EU Citizenship

[impure]

any experience applying?


i was recently told i can get EU Citizenship because my father was born in Germany. so i figured while i am going through the process of applying for my American Citizenship through him, i might as well explore the option of getting my EU Citizenship too.

thoughts?

[decypher]

Check Germany's government website for specific document requirements. You'll need copies of birth certificates, application fees and whatever else they want. Then you apply and they send you a passport. I would definitely do it because then you can live and work anywhere in the EU.

[stephen_c]

ur grandmother has to be german.
same as for the uk.
there's a reason for that.
i'll let u figure that out.

[decypher]

Wikipedia entry said that Germany practices a policy where anyone can apply for citizenship irrespective of where they were born as long as they have a parent born in Germany.

[azazel]

your chances are exponentially higher if you come in as illegal immigrant who doesn't speak the language/lives off benefits/has no marketable skills

[cubed]

Originally Posted by stephen_c

ur grandmother has to be german.
same as for the uk.
there's a reason for that.
i'll let u figure that out.

not true.

god, stephen_c is just all kinds of wrong across the board.

[decypher]

Originally Posted by azazel

your chances are exponentially higher if you come in as illegal immigrant who doesn't speak the language/lives off benefits/has no marketable skills

lol who gave positive karma to this unfounded rhetoric?

[azazel]

Originally Posted by decypher

lol who gave positive karma to this unfounded rhetoric?

have you been to London

[decypher]

Three times actually, and I have family there. I just don't believe in your ideology that is in service of your own construed empiricism.

[impure]

Originally Posted by stephen_c

ur grandmother has to be german.
same as for the uk.
there's a reason for that.
i'll let u figure that out.

i don't think that you're right with this one, but regardless, my opa and oma were both bornt there.

[decypher]

I say you go for it right away it opens so many doors.

[cubed]

I've been meaning to apply for my Portuguese passport for years.

[impure]

why not? i may not have a need for it right now, but i mean, what do i stand to lose?
that's the way i look at it.

[Carrie]

both my parents are polish, i've been meaning to apply for my polish passport aswell.

[galaxie]

Originally Posted by impure

any experience applying?


i was recently told i can get EU Citizenship because my father was born in Germany. so i figured while i am going through the process of applying for my American Citizenship through him, i might as well explore the option of getting my EU Citizenship too.

thoughts?

FYI:

In most cases, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:

1. One of his or her parents was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person in question's birth;
2. The citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the United States before his or her child's birth; and
3. At least 2 of these 5 years in the United States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday (see note below).

A person's record of birth abroad, if registered with a U.S. consulate or embassy, is proof of his or her citizenship. Such a person may also apply for a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship to have his or her citizenship recognized.

It's a pretty easy process compared to everything else to do with US naturalization and immigration! It will take me 3 years to get my citizenship - just in time to vote in the 2012 election! :)

[laska]

The best part of being european is the purple passport. And the flashy decals. I have a giant shamrock hologram overlaying my picture!

[azazel]

Originally Posted by decypher

Three times actually, and I have family there. I just don't believe in your ideology that is in service of your own construed empiricism.

what are you trying to say exactly?

[azazel]

swedish passport, w00t

[impure]

Originally Posted by galaxie

FYI:

In most cases, a person is a U.S. citizen if all of the following are true:

1. One of his or her parents was a U.S. citizen at the time of the person in question's birth;
2. The citizen parent lived at least 5 years in the United States before his or her child's birth; and
3. At least 2 of these 5 years in the United States were after the citizen parent's 14th birthday (see note below).

A person's record of birth abroad, if registered with a U.S. consulate or embassy, is proof of his or her citizenship. Such a person may also apply for a passport or a Certificate of Citizenship to have his or her citizenship recognized.

It's a pretty easy process compared to everything else to do with US naturalization and immigration! It will take me 3 years to get my citizenship - just in time to vote in the 2012 election! :)

Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.

i was born on December 5th, 1983.
that means he has to have lived in the US for 10 years, five after the age of 14. he lived there from 7 1/2 until after highschool when he was in the hospital for a year, then he went to europe.
the problem is getting acceptable documentation to prove this.

[mikey]

I wanna get my Italian citizenship.

So in a few years i can retire on a farm in calabria and grow figs and make sausages.

[impure]

i believe i have to apply for my german citizenship to get EU Citizenship.
hmmm
looks like i'll have to book another notary appointment with yet another consular.

[Courtney]

i have one its really easy to get if one of ure parents is european (both of mine are) and yeah u just fill out a form...easy as that and now i can work anywhere in europe...awesomeness...
so lucky.

[mikey]

^^ that easy huh?

[cubed]

^not really, it depends on the nation and their requirements.

Birth Certificates of you and your parents are required.

Marriage Certificates if they're still married.

Then you need to set an appointment with the consulate to have it all verified and begin the process.

Some nations also have language requirements, so you may have to write a test as well.

[Courtney]

^no, i didnt need of what u mentioned