by charging a fee.
I have friends in Canada who have dual citizenships for no other reason than the fact that their birth country won't let them renounce their original citizenship... and they have to go to the hassle and expense of renewing both sets of passports all the time because they can't travel to their birth country on their Canadian passports. |
Originally Posted by ajax
(Post 17301227)
Added: all individuals from Northern Ireland are automatically dual-nationals of Ireland and the UK. Most claim one or the other predominantly, but all are entitled to claim both.
For example someone born in NI to a British parent and a non-British parent can claim British, Irish, any other citizenship the British parent holds & the citizenship(s) of the other parent |
Originally Posted by eyezon
(Post 17300807)
Hrmmmm... I'm not sure what the point of holding more than one national identity would. Which country do you hold you allegiance to? 50% EU and 50% US?
Other than being married to consular staff, I would think it difficult to attain more than 2 nationalities. As for attaining more than 2 nationalities - it's quite simple especially when the US allows citizenship by virtue of birth - so a couple with different nationalities who give birth in the US would automatically give their child 3 citizenships. Then you have parents who themselves have multiple citizenships and it becomes easy to have 5 or more separate citizenships |
I know someone who had 3 citizenships: Born in the US (1) to a British (2) mother and a French (3) father. He didn't hold current passports for each country, which caused some problems when he tried to fly to the US on a British passport. (The airline wouldn't let him board, requiring a hasty visit to the US embassy in London.( I mistakenly said he had dual citizenship when I posted about it several years ago.
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Originally Posted by eyezon
(Post 17300807)
Other than being married to consular staff, I would think it difficult to attain more than 2 nationalities.
For instance, I am entitled to Israeli citizenship but have zero interest in claiming it.
Originally Posted by alanR
(Post 17301537)
Which begs the question - what's the most citizenships anyone can have by right of birth as opposed to naturalisation / marriage.
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Originally Posted by alanR
(Post 17301554)
As for attaining more than 2 nationalities - it's quite simple especially when the US allows citizenship by virtue of birth - so a couple with different nationalities who give birth in the US would automatically give their child 3 citizenships. Then you have parents who themselves have multiple citizenships and it becomes easy to have 5 or more separate citizenships
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