How Many Citizenships Can You Have? (& Ones You CAN'T Have)

[@joavnna]

Fun fact: if you have North Korean citizenship, South Korea will automatically give you a South Korean citizenship as well

[@Minelaughter]

It's because South Korea claims all of the Korean peninsula.

[@ltpi2621]

Lol

[@togerboy5396]

@@Minelaughter Imagine if Taiwan did the same thing 💀

[@Carlos-iq4th]

@@togerboy5396 It would become the insular version of Bangladesh

[@kumakohai7499]

Just as long as you manage to get your ass outta NK

[@joshuawan7004]

Hongkongers and Macanese get 2 passports because where they lived were handed over to China. So you could have dual Macau-Australia dad and Hong Kong-Canada mum, and born in Northern Ireland. Giving him/her Australian, Macau, Portuguese, Canadian, Hong Kong, BNO, Irish, and British citizenship. He/she can then move to New Zealand for 5 years (under Trans-tasman), so 9 passports in the first 5 years. Then do all the naturalising and investing and marrying Cabo Verdean etc and should be able to reach 30 passports.

[@RadenWA]

This is min-maxing lineage breeding in the level of games like Pokemon and Fire Emblem

[@Bob-bs9ok]

@@RadenWA seems some bit more like min-maxing your lineage in something like crusader kings

[@2cv693]

I don't think you could get a BNO if you were already British

[@haucjevdicbdhvgyydns]

Join French foreign legion for 3 years for French citizenship as well

[@GiorgosKoukoubagia]

Weird flex, but okay

[@itsjoabe]

Fun fact: technically Brazil does not allow its citizens to have dual citizenship if they are naturalized elsewhere. It's even written in the constitution. The only time I (or anyone for that matter) heard of it being enforced was when Claudia Hoerig (a Brazilian woman naturalized in the US) was extradited back to America after getting the death penalty. It was such a shock that a proposal to amend the law and make it harder for people to lose their nationality is being discussed in the congress at this exact moment.

[@diegoyuiop]

But the Brazilian consulate in Rome says you can, that's how my mum got it

[@lumer2b]

You lose Brazilian nationality if you naturalise elsewhere, but if you get another nationality by blood (parents or ancestors) you keep Brazilian nationality.

[@sem_identitificador]

Yeah and this causes a pain in the ass for nipo-brazilians who reside in Japan, since Japan also doesn't allow for dual citizienship, but there is a loophole to circumvent this. Hope the congress changes it!

[@sohopedeco]

@@diegoyuiop Many people do get other citizenships by right of blood or right of soil, but you cannot get naturalized if you already have the Brazilian citizenship. You can be a sual citizen if, for example, your Brazilian parents had you in the Us, or if your Italian parents had you in Brazil. But if you are Brazilian only, move to the UK, and then undergoes naturalization process, boom, you're not Brazilian anymore.

[@diegoyuiop]

@@sohopedeco My mum moved to Italy and naturalised without any ancestors, maybe the law exists but it's not applied

[@zhongxina6621]

I'm an Australian and UK dual citizen. Can live and work in the 2 countries, also visa free access to New Zealand and Ireland (same rights as a citizen). Australians also have a special visa (E3) just for Aussies, if they want to live in the US hassle free also. Honestly, just look into your family tree, there are so many opportunities for dual citizenship. For example, if you had an Italian ancestor in the last few centuries, you can get Italian (EU) citizenship if you can prove lineage.

[@ibx2cat]

I looked this up and huh, it is actually true

[@richardhobbs7360]

Huh, I'm a British-Kiwi, do I still get that E3?

[@zhongxina6621]

@@ibx2cat good luck with your Irish citizenship process. Especially with brexit, and foreign birth register it takes a while. Might be easier to just move to Gibraltar for a while after its EU deal 🤣 (if you wanna have access to EU)

[@oTroubles]

Sounds amazing. Too bad for mostly everyone in Latin America we cant look back into family lineage since there’s just generations of genocide and poverty xD

[@zhongxina6621]

@@richardhobbs7360 nah. It's just for Aussie's sorry ! If you have an Aussie wife or something, she can sponsor your visa too. And you just need an employment letter or contract to get the visa, easy asf.

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

Language level B1 basically means you are an intermediate learner and can hold a normal every day conversation and write in that language too. You can't exactly talk a our politics and will probably need help for bureaucratic stuff and if you go to the doctor with something more serious but you can get by and aren't just a stammering mess. You can also work and communicate with co-workers and customers just not very eloquently. The levels go: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 the last is being as good as any native speaker. Most places actually require you to speak the language at least at a B2 or C1 level because that is where you can actually have deep and complicated conversations. My English is at a C1 level because I can talk pretty much about anything with someone who speaks English too and it comes out fluently and I can so the same in writing.

[@audreyodonnell166]

How can you know, are there tests?

[@jslice6137]

@@audreyodonnell166 yep! the level scale is called CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and you can do tests depending on the language. I know English, German, French, Spanish, Italian have them, but probably a lot of European languages as well.

[@plebisMaximus]

I like to believe I'm an A1. I had 4 years of German classes, but practically nothing stuck.

[@badonkadongshellyes7286]

@@audreyodonnell166 for example the English language has TOEFL, Cambridge, IELTS, which determine your level on different scales

[@madeleine61509]

@@plebisMaximus Considering you're technically A1 just saying "hallo. guten tag.", you're probably A1. A1 is literally the lowest level.

[@moladiver6817]

Obtaining dual citizenship comes with a catch. Any of the two countries could revoke their passport quite a bit easier because you wouldn't become stateless. And believe me this happens. I am a Dutch citizen and wouldn't want to change even though I've lived abroad for almost half my life. It's a powerful passport for traveling including a handful of Caribbean islands where I can spend 6 months per year without a visa. Netherlands doesn't tax me because I live abroad and earn my money abroad. I have absolutely no duties towards my country of origin other than paying for a new passport every 10 years. That's a pretty sweet deal.

[@lzh4950]

Meanwhile Singapore had previously threatened to revoke the citizenship of a naturalised citizen, even it that meant making him stateless, after he was convicted of match-fixing

[@daisym6968]

NL is a good country 👍

[@grumpybulldog19]

This is the same in Brazil, no duties towards the country. Italy only request their citizens to inform their addresses and be registered in the nearby consulate. No taxes involved in both.

[@Maximmuss_]

And finally, the child becomes a bishop and lives in the Vatican, adding the final citizenship to the "passport-gauntlet"

[@rivenoak]

but perhaps the _curia_ drops other citizenships upon vatican naturalization ?

[@danshakuimo]

@@rivenoak But even if the Curia drops the other citizenships and you agree to it, do those countries even acknowledge it? I can say I renounce my US citizenship but the US government won't care unless I go to court and try to convince them to let me.

[@rivenoak]

@@danshakuimo renunciation of US citizenship is a wide topic, but there is a proper process afaik. exit tax is one of the hurdles.

[@douglasyoutube4271]

14:30 A Reason you need a Residency or citizenship to buy a house in NZ is because Rich people from other countries were buying up most of Retail market, and stopping actual Kiwis from getting houses

[@rachelcookie321]

Houses are still really expensive though

[@rileygally2967]

This is Vancouver rn

[@zoltrix7779]

New Zealander's are rich. The west constantly thins they are the victim instead of enjoying what they have.

[@douglasyoutube4271]

@@zoltrix7779 cold leaky houses built in the 70s are worth 800K NZD, and rent costs are also too expensive for first time buyers.

[@zoltrix7779]

@@douglasyoutube4271 I know housing prices are out of control, same in Canada and Australia. But if you think you are poor, travel to a 2nd world country and see if you can live in those conditions.

[@SamJonesMediaHUD]

I am a citizen of the UK, Poland & Italy... All allow dual. My wife is American & we are having a child next month, so my child will have 4 at birth.

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

I wish I had 4, I only have 3 (Italian, Greek, Moroccan), I'd like to get another non-EU citizenship

[@snoopyloopy]

Go to Mexico!

[@SamJonesMediaHUD]

@@GrumpyStormtrooper Move to Ireland for 5 years, get Irish citizenship, move the the UK which is allowed if you're Irish, like in the UK 5 years and get British citizenship.

[@mrkrabs622]

Have your kid in Canada and he'll have 5 at birth.

[@abovethelaw4417]

Poland doesn't allow dual citizenship and they also have mandatory military service aka male slavery

[@erich_ika]

I'm pretty sure you can have more than 1 citizenship by birth if you are born in a disputed area, like being born in Antartica or Korea will give you both Chilean and Argentinian or South Korean and North Korean citizenships respectively as the nations keep enforcing their pride over land.

[@rachelcookie321]

There have been children born in Antarctica in an attempt for the country to claim the land. The children just got citizenship of the country their parents were from.

[@gwen9697]

I have a friend that has parents from scotland and jamaica, they moved to brazil to have their two kids so they could be brazilians, then moved to the US. Seemed crazy to me until watching this episode.

[@FabioMonteirovsm]

David Nelman, the founder of Jet Blue is one of these “fake” Brazilian citizens, he used his citizenship to circumvent a Brazilian law that said that only Brazilian citizens can be founders of Brazilian airlines to found Azul, a Brazilian airline

[@gabrieldacruz3150]

So JetBlue on the landline in Brazil called Azul airline how original

[@ArniSPeturs]

I know a girl that has 3 citizenrights. American, Denmark and Icelandic. sometimes she has no idea what passport to use when she travels.

[@Minelaughter]

American would probably be the best. Everyone recognizes America.

[@ArniSPeturs]

@@Minelaughter You really think it is better to travel around Europe with American passport instead of a Danish one ? no, that is just so wrong, doesn't matter if people know of America. Actually the Danish is stronger than the American one.

[@youtubeuserzzzz]

I have a US Passport. If I was in this young lady's situation, I'd go with the Icelandic Passport. I'll keep why, to myself.

[@Andreas4696]

@@Minelaughter It doesn't work that way.

[@Andreas4696]

@@youtubeuserzzzz I'd do it just because it's cool and unique.

[@greengorillah]

Fun fact - Dutch princess Margriet was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1943 as her mother princess Juliana lived there in exile during WWII. To avoid her having Canadian citizenship the maternity ward where she was born was declared extra territorial by the Canadian government. Following Dutch law the princess inherited Dutch citizenship which meant she could become the new monarch in case that would be necessary in the future.

[@justmyedits6596]

SK and Japan: No dual citizenship, u choose at 21. //SK might allow dual citizenships, there's like very complicated procedures to get it but the core thing is being born in Korea and registered there or born to a Korean father but you registered your birth in Korea. But Koreans born and raised overseas aren't considered Korean citizens so kpop idols like Felix and Bangchan will not be required to serve the Korean military as they are not Korean (Citizen)

[@hardwatermaniac]

Honestly having a Canadian passport is the cheat code needed to go anywhere in the world without issue for the most part. Worst case I have a second European passport, from where my parents were born but I rarely use that one due to the Canadian one being the best traveling in most cases.

[@jessicatriplev9802]

I wouldn't travel to China on a Canadian passport, hint hint

[@the42oflife]

I just got my Canadian passport (I'm American at birth) and I believe that it is a bad idea to flash my American passport over my Canadian for most countries unless I plan to travel to the Central African Republic

[@therebedragons2653]

Im super happy about my German passport because it Hilfs the second most Visa free countries. The only country that tops Germany in this is Sweden

[@punchew8910]

@@therebedragons2653 woah. coincidentally I have an swedish passport!

[@therebedragons2653]

@@punchew8910 You have an entire extra country that you can visit without applying for a password haha. Slang dig i vaggen, jag vill ha det också😂

[@Serenity_yt]

Yeah dual citizenship as a German over 18 is pretty much impossible except for a few exceptions of non EU countries. I could have had dual Austrian and German citizenship but as they're both EU countries when I turned 18 Id have had to give one up so I just stuck with one.

[@diegoyuiop]

Why do they do that?

[@Serenity_yt]

@@diegoyuiop They just dont like people being dual citizens and its not exactly like a second EU citizenship is going to bring many advantages. The German citizenship is pretty much one of the most useful to have (with access to most countries in the world) So they just dont see the point in you keeping a second one for fun just makes paperwork more complicated.

[@diegoyuiop]

@@Serenity_yt still you can't vote in Austria, now. Even if you moved there later in your life

[@Serenity_yt]

@@diegoyuiop yes but as the rules arent likely to change any time soon even if i would have taken the citizenship (through the living there long enough rule) I would had it for maybe 2 years before having to give it up again. So If I decide to move back again as an adult Ill just have to start back up again with the process. Edit: looked it up Germany actually relaxed their rules a while ago but Austria is still pretty strict about dual citizenships. But they both are strict about different things Austria doesnt make you decide but you only get citizenship as an adult if you loose your 1st one. Germany allows adults to keep EU dual ones mostly not non EU ones though but makes kids decide when they turn 18 regardless of where the dual is from

[@agme8045]

@@Serenity_yt the paperwork part is kinda not true, i mean I have dual spanish-Argentinian citizenship and inside of Argentina im just a regular Argentinian, my Spanish citizenship doesn’t affect at all my legal status here, i need the Argentinian passport to both leave and enter the country and same with Spain. Both countries do have an agreement on dual citizenship, but im sure it’s the same in Germany and every other country.

[@drknowsalot_]

I was born in the US, with a Canadian and an Italian parent, so I'm getting all three citizenships :D

[@klemenpribac3719]

By the surname I guess the father is Italian, good for ya

[@rivenoak]

@Liam McNeill yep. if you do not live in USA: avoid it like bubonic plague

[@kristacalai9773]

I have an italian parent so I’m planning on getting my italian citizenship as well :)

[@kristacalai9773]

@Liam McNeill sorry if this is a stupid question, but why would you have to pay taxes to the USA if you don’t live there?

[@SlytherinPrincess096]

@@kristacalai9773 There is a rule per Internal Revenue (IRS) that states If you are a U.S citizen any income earned in abroad is taxable income and has to be reported. The country will try to tax anything it can out of people.

[@LieNapTime]

Latvia hasn’t had mandatory military service since 2007.

[@ricequin]

I have a friend with three citizenships. He was born British and American but had been living in Belgium with his U.K. EU citizenship since the early 2000s. With Brexit he was worried about not being allowed to stay so he pledged allegiance to the King of the Belgians and got his third passport.

[@RGC_animation]

This is starting to become video game achievements where your trying to Earn 'em all.

[@Alexxoniel]

I'm a citizen of Russia and Austria. Proud dual citizenship owner.

[@yaturkenzhensirhiv]

Multiple citizenships get complicated really quickly. To use those citizenships you need to renew passports every several years, which costs money and sometimes has weird rules attached. You become subject of conflicting tax laws, conscription laws, criminal laws, and the like. Cue the story of an American guy who was drafted into South Korean army when he visited Korea.

[@MinecraftRespaw]

about the brazilian citizenchip: to foreigners to apply for a citizenchip you need to live in brasil for 5 years (without interruptions) and don't have any criminal conviction. (for portuguese citizens and other portuguese speaking countries the rules change a bit)

[@Saffy1]

I've been living in US for 25 years and I still haven't got my citizenship

[@danapayne2654]

The Samoan requirement of being at least half-Samoan to buy property is so that Samoan's can continue to afford property in Samoa. For an example of why this was created look at the Hawaiian real estate market.

[@LumaCatalani]

Rich people wants brazilian citizenship to travel, brazilian citizenship wants european citizeship to live.

[@lroche3262]

I never understood why a state would give citizenship to a child born in their land when their parents have nothing to do with it.

[@SpringLeafWolf]

Taxes

[@manuelmontiel123]

I have 3 passports: Mexican by birth, USA by naturalization and Portuguese by Sefardi Jewish background.

[@ryandoesstuffapparently1540]

Why am I still awake for this? Lol

[@jcm95]

I’m from Argentina and here’s very common to have double citizenship. Most of the time it’s Spanish or Italian. But you can find Polish and German too. We are kind of eurocentric and it’s consider some sort of a prestige badge. I have both the Italian and Argentine passport myself 😊

[@diegoyuiop]

It's also very useful if you want to move to Europe

[@sohopedeco]

In Brazil too, but alas, i'm not one of the lucky ones. I really wonder if there's a random lost Italian hanging on my family tree, but it is just to expensive too try to investigate it.

[@fabio5286]

@@sohopedeco i think i have both poland and italian ancestory

[@sohopedeco]

@@fabio5286 I know Italy has very lenient citizenship laws, as to allow citizenship to anyone with any Italian ancestor since the unification. Poland probably has a more mainstream approach.

[@jessicatriplev9802]

Meanwhile people who arrived to Italy as children from African countries can live legally there for decades and still have to fight to extend their status, with no citizenship in sight. They speak Italian as the first language too. Yet someone with a grandpa from there can just receive their passport in mail without any knowledge of the country or the language. I'm half Italian, btw.

[@SamJonesMediaHUD]

If you're born on Machias Seal Island, you get dual US & Canadian as they both claim the island as their territory

[@rkgaustin9043]

"Just to make sure the bombing stops". LoL!

[@mixturebeatz]

I am surprised you didn't talk about Luxembourg. My American girlfriend is a dual citizen of Luxembourg. All she had to do was travel there and prove she had lineage to Luxembourg despite not even having any living relatives that have even seen Luxembourg until she and her parents went for that express purpose, and she's half japanese.

[@eavocado5890pppj]

Wow, Luxembourg like many small but wealthily countries does not give citizenship so easily but I guess the lineage thing does make a difference.

[@robwaters8589]

If you get to 20 citizenships, then have a child in another country, does that child share all of the citizenships?

[@rivenoak]

yep. _ius sanguinis_ is the easiest way to gain and bestow citizenship.

[@JFDavilaV]

Fun fact: If you're a Falkland Islander you can apply for Argentinian citizenship. And a few have, then a couple regretted it as you can't renounce Argentine citizenship. That's because Arg still claims sovereignty over the islands and considers islanders to be Argentines.

[@heatherheaney4060]

Ireland is back up processing its citizenships now. Apparently they started back up this past March.

[@mooing_cowmilk]

you slightly mention it but some countries won't accept people with x number of citizenships (so if you want that one you have to drop a different one)

[@misslittlesunshine70]

Another fun fact about Golf countries: they would take your passport away once you become a worker (mostly manual worker) to avoid illegal immigration or escape. One question: why is there one country in Africa (most of the time) that has no visa requirements?

[@safnzii9969]

Tunisia has no visa requirements for most countries cause it had a good diplomatic relationship with most of the world also its a beautiful country to spend a holiday maybe to boost the tourism sector

[@TimThomason]

For a Cabo Verde marriage (and thus, citizenship), you simply pay about 100 USD (9700 CVE) for the marriage certificate to a citizen, and you gain citizenship. You do not have to do this in Cabo Verde, you can do this (via power of attorney) abroad, you just need four witnesses to sign the documentation. Divorce costs about 700 USD. They practice no-fault divorce, so no litigation is required, and all marriage forms allow for pre-nuptial agreements, so no need to worry about splitting assets. In all less than a thousand USD to gain citizenship through sham marriage. There's no same-sex marriage in Cabo Verde, so you'll need an opposite gender for your sham marriage, but at a thousand dollars a pop, we can grow Cabo Verde citizenship very quickly. Voting abroad is also guaranteed by the Cabo Verde constitution, so we can and should vote for our interests without going to some weird group of islands in the Atlantic from our own home in our real countries.

[@eax2010EA]

How many passports can ibxtoycat aquire?

[@eax2010EA]

@Johnson Fisher this bot is broken :(

[@oliverjurd]

I don't think that you would really want to have an Australian citizenship with this, because you leagally have to vote, even if you are overseas, so every 5 years you have to go to a Australian Consulate, or get a mail-in-ballot.

[@w4sntme]

I have three citizenships. Born in Switzerland by Italian father and Swedish mother. Lived in Switzerland until I was 8. My grandmother (fathers mum) is Swiss as well. My fathers dad was Italian and my father is Italian + Swiss. My mother on the other hand is Swedish and we have been living in Sweden for the past 15 years. So I vote in Switzerland, Italy & Sweden. I've never met anyone else with three citizenships. So far I have only used Swiss & Swedish passports but I am fully eligible for an Italian one as well.

[@BarelyNoticeable]

Fun fact: certain countries aren’t nationally recognized as a valid country so more passports there ;)

[@CantoniaCustoms]

I heard you can still buy soviet passports off lunatics who don't recognize the Russian Federation (basically like the Russian variant of Sovereign Citizens)

[@Burg7.]

ye my brother was born while one of my parent was a Australian resident and therefore got it instantly, meanwhile me on the other hand, had to wait 9 years after my birth

[@elizamartinez4184]

My great grandfather naturalized in the US from Poland. He spoke no English & came here illegally & wasn't caught for like 40 years which the government then just handed him a citizenship cuz he'd never done anything wrong, and they low-key just didn't want to fight it & have word get out that he got away with it for so long 😂. He only got found out cuz his Coworker drowned (they were log runners which had a really high mortality rate) I legit have One great grandparent from Poland, another from Germany, & another from the Philippines

[@UnknownPerson-vq5vt]

I was born in Portugal but since my parents are immigrants and weren’t born there, I was born as Cape Verdean and not Portuguese. Only became Portuguese in 2011 and I was born in 2004.

[@brammeijer5411]

Marrying a Dutch citizen would grant you Dutch citizenship as well, by the way.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Ireland abandoned any constitutional claim on Northern Ireland over twenty years ago, so you're okay saying that.

[@rivenoak]

as soon as NI lifts a finger and wants to secede from UK the issue is on the table again; not by claim but application

[@cesaraugustoojeda2336]

I'm Venezuelan by birth, Canadian by naturalization and I found this video amazing to watch. Emirati is one of the hardest citizenships to get as well as Japanese and Icelandic, apparently.

[@jeromecohall950]

I was born in a British Overseas Territory (🇹🇨) but neither of my parents were born their so I can't be British🤦🏿

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Which overseas flag is that?

[@Totomy21]

Interesting video! I think one over “which countries allow to relinquish the nationality and which doesn't” could be interesting.

[@riddis8785]

Born greek but mother is russian, trying to get the dual citizenship

[@nethergamer2086]

Toycat becomes a North Macedonian citizen in 2023

[@joejeff4579]

Sad patron only lets you do €15,000 as a max so i cant give you north macedonia citizenship

[@tomdolan9761]

The willingness to be taxed to support your country and the willingness to serve to defend it by serving in the military seems like an ideal way to engender loyalty and involvement of an informed citizenry.

[@dutchik5107]

Netherlands 5 years? My Spanish mother in law got her citizenship after like 20 years of living in the netherlands....

[@danielhristov6175]

Did I just stumble over a niche of ppl collecting passports? 😂

[@misslittlesunshine70]

you will give that child an identity crisis, not multi-citizenship

[@TheRockyLeonFan]

I was thinking the other day what happens when you get a refuse of an entry to a country? Do you get put on a plane? What plane if there is no direct flight to your country? Do you need to pay for the ticket? What if you have no money?

[@ibx2cat]

The airline that took you in is responsible for taking you home, usually in their terms and conditions they have a clause that will allow them to charge you for this flight should it happen though

[@alloomis1635]

only one, if 'citizenship' is eligibility for office, and duty to defend. but the word nowadays is prostituted to mean residence permit. this hsa the welcome side effect of divorcing people from access to management of their native land.

[@essin_3240]

10:59 what a dope shop 12:00 every other country: ~150,000 USD My country (Austria): 3 million EUR

[@razormc954]

I'm an American citizen, I was born in the US to American citizen parents and have spent my entire life here

[@2cv693]

I have Hong Kong and UK citizenship. I am also eligible for Macau Citizenship, and by 2047 I should get Chinese Citizenship. I can get Irish Citizenship by staying there for 5 years, then if I move to Lithuania and get a job (Cuz BNO), I can get Lithuanian Citizenship, then following that I can get a job in a valued position in Quebec and get Canadian Citizenship, then buy all of the other citizenships.

[@zhongxina6621]

😂😂😂 are you happy for Hong Kong to be Annexed by china in 2047 ?

[@themashtistorm6543]

Ancient Persia: Excuse me, Hello? Do I just not exist?

[@LinkStorm13]

"we can't let you in because of the color of your... passport"

[@Flakey_sky]

Didn't know my country Latvia has a passport that says your not our fucking citizen I'm gonna start crying with laughter

First and foremost "jus" is pronounced as "yoos" (sort of). Now, onto the main problem regarding the acquisition of multiple citizenships is that MANY countries will require you to give up your previous citizenships in order to bestow you with theirs. This doesn't always apply, though, there are exceptions, but the takeaway is that it's not that easy to keep them all, you can't just hoard them like a maniac. 😂

[@butatensei]

The Netherlands only makes you give up a citizenship if you acquire the Dutch citizenship purely through naturalisation, and even that has exceptions. If you get it through birth or you're married to a Dutch person, you get to keep your previous citizenship. Same thing if you're a registered refugee. Speaking from experience, as I'm Dutch and my mom and I both have dual Dutch-Russian citizenship.

[@YTho-ev1ej]

I feel like we shouldn’t allow Chinese to gain naturalised citizenship when they don’t do the same for us. Meanwhile I’ll enjoy my duel Aussie/NZ citizenship

[@tomdolan9761]

I think you're mixing the rights of people under an enlightened and generous country with the repressive nature and contempt for peoples rights of a dictatorial communist state.

[@YTho-ev1ej]

@@tomdolan9761 I understand the CCP is autocratic and if I were born there I’d want to move to another country but I think the CCP should reciprocate the way we treat their citizens... that’s all

[@YTho-ev1ej]

@@Jaytip91 what do you mean? I didn’t mention anything about sovereignty

[@YTho-ev1ej]

@@Jaytip91 I think you don’t quite understand what I’m saying. I’m not saying the CCP shouldn’t have the right to chose whether or not foreigners can become naturalised; they are a sovereign state and free to do as they like. What I am saying is if they’re unwilling to let our citizens become naturalised, then we should be unwilling also. Ultimately the CCP would be provided with an ultimatum: 1) allow Aussies to become Chinese citizens by way of naturalisation, in which case their citizens would receive the same benefits; or 2) not allow naturalisation for Aussie citizens, in which case their citizens would not receive the same benefits. This is more out of principle than anything and I am doubtful anything will change given the political influence universities have (they make tonnes of money off Chinese citizens). With regards to the sentiment of your comment (suggesting I should not be discussing in the comments but instead talk to an MP), the comments section is for discussion so that’s what I’m using it for - I enjoy discussion lol

[@YTho-ev1ej]

@@Jaytip91 the policy has nothing to do with race. It’s not racist. That being said, I think it’ll never happen.

[@beyond.the.cosmosx]

I was born in United States in 1996. My parents aren't americans and they don't have US citizenship. They left US in 2000 with me to country of my parents, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Even tho' I wasn't in US for like 21 years, I'm firstly US Citizen and then I have Bosnian citizenship by couple of strain of hair because I was born to parents that are Bosnian citizenship. So, I'm forced to pay US taxes and I can't even have bank account outside US before contacting them first. I'm the citizen of USA, but tehnically I have no connections to them whatsoever

[@DubsBrown]

Truth is, if you’re searched and found with multiple passports while traveling you’ll get immediately interrogated for looking like a spy. Would be fun to flex all those passports but it’s a real risk.

[@flameofazazel598]

Especially in Eastern countries

[@Anonymous-wy5dc]

noice

[@alexrobi1176]

I think it would be funny if he married someone from Cabo Verde.

[@notaperson9090]

fun fact: my dad has an american citizenship but has never gone to america since when he was 8 or 9. in his career he served in the sussex police, surrey police and eventually ctsfo all not being a british citizen

[@pj9615]

My mum was born in the UK, my dad was born in Australia. I was born in Australia and I’m an Australian citizen. I am also a UK citizen because of my mum. My son was born in the UK, is a UK citizen and he has Australian citizenship because of me. So me and my son both have UK/AUS citizenship for the same reason but in the opposite direction.

[@julianshepherd2038]

You are a subject of Betty Windsor

[@pj9615]

I’ve always been a subject of the Queen. You seem to be more bothered about it than me 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@hollo0o583]

I believe you can get a Chinese citizenship threw naturalisation but you have to give up all of your other nationalities.

[@Jotari]

Are you eligible for Sri Lanken citizenship?

[@irushasansuka9884]

Yeah bro. I have that ducking citizenship and it's so terrible. At least I'm not a north Korean

[@Jotari]

@@irushasansuka9884 Ducking?

[@igorkraljevski9191]

@@Jotari He was so angry he messed up a letter D.

[@Esth.1]

Fun fact, I get to relinquish my citizenship of the netherlands for free if I dare to get anyyy other citizenship. Moving to the netherlands and becoming a citizen there could let you keep your first citizenship depending on the country's rules

[@blobba5442]

23:30 I was wondering if a South Korean or Vietnamese person can become a citizen because obviously they're not Chinese but they may look the part and some may share some Chinese ancestry. Can they lie their way through?...

[@CantoniaCustoms]

I think china means you must be able to trace your family back to China.

[@ShinySoShy]

I've just discovered your channel with this video and I love your work already. But I wanted to underline that Cabo Verde isn't the only one to give the nationality by marriage, France also allows it. Some people were in trouble because they were married with a foreigner only for that reason, without even live together (litteraly translated the "white weddings").

[@cyril8598]

new life goal : get as many different passports as possible.

[@j.s.7335]

Thanks for reminding me of Nomad Capitalist. They have majorly dialed up their sleaz since I last looked.

[@gustavslacis8520]

Theres a little mistake in the video. I live in Latvia and we don't have mandatory military service

[@shanemartin1500]

Northern Irish citizens can claim Irish citizenship aswell because the country split in two against the will of half its population and half the country culturally identifies as Irish not “to stop the bombings”

[@julia-7520]

Fun fact: though technically correct, the jus sanguinis law is quite complex in the usa (at least in my experience). My mother was born and raised in the us, has loads of family there, etc, but moved to Canada when she turned 18 to go to university here. after uni she decided to stay here and eventually got a Canadian citizenship. during this time, she was still considered a us citizen and was paying taxes in both the us and Canada. from what I recall (for context I guess) she officially became a Canadian citizen in the 90s. fast forward a few years, she has a kid (me) in Canada, who becomes a Canadian citizen and a us citizen (or so we thought...) fast forward again to about 2016ish when she finally got fed up with paying US taxes and started the process of renouncing her US citizenship, and to everyone's surprise, she already had renounced it (sort of). see, in the process of applying for Canadian citizenship, I guess my mother (from what she understands and the immigration officer ppl or something understood) technically renounced her citizenship by already having lived in Canada for years and having no properties in the US. this meant that (despite having paid US taxes since the 90s) I was technically ineligible for dual citizenship since the us government considered her to have unintentionally renounced citizenship before I was born. also, there's some really weird loopholes to avoid giving people citizenship through jus sanguinis depending on whether or not the child was born in wedlock tldr: the US was greedy for tax money but never told my mom she wasn't a citizen anymore

[@nyxt0philia_]

My mum is japanese and my dad is australian (i’ve lived in australia my whole life) and when i turn 22 i have to pick between the two because even though australia allows dual citizenship japan doesn’t once you are 22

[@oqeufh]

I'm 23 also half Japanese and I was able to keep both citizenships, just renewed my Japanese passport recently and they didn't tell me anything. Even though in Japan they do say it is technically not allowed there are some legal loopholes, plus if your other country allows dual citizenship Japan cannot do anything to enforce their laws into other countries. If your parents did all the paperwork necessary when you were born it should be fairly easy to just keep renewing your passport and keep both, at least for me I had no issues. So do go and try to renew instead of just giving it up maybe they won't tell you anything. You're not really doing anything illegal if they're allowing you to renew even when knowing that you have another citizenship.

[@pleasedisregard7946]

It's incredibly difficult to immigrate and often expensive to get the various visas and permission needed to just live/work/study in an area (as someone that's planning on doing a masters in Germany, but I have been offered a job in the UK by a friend's father that I ended up not being able to take since it wasn't in a skilled work category so no visa there lol). Other countries like the US make it extremely difficult to give up citizenship, mostly financial as it is Extremely Expensive to give up American Citizenship ($2350 to renounce and relinquish) probably to discourage people giving up their citizenships and leaving the US.

[@dod-iw6hj]

"Being weird in Cabo Verde" Yeah but I haven't seen a single Cabo Verdean girl I'd want to take for myself. They have that "citizenship by marriage" rule but there's no way I (and many people I know) would find a Cabo Verdean girl attractive.

[@haydenbsiegel]

I am so going to donate to this patreon what's the link? Anyway there is another form of citizenship. If you're Jewish then you might be allowed to move to Israel under the Law of Return and you get the same as a Palestinian to Jordan under their Nationality Law. However the process on both of these is not easy and not always possible even if you are Jewish or Palestinian because the system behind the return laws were devised by a bunch of British people who didn't want to let people immigrate to their former colonies. Similar to your statement on Ireland I am not trying to start a fight just explaining. Additionally if your Jewish then you can move to Germany or Austria (depending of ancestry) so long as your grandparent who was from Austria or German moves back. It is a special immigration law they awarded us after the Holocaust. When I was living in Europe they tried to get me to move to Austria but I never had a good time in Austria nor did my mom or dad when they went and my grandfather would never consider it. To be honest Austria was probably the worst nation I visited in Europe and that isn't even considering their past treatment of my ancestors enslaved there. Everyone I met were just really really mean people. Cold, unfriendly, and rude. Also Austrians are the only people to my knowledge who can have two passports on them. They were granted this benefit following WWII because both the 1st and 2nd World held all their discussions in Austria and so their citizens had to have a Soviet and Western passport. So that is pretty cool.

[@davidacosta9158]

I have three, Cuban, Spanish, and American

[@margaritabartasunaite1475]

Born In Latvia (94'), both parents were permanent residents. I couldn't get my citizenship unless both parents consented, my dad didn't lol. They no longer let you gain citizenship by birth. But my mom is still fighting them to get me citizenship even though I do not speak a single word of Latvian. Last time i went there (pre covid) \I tried to talk to them about getting my citizenship and they berated me about why I left Latvia (WHEN I WAS 3) and declare why I left (WHEN I WAS 3) lol. I won the visa diversity lottery, which the government knew about, yet still wanted me to relinquish my US citizenship to gain my Latvian, like wtf.

[@nat5656]

I was born in Puerto Rico, which makes me a US citizen because we’re a US colony, but I identify as Puerto Rican, never as an American.

[@evan1994]

Met a girl a couple weeks ago that was born in Dubai but they dont give citizenship by birth. Was weird seeing a white Canadian girl with a Canadian passport that says Dubai, U.A.E as the place of birth

[@notdog1996]

I only have Canadian citizenship with no possible loopholes to get another one outside naturalization :'( At least, I can get a second one without renouncing it.

[@SatMan18]

You can live somewhere for few years and follow certain criteria you can became citzen

[@notdog1996]

@@SatMan18 I know, that's why I said outside of naturalization

[@mastersingleton]

I am both a New Zealand and Australian Citizen as I was born in New Zealand and my parents are naturalised New Zealand Citizens to which my family in January 2001 migrated to Australia and received Australian citizenship via registration without becoming a permanent resident of Australia.

[@bobbyphillips8732]

I thought it was illegal to have more than two citizenship!?

[@RuneCode]

Then have two people with 20+ citizenship marry and have a child, accrue 60+ citizenship. Have two people with 60+ citizenships marry and that should cover the entire planet bar ones that only allow one citizenship

[@frostyboi312]

I have british-south african citizenship, but it's illegal for me to travel to south africa without an SA passport and using my british one can get me arrested and charged :/

[@Ping_JJT7]

Stateless man here 🤚. My country of origin refused and revoked my citizenship, so now I am actually f*cked and through the help of UN I will soon have a new citizenship.

[@raynemichelle2996]

I have Americanadian citizenship, American dad, Canadian mum. Born in the US, grew up in Canada. One is automatically a Canadian citizen if one of their parents is born in Canada. Even if I were born in Canada, I could have dual citizenship, but I'd have to applyto the US for it in order for it to count, but in Canada it's automatic.