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

[@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

[@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

[@marcob.1012]

I once known a guy that was born in Yugoslavia and worked with me in Austria butt he didn't have a Austrian citizenship, so when Yugoslavia split he was a stateless person

[@karskerik]

What consequences did he face because of that?

[@logiic8835]

@@karskerik the last part of the sentence was the consequence

[@tunahan4418]

Oh? Wait fr did everyone who was a Yugoslavian citizen just become stateless? I assumed they'd be automatically a citizen of the countries that it split into

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

@@tunahan4418 I guess the problem was that the guy lived in Austria at that point so he probably didn't get any of the new citizenships.

[@klemenpribac3719]

My grandfather lives in on border between Slovenia and Croatia (territory called Istria) and since their were still are some land despite’s he got After the break of Yugoslavia Slovenian, Croatian citizenship and Italian because the territory was once striped from Italy. So now I have currently Slo-Croatian citizenship and I will request the Italian one soon. I don’t have the Italian because my father was more than 18 when his dad got the Italian one so it didn’t pass on automatically.

[@louclarcen5690]

I’m American and am months away from becoming a citizen in Luxembourg, as well. I remember in one of your videos you speculated that the best possible dual citizenship combo would be US-Luxembourg. It was a weird surprise for me to hear as someone applying to become just that.

[@wymarsane7305]

Great, now there'll be _seven_ of us!

[@alipareedanse12]

@Uncumbersome already surpassed the population of Wyoming

[@angryy_96]

@@alipareedanse12 what is wyoming?

[@holdmyfannypack7345]

@@angryy_96 it’s fake Colorado (us state)

[@angryy_96]

@@holdmyfannypack7345 oh i see

[@saryamasri5808]

0:35 "citizenship probably hasn't affected your life" laughing in pain with my Syrian citizenship.

[@minddrawer1348]

Same struggle bro 😭😂

[@alexjones1017]

Damn bro :(

[@NickolasFaz]

oof

[@kasiorap]

syrian passport gang 💀💀

[@nouraa.9958]

same

[@Ty-Hys]

I have a duel citizenship in Canada and the UK, am eligible to gain a irish citizenship because I was born in Northern Ireland, and my Grandparents are irish, and I could get a Italian citizenship because a great-grampa on my dad's side of the family is Italian. 4 potential citizenship ain't bad.

[@alastor8091]

Tell me about your great granddad.

[@santinoaldo]

I’m pretty similar. I was born in the US, have Argentinian parents, have an Uruguayan grandfather and great grandparents from Italy on both sides.

[@fergusconnor7476]

damn bro ive got irish canadian and british too

[@mi7ch247]

I’m similar to you here. I live and was born in Australia. My grandfather and grandmother was born in Italy, my other grandfather was born in NI and as such can claim Irish citizen and my mother worked in the UK for enough time to qualify me for double decent for British citizenship. 4 potential citizenships ain’t bad, isn’t it?

[@samanyudas3198]

Join The French Legion army and get french citizenship within 3 years

[@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.

[@speedomike747]

I live in The Netherlands, if I apply for UK citizenship I lose automatically my Dutch citizenship lol

[@tunahan4418]

Yeah so I wanted to mention that. I want to get a Turkish citizenship and I live in Belgium and I heard that there are laws they want to pass to make people only have 1 citizenship

[@dgameryoutube5045]

That's fuckef bro

[@Nordlicht05]

@@tunahan4418 Germany is the same. But some people are allowed to have 2. And if one parent has a foreign citizenship you can have both until you are 18. After that you must choose. Russia for example the citizen mostly are allowed to have more but if you are a foreigner you are not allowed to have yours and apply for the Russian one. There is a clean line between born russian or let's say wannabe from the government.

[@tunahan4418]

@@Nordlicht05 oh well afaik it's an European law tho I might be wrong. That sucks so much. Tho I heard turkey has a work around. Giving it's foreign citizens a "blue card" or whatever. İt's a citizenship but not called that.

[@invinciblenowyt]

Here I get to flex, the netherlands has some exceptions. I am also dutch as I was born there with a dutch mother. Though my father is also english, which is already a exception, due to blood relation to the country, I can keep the dutch nationality when I get my english nationality. Then because I moved to Switzerland when I was 4, I get to have Swiss nationality and not lose my dutch one, as long as my mother doesn't get a different nationality, otherwise I automatically lose it (the latter is what my mother informed be of). This is due to a exception for people who moved to and lived in a country when they were under 18 and have lived in said country for 5 years. I also have to renew the passport on time, if and once I get other nationalities, or else I lose nationality via that, though I can also get a special document which allows me to keep my nationality without a passport. Though I also do not have to inform the netherlands of my other nationality (since like 2015), but not sure how that works.

[@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.

[@blackprezmusic]

You should look into the boxer, Roy Jones Jr. I randomly googled him a couple years ago and saw that he has Russian citizenship. I was super confused because I was 100% sure he was from Florida. But apparently he became friends with Vladimir Putin and Putin just gave Roy Jones Jr a Russian citizenship lol. I found it very interesting.

[@vladimirdan1959]

I think the same thing happened with Steven Seagal, kinda cool, kinda funny, kinda weird

[@rogink]

Gerard Depardieu?

[@gerardoakseltellez]

Does this mean that Dennis Rodman has a shot at getting North Korean citizenship then getting automatic South Korean citizenship when he visits there?

[@skullywulIy]

@@gerardoakseltellez Maybe

[@AlvaroMF13]

@@gerardoakseltellez SK only grants citizenship to natural born North Koreans, naturalized ones aren't eligible

[@9NineVolt]

If you get a North Macedonian citizenship you'll instantly lose all of your Greek subscribers

[@yusufgazi7]

Alexander the Great

[@seeker3631]

@@yusufgazi7 Wasn't a slav.

[@Kartlos1]

Alexander the Great was Turkish

[@seeker3631]

@@Kartlos1 Lol. Good one

[@aidenbooksmith2351]

@@seeker3631 All of you are wrong. Alexander the Great was Indian, born in the state of Punjab.

[@ryanslozka9893]

Some countries are literally treating citizenship there like a patreon reward tier

[@CantoniaCustoms]

On the other side, those nations are broke asf

[@TurtleMarcus]

Estonia also have "non-citizen passport", called "grey passport". It's a complex situation, but the short version is this: In an effort to quell Nationalism, many Russians were relocated (many by force) to Estonia, in order to mix and create a big happy Soviet family. During the "Singing Revolution" (1988-1991), there were two governments in Estonia: the old Soviet one, loyal to the USSR, and the new Republic of Estonia Government. Many Russians stayed loyal to the Soviet Regime, mostly because of anti-Russian sentiments in the new Republic. So when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, a large portion of Russians in Estonia suddenly became stateless. So they were given an alien passport (which was grey in colour), until the situation could be sorted out. So basically no new grey passports are issued today.

[@lnt8756]

"Singing Revolution" is the most Estonian thing I've heard in a while...

[@dx7388]

The rarest citizenship in the world is of Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Only three citizens. Imagine being such an exceptional person. And imagine landing in JFK and US officials scratching their heads: Sorry, your country does not exist !

[@sameedahmad]

that 1 tom hanks movie

[@aao7785]

@@sameedahmad I just watched it how strange

[@rachelcookie321]

@@sameedahmad what movie?

[@waharadome]

is it "The Terminal"?

[@aao7785]

@@waharadome yea Merry Christmas

[@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.

[@nihildomini]

I imagine the reason for the partial citizenship requirement to purchase property in American Samoa is so there isnt a bunch of rich mainlander Americans buying up all the property and displacing the local population.

[@lzh4950]

In Singapore if you're a foreigner, the only landed property (e.g. (semi-)detatched or terraced houses, bungalows, rather than apartments) you can buy is also restricted to _Sentosa_ Cove also, though I've heard of high net-worth foreigners e.g. founder of e-commerce website _Alibaba_ Jack Ma applying for exemptions

[@zechtyler1674]

I really liked the editing, it was simple but added to what was being said making it easier to follow without taking away from the "second channel dont care" motif that you follow.

[@Jennyeq]

I really like your facemask - they make it so much easier to see the dickheads.

[@Nooticus]

Yeah the editing was really good!

[@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.

[@brianmatttokyo688]

Love info on multiple citizenships. I have 4 citizenships: Canada, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia. EU citz come from my parents and the other from my grandparents. Citizenship is one of the underrated conversations these days.

[@hellno6617]

I thought for you to be able to get the German citizenship you’re not allowed not have another country’s citizenship, is that true?

[@plebisMaximus]

@@hellno6617 No, Germany allows dual citizenship in some cases.

[@bodhanaflow6450]

Agree! Considering how much the world is changing I'm surprised at how little these concepts are revisited.

[@hellno6617]

@@plebisMaximus I’ve actually even seen debates about this, I think they made this last year or something

[@ariffarafat-Bangladesh]

Can u give me one?

[@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.

[@V_For_Vigilante]

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

[@sohopedeco]

Brazilian citizen doesn't sound so useful for someone from a developped country, but it is certainly one of the best citizenships in the world for travelling. Many children of Chinese and Arab immigrants who have barely any connection to Brazil still seek it to make their travels easier and visa free to more countries (we don't need visa neither to Europe nor to England, for example).

[@grumpybulldog19]

And with an USA visa we can stay 6 months in the country, an European doesn't need a visa but could stay only 3 months.

[@Andreas4696]

@@grumpybulldog19 true, but Europeans can apply for the same visa but most don't because it's a hassle

[@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.

[@whitexicanat-large681]

Remember that some countries have a limit on the amount of simultaneous citizenships one can have. If I remember correctly here in Mexico I can only have a 2nd citizenship with my Mexican citizenship, if I get a 3th I automatically loose my Mexican citizenship and go back to only 2.

[@alantorres3601]

Mexican here too, thats false. Restrictions for how many nationalities you can have only apply to people who are not mexican citizen by birth. If you were born in Mexico or abroad with mexican parents, there is not limit to how many citizenships you have

[@whitexicanat-large681]

@@alantorres3601 Thanks, 🤔I will have to look it up, maybe I got it wrong.

[@avaford9092]

Australia does the same. They will only let you have 2 citizenships. The child will have to renounce 4 if it wants to become naturalised in Australia.

[@topcat6298]

Took me over a year to get my Irish citizenship due to Brexit (they had a massive backlog), and this was before covid. It's well worth the wait and money imo, I love the idea you get to retain your freedom of movement.

[@kiradotee]

Top Cat 🤣

[@JamesHodgson01]

I applied for an Irish Passport 4 months ago as I have Irish Citizenship by birthright (thanks mum!). I should be getting it within the next month or so, it's going to make EU movement so much easier. I will now hold UK and Irish Citizenship.

[@molybdomancer195]

Yeah my son is a dual Brit/Irish citizen and his passport is in the post. My daughter wants to apply for her Irish citizenship but I don’t think they are even accepting new applications due to the backlog. They want to get their freedom of movement back.

[@taramatheis1451]

I'm a Brit & I got my Dutch Citizenship this year for the same reason- to get my freedom of movement back and it feels great! Thanks mum!!

[@JamesHodgson01]

@@taramatheis1451 That's great, having freedom of movement is a huge thing to have! I finally got my passport after 6 months, it feels great.

[@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.

[@Pratchettgaiman]

If you want to get Vatican citizenship you have to work for the Vatican in certain jobs and also live in the Vatican, and if you lose your job you lose your citizenship. If you have no other citizenship, you become an Italian citizen, though, so that's cool.

[@apveening]

That requirement of living in the Vatican is not absolute, nuncios hold passports from the Holy See, but most definitely don't live in the Vatican.

[@Abrown516]

Chinese citizens vote, it's just all candidates from the same party. You could argue the process isn't as transparent as other democratic nations but that'll deduct your social credit.

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

They haven't managed unanimous votes since the early 90s although it raises the larger question of are you a communist if the CCP is ideologically capitalist xD

[@appa609]

it's like if you vote for a county representative who votes for a state representative who votes for a federal elector who votes for president.

[@alastor8091]

@@kabalofthebloodyspoon they aren't communist, but Chinese Fascist Party doesn't really hit the same.

[@placeholdernameisplacehold7671]

Actually, it's party membership that gives you the ability to vote not citizenship. You can be a citizen in disrepute who you cannot vote.

[@tunahan4418]

@xvoided huh??? İt was definitely in effect. İs it removed? Maybe it's only in some areas.

[@tobeytransport2802]

4:52 this very scenario (with different countries though) actually happened with my granny... her parents were British (although one was born in Argentina so was an Argentine citizen) but she was born in Argentina so she was born with, and still retains, two citizenships.

[@CorvusLeukos]

Are you Argentinian and British?

[@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.

[@mukbangsareawesome6335]

Hey there! My body is on British time apparently lmao.

[@chriswardymusic]

Good morning to you from Britain 🇬🇧

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

Germany really doesn't like Dual citizenship and will only allow it for those countries that don't let their people renounce citizenship. Even kids born with more than one citizenship have to choose which one they keep before they turn 22. I think it's weird, at least two citizenships should be fine.

[@ibx2cat]

I know a few German-american dual nationals, are you sure?

[@diegoyuiop]

@@ibx2cat as long as the German authorities don't find it out...

[@Serenity_yt]

@@ibx2cat Just read up on that it is incredibly complicated and Germany changed their laws about this a few times in the last few years. EU duals are mostly allowed now if the other state also allows it (Austria f.e. doesnt most of the time except for blood right). People with US German dual citizenship due to Blood connection or being born in the US automatically have both and get to keep them. Germany is still strict about naturalisation but they relaxed the rules about dual citizenships due to blood relation or being born in a country with automatic citizenship for their territory.

[@dugglebay3483]

Huge conflict of interest I assume in easily allowing a person to have multiple citizenship, especially if the nations were rivals in history

[@sofianak2920]

@@ibx2cat nah my mom born and had the half of her childhood in germany and she lost it when she applied for a belgian citizenship cuz germany doesnt allow a belgian-german citizenship its weird af but yeh

[@annaairahala9462]

I feel more valuable as a dual citizen now. Time to find another dual citizen and get married in cape verde, have a kid in Brazil, travel to the easiest countries to get citizenship by naturalization, and then invest in the 10 countries that you can buy citizenship from. Easy 16 + any from naturalization

[@Zachruff]

Im almost a quadruple citizen :P Right now I have American, Swiss and British citizenship. I just recently passed my Canadian citizenship test and I think my swearing-in ceremony will be in a month's time.

[@youtubeuserzzzz]

Swiss allows 2+ Citizenships?

[@wanderlust16]

@@youtubeuserzzzz Yup, I'm Swiss, Canadian, and Maltese!

[@wanderlust16]

Would love to hear your story, Zach!

[@V_For_Vigilante]

@@youtubeuserzzzz Yes Swiss does but if you are man you will have to do male slavery service .

[@Ceciliex]

26:32 The Netherlands do actually allow dual citizenship! I have both dutch and danish citizenship! I was born to a dutch dad and a danish mom though, so I'm not sure if it's different if you start out with another citizenship and apply for a dutch one later or the other way around. I've never had an issue with the Dutch regarding my dual citizenship.

[@Squig2510]

There are a few exceptions, but the rule is that a Dutch citizen automatically loses their Dutch citizenship upon voluntarily acquiring citizenship of another country. This is how I got Swedish citizenship and lost my Dutch citizenship without the Netherlands even being aware of it.

[@laulutar]

I think the Netherlands allow dual nationality for children born to a Dutch parent and a non-Dutch parent, but that's one of the few situations where it's allowed.

[@AGULL]

@@laulutar yes

[@batulkamar729]

I guess it's because you are a child of parents from two different countries. I, too, have dual citizenship, I have both Ukrainian and Lebanese. Ukraine does not allow dual citizenship, but because I am the daughter of a Ukrainian woman and Lebanese man I am granted both. Idk if this makes any sense to you but yeah

[@apveening]

@@laulutar The Netherlands also allow dual nationality for non-Dutch married to a Dutch citizen (I am the only one at home with only one passport instead of two).

[@Bobo1993ization]

Dude I live in Hanoi and the British Embassy here is god awful. If you lost your passport here you’d be lucky to be allowed in the office or even get a response by email from them.

[@allenwilliams1306]

Complain to the FO.

[@apveening]

Glad my experiences with the Dutch Embassy in Ha Noi were a bit better. It may have helped I didn't need anything from them (but my Vietnamese fiancée did).

[@MEUProductions]

As an Polish-American, I’m weirdly entitled to Polish citizenship because my grandma immigrated here in the late 40s to avoid Soviet occupation. This would give me full rights in the EU.

[@fizziz_1035]

Can you speak Polish?

[@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

[@Ceciliex]

funny that this pops up on my home page since I got word that I get to keep my Danish citizenship just a few months ago For context: I'm Dutch and Danish, and I've had two passports (dual citizenship) ever since I was born; I was raised bilingual and I'm fluent in both languages. Due to my dad being a member of the Dutch parliament I lived in the Netherlands for most of my life and as a result, I have never "lived" in Denmark despite going there every holiday. Basically, if you are born and have a danish parent, but don't live there you only get the first part of your CPR-number. Dutch citizenship was never an issue as I was living there and I went to school there. But Denmark is really strict with who they allow being a citizen, so basically, if you don't go through a long procedure before you're 22 you'll lose your citizenship basically. Denmark only started allowing dual citizenship a few years ago. The Netherlands have, as far as I know, since I've been alive always allowed dual citizenship - so Denmark was always the complicated country lol. As a kid I was told I'd have to choose one of the two citizenships once I turned 18 - and since I feel more connected to Danish culture than to Dutch culture I would always have chosen to keep the Danish one. That's also why I was determined to keep my Danish one now, I didn't want to lose the citizenship to the country I felt most at home. And besides, it would feel weird to me to go through life only having one citizenship as I feel a connection to both countries. Anyway, back to the thing... I had to live in Denmark for at least one year, which I did during covid as all my classes were online anyway so I didn't have to be at my Dutch university, which was really convenient. I also had to make a detailed description of the importance to me to keep my danish citizenship and prove that I am connected to the country. On top of that, I had to have "witnesses", and they had to fill in a long detailed document of how I belonged to Denmark and how good my danish was. I'm VERY happy that my family and danish friends were willing to do that for me. I also had to have birtcertificates from my parents, and further proof that my mom was born. and raised in Denmark. We also had to pay 1200 dkr I believe (or something like that) at some point as a "registration fee" for starting a case with the Danish immigration office. After a while, I was finally done with everything and I handed the complete document in 20 days before I turned 22. It had to be delivered to the immigration officials before you turned 22, and you would get the result after, which could take up to 10 months (it was okay if you turned 22 before you received the answer, just as long as you had submitted it before you turned 22). Luckily my university research into Danish literature, my job as a Dutch-Danish translator and my ability to speak Danish fluently as well as having Danish family members over there was enough to convince the government officials to let me keep my Danish citizenship. The whole application process took me 2 years, but now I have my full CPR number, I have my new passport and I get to keep my citizenship! I've been so relieved and happy that everything worked out and that it's all over now :) Fun fact: I was offered Belgian citizenship as I was born in Brussels but my parents refused that, which is a shame because I could have been chilling with 3 citizenships right now smh 🤦‍♀️

[@aminatijani3940]

Can't believe I just read all that. But wow! Congrats

[@leisure3074]

Duh, I need a whole month to read that. Paaaaiiiiiiinnnnnn

[@Ceciliex]

@Anna's Mind 444 it is! the process just takes way longer and is more exhausting, but it is definitely still possible!

[@klemenpribac3719]

Well am currently single with almost 3 citizenships(Slovenian, Croatian and almost Italian). If anyone wants to start collecting passports am here😂

[@catmonarchist8920]

Trieste?

[@klemenpribac3719]

@@catmonarchist8920 What Trieste?

[@plagosus]

Name the price :)

[@campossanti]

In Argentina is really common to have 2 citizenships due to past European immigration. So a lot of people have Italian, German, Spanish or Polish passports. I have multiple links with Italians from the 1800s so I moved to Italy and got my citizenship and passport in 3 months just by proving my link with birth and marriage certificates. Italy has the jure sanguinis rule, so people that are descendants from Italian are in fact Italians due to the blood link. When you apply for citizenship you are only asking for the recognition of your right, that is why is not very complicated to get it.

[@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.

[@hkrohn]

It's cool that you made this video now, because I got my second citizenship this year. My case is something unusual: a European getting a citizenship in a Latin American country without being born there. At least I don't think that's very common.

[@rachelcookie321]

Do you live in Latin America?

[@BeingTheHunt]

The Vatican has some funky rules about citizenship.

[@sorashadow9775]

In Vatican city the only way you can get citizenship is by the pope has to give you citizenship

[@klemenpribac3719]

Interesting to know, we should pay him a visit😂

[@germanyball6827]

We have to kiss the Pope's ring XD

[@silo3com]

@@germanyball6827 usually not the Pope's ring, usually Catholic clergy like you to kiss their you know what...

[@allenwilliams1306]

What if you are the Pope's son or daughter?

[@beaglaoich4418]

I’m sure this doesn’t need to be pointed out to you given your ancestry, but for those unfamiliar with why Ireland’s citizenship rules for people from NI it’s not as simple as Ireland did it to alleviate tension. The act to allow people from the North citizenship was passed in 1956 and it’s due to the fact that Irish people in the south see people from the north as Irish (not so much citizens but simply peoples of the isle). This has also meant more recently because of the troubles more people than prior recognising that if all people are Irish there is a subset of the population on the island mostly (and in majority) in the north that feel stronger ties to being British moreso than Irish. This is most clearly seen in the removal of the claim to Northern Ireland being in the Irish constitution and instead agreeing that if a majority of people in that jurisdiction decide for or against unification that the Republic and the U.K. would accept that result.

[@cickducker6963]

Yeah the way hes just brushed that off as ' to stop the bombings or whatever ' really brushed me up the wrong way thats just how the Brits see it tho

[@beaglaoich4418]

@@cickducker6963 yeah I’ve quite a few English friends and it’s quite clear how ingrained their bias can be especially around the motivations of the CNR community as civil unrest built up during the past. Not to excuse the violence just they tend to simplify down CNR motivations and often don’t appreciate how the conflict transitioned from one of protest and defence to an offensive civil war with unification as its ultimate goal It was disingenuous of him to give bombing as the reason the Republic allowed people born on the island citizenship and ignores both the fact that as a nation we had it written in our constitution almost 15 years before the conflict even began

[@apveening]

@@beaglaoich4418 "as a nation we had it written in our constitution almost 15 years before the conflict even began" That is not really possible as the conflict is way older than the nation, it just wasn't always very active.

[@beaglaoich4418]

@@apveening not really the case, when he refers to “making the bombing stop” he’s implying the Troubles, not the overall colonial based conflict that started centuries prior. The troubles is the only period of sustained bombing attacks in the entire history of the conflict if that’s how we are defining the conflict. There hasn’t been centuries of bombings to stop that precipitated this addition to our constitution, which I’ll remind you is the specific false statement that was made. The other way to look at this is bombings did not stop after 1956, so his statement is categorically false. Worse than that it is clear one that he has heritage on the island and two he is somewhat knowledgeable on the topic and therefore he is intentionally being flippant on this as a way to dismiss this.

[@thequraininstitute6618]

In 🇰🇼 ( where I’m from ) there is literally no way to get a citizenship, like literally NO WAY ……

[@Covid-bv4hp]

All gulf nations are like this.

[@HoleINFour]

Kuwait right

[@yan_afrukh]

The gulf states want only temporary workforce to move their economy, they dont want a growing foreign demographic, they fear they might get overwhelmingly assimilated by mass migrations, since they're small countries

[@RadenWA]

Who wanna move there anyways

[@Covid-bv4hp]

@@yan_afrukh Exactly. Brilliant short explanation. They mainly do this to prevent the outsourced and underpaid Indians from getting citizenship.

[@manuelamoore9491]

This was fun to watch. I have two nationalities: Venezuelan by birth and Spanish by blood (my father’s mother). I can also be Colombian (my mom is Colombian) and Dominican (my father’s father was Dominican). I have lived 4 years and a half in Ireland. I decided to move to Spain 6 months before I could have asked for the Irish nationality after being a legal European resident for 5 years. And my boyfriend is Romanian (we have been together 6+ years), and after being married with him for 5 years I could become Romanian (after showing I know the language and culture). So technically I could have had 6 nationalities by now. And even more if I was rich. 😂🤣 Interesting fact: for iberoamerican citizens, Spain allows to ask fo Spanish citizenship after only 2 years of legal residency in the country (because of our cultural similarities).

[@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)

[@TheRubinator13]

I'm currently a US citizen and a Brasilian citizen. My dad was born in Brasil so I get citizenship there, I just have to reapply every so often after I turned 18

[@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.

[@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.

[@nicolecpaganini]

Hi! I've been academically researching nationality (statelessness, more specifically, but still) for a while. I didn't read all the comments, so sorry if anyone already mentioned this. The issue of multiple naturalizations can be a problem. Being a native Brazilian, for instance, you can't get a new nationality via voluntary naturalization (because yes, there can be cases where a naturalization is, arguably, mandatory - such as the case for some lines of work abroad, where you need to become a national to keep your job indefinitely) without risking losing your Brazilian one (under the terms of art. 12, § 4, II, of the Brazilian Constitution). Still, as a Brazilian myself (by birth in Brazilian territory, and by descent - both are possible, and my parents are Brazilians themselves), I have other two nationalities via jus sanguinis, and am on my way to getting my third one, also via jus sanguinis, making a total of 4 nationalities. Depending on the country, there is no limit as to how many generations have to have passed for you to get hold of their nationality via jus sanguinis, as long as you can prove a direct lineage. That is the case of Italy (though technically the law only refers to that right via masculine bloodline, if you go to court - and several people have - you can also claim that right via feminine/mixed bloodlines). Also, with Portugal for example, great-grandchildren of Portuguese nationals can get Portuguese nationality as long as their grandparents/parents get it themselves (since that would make them, in turn, children/grandchildren of Portuguese nationals). It is a very interesting topic! Even if I am biased to say so haha congrats on the video!

[@pedrojioia]

Olá, Nicole. Achei muito interessante sua coleção de nacionalidades, poderíamos conversar um pouco sobre isso?

[@lzh4950]

Reminds me of Singapore's national gymnastics coach having suddenly resigned recently because she wants to retain her Greek PR (as she has family members living there I think), & Greece has recently told here that she has to be working there (instead of Singapore) to retain it

[@IsMiseLucas]

I know a lady who was born in Latvia to Russian parents and she has the Latvian Non-Citizen Passport. Majority of Russian-Latvians have it. Hence why Russia is easy to travel to for Non-Citizens. 🇱🇻 🇷🇺

[@oskars5338]

20:18 Latvian citizens don't have mandatory military service

[@stevemonkey6666]

My father illegally left Hungary in 1948 and by doing so lost his citizenship. He became a stateless person without any citizenship at all in any country.

[@zhongxina6621]

He should be able to regain his Hungarian citizenship, because it's against international law. Otherwise, stateless people can get citizenship in most countries in the world (for compassionate reasons )

[@stevemonkey6666]

@@zhongxina6621 he became an Australian citizen, then things changed in Hungary. You will note my icon.... I have dual citizenship. 🦘🌶️

[@adrianosefanovsko3476]

I'm a Latvian citizen, and I'm pretty sure military service isn't mandatory by any means. I'm 20 right now, and haven't served any of my life for the military.

[@viliszustrups9564]

i think it's a recent thing. i know i'll have to do it

[@RGC_animation]

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

[@EliasBac]

I was born and raised in France. Main part of my identity. Main language. Both my parents are Moroccan nationals, and by the Moroccan constitution so am I. (Roots and grand parents) I've been living and working in Canada for 10years now and recently became Canadian and I'm not going anywhere 🤩 I absolutely LOVE my THREE WONDERFUL HOMELANDS 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇨🇦

[@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😂

[@ender7278]

If Japan and Chad have never been in the same room together, the only logical conclusion is that Japan *is* Chad.

[@anneisnothere4324]

lol

[@jacksonm.6549]

I agree! People wonder why Clark Kent always had to go to some phone booth to make a phonecall shortly before Superman showed up. They were never seen in the same room either. In fact, nobody ever saw them outside at the same time.

[@lazynation2708]

^^ im a chadian but didnt understant what you said , sorry for my bad english can youpplease explain :)

[@rachelcookie321]

@@lazynation2708 there are superheroes that have secret identity in movies. No one knows that they are a superhero. You will never see them in the same room as the superhero because they are the superhero. They always disappear just before the superhero arrives. This joke uses that logic to say Japan and Chad are the same.

[@AngeloArsani]

I'm Brazilian and Italian citizen. I was born in Brazil and I had a past relative who was born in Italy and moved to Brazil. I did the process to prove my family tree to my great great parent and then now I'm dual national.

[@Yesntss]

i used to have 4 nationalities but had to renounce my german and dutch one when i turned 18. now im just french and australian.

[@rivenoak]

i wonder why you are forced ? afaik germany i cool with french citizenship as sidekick

[@Yesntss]

@@rivenoakgermany is only ok through naturalization if you live there for at least 8 years. which i didnt finish

[@zoeoge8923]

That's weird, I also have four nationalities: German, French, and Italian by birth because of the nationalities of my parents and Luxemburgish because my mum got it before I was 18 so I automatically got it too. I'm 20 now and have only lived in Germany for a few months.

[@caroldias5219]

as someone who lives in China I know people who lives here for more than 15 years, has kids and married with a Chinese person and still has to renew their spouse visa every two years, the worst thing ever

[@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.

[@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.

[@gabrielnpareja]

Brazilian here who work with migration. And just wanna clarify that if you get naturalized in another country you can lose your Brazilian nationality. There are some exceptions, but the rule is that you can have as many as you have by the moment of birth, if you get another one after you may lose the Brazilian one.

[@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)

[@tnickknight]

I am American with Lithuanian parents. I got to move to Europe, and have been happily living for ages. Love it, and am so thankful!

[@Andreas4696]

Nice!

[@fabianstudtmann9344]

A Chinese guy on the internet told me to get Taiwan RoC citizenship which is possible and wait until China invades then I could be Chinese💀💀💀😂

[@catmonarchist8920]

Finally crush the rebellion on the mainland and restore order 😎

[@lancelang186]

it's gonna be a life-long waiting then.🤣

[@dazzle9409]

@@lancelang186 there in by 2027

[@lancelang186]

@@dazzle9409 The mainland may try but they are never gonna successfully win that war. It may cause some much more severe problems like another world War..

[@zxylo786]

Was that Chinese person the CEO of the based department?

[@avery.a5948]

I got a Jordanian and an American citizenship. The Jordanian one is practically useless tho.

[@V_For_Vigilante]

Atleast you get visa free access to libya lol but you will still have to wait until the civil war is over

[@rkgaustin]

In Berlin I met a Chinese woman who only spoke Spanish.

[@phosphenevision]

And? Race doesn't have anything to do with language, can't Spanish speaking people travel?

[@CantoniaCustoms]

@@phosphenevision I'm a Chinese person who can only speak English well, and I must admit a Han chinese speaking Spanish is somewhat unique.

[@phosphenevision]

@@CantoniaCustoms being that I'm from Latin America I can't say the same 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@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.

[@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.

[@LieNapTime]

Latvia hasn’t had mandatory military service since 2007.

[@kaasdale4660]

Cape Verde has a lot of hiv infections, so maybe be a bit careful getting your new wife!

[@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.

[@soasertsus]

In Japan if you're born with dual citizenships, you have to choose which one you want to keep when you turn 20, it's pretty fucked.

[@tunahan4418]

That sucks so fucking hard. I hope I won't have to choose too cause I want to live where I live for a while longer but also be able to vote in my home country

[@catmonarchist8920]

@@tunahan4418 Why vote for policies that you won't have to live under?

[@tunahan4418]

@@catmonarchist8920 that's the thing. İt's cause I can. A lot of people not living in Turkey can and do vote for the right wing party so I think it's only fair that I should be able to vote for left wing parties to balance it out. Also I might live there in the future so

[@AGULL]

@@tunahan4418 same for me too, i dont live in turkey either so just in case some day i move there

[@keba9737]

My Mother is From Benin and my father is from Togo( both west Africa). My mum grew up in Israel and my father moved to Canada when he was 19. So they have both a second citizenships from different country’s. They first meet each other in Brazil were I was born. Because Of my African background and the fact that my mother have the citizenship of Israel, I was Born with the citizenship of Togo, Benin, Canada, Israel and Brazil. When I was 2 years old my Parents moved to Germany because they both got great jobs here. I became also german citizen at my 18. birthday. So at the Moment i can name myself a citizen of 6 Nations but this journey is not over jet 😅. My girlfriend is coincidentally from Cape Verde 😂, so if I marry her that would be citizenship number 7 for me.

[@bobmcob1132]

After the child turns 18, they could also join the french foreign legion for four years (or be wounded in combat) and then essentially fast track a french citizenship

[@KatieGimple]

If you want to get a lot of citizenships by naturalization, make sure you put a lot of research into their requirements first because quite a few won't give you citizenship without you renouncing other ones depending on how many and which you already have.

[@thefatcatcompany2021]

Fun fact: Although Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship, if either of your parents are Japanese, and you're born in a country that allows dual(or more) citizenship, you get to have both until you're 20. When you're 20, you have to choose between Japanese citizenship and the citizenship of your county of birth. Here, you choose Japanese citizenship. Japan has no jurisdiction over the citizenship rules of other countries. So in this way, you get to keep both Japanese citizenship and the citizenship of your country of birth. Just a little loophole.

[@lzh4950]

Think countries may not be completely able to stop you from holding more than 1 passport, but they might be able to stop you from fulfilling the citizenship/residency obligations (e.g. conscription) of the country/territory associated with other passport that you hold, or not take them into account, if it conflicts with the 1st country's obligations. E.g. around 2010, Singapore was reported as still planning to prosecute some Norwegians for evading it's conscription should they enter Singapore in the future, although they held residency status in both there & Norway I think (but Singapore doesn't recognise dual citizenship) & have already served Norwegian conscription. They lived mostly in Norway though, & were still a few years below conscription age the last time they were in Singapore, so its government didn't manage to enlist them yet. The government has also refused to let them rescind Singapore citizenship, on the grounds that they have yet to serve Singaporean conscription, & probably believing that it might be a ploy to avoid the abovementioned prosecution

[@xarpe3806]

@@lzh4950 Jesus, having to serve two conscription is just tragic.

[@TheForeignCitizen]

I'm a dual citizen of the US and Poland. I work and live full time in Poland, but I am still expected to file my taxes in the US - no matter where I live in the world - no matter that I don't make a single cent from the US.

[@daisym6968]

Why should you pay if you work and pay tax in Poland?

[@ryandoesstuffapparently1540]

Why am I still awake for this? Lol

[@manuelmontiel123]

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

[@rkgaustin]

"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.

[@Alexxoniel]

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

[@d_eexe]

i bet there would be a fun, roundabout, "hacky" way to get a lot of citizenships/passports solely based on dependancies and humanitarian requirements and i would love to see a speedrun of _that_

[@horchatatee5407]

*A citizenship is probably not something that's come up a great deal in your life* HA, I've been dealing with the horrors and blessings of dual citizenship since forever it seems B)

[@DailyDashcamDiaryDeutschland]

I actually have three citizenships. At birth I got my mom‘s (french) & my dad‘s (italian) citizenships. We live in Germany and as soon as I turned 18, I applied for the German citizenship without problems and did not have to give another one up

[@HeortirtheWoodwarden]

Judge people based on the goodness of their heart, not the color of their passport 😔😔

[@Kat-tr2ig]

I'm American and recieved Argentine citizen 3 years ago. The process was extremely simple (although a bit drawn out because absolutely nothing is fast in Argentina, at least when it comes to paperwork). After you enter the country you apply for legal residency.They will ask for your birth certificate, police records, FBI records (all of these must have an apostille and be translated and stamped by a certified Argentine translator), and also Argentine police records and proof of address. Once you recieve legal residency, you can get your national identification document (called DNI), which is just a plastic card that everyone in the country has To get citizenship, you will have to have lived in the country for 3 years, have your DNI and show them your translated/legalized birth certificate. And that's it. You're an Argentine citizen.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

I just want citizenship in any EU/EEA country due to British citizenship being made less useful because of brexit.

[@joesmith8701]

its mad that a irish passoport is now better then a British one i suport brexit btw

[@fusixnrwicnwiejciwj8925]

Yep im going to go uni in Switzerland or somewhere in Western Europe and see if i like it and then move and live there

[@Knakkerman-]

@@joesmith8701 Ok so let me get this straight. You think it is mad that the Irish passport is better now than the the UK one, but you still support brexit?

[@joesmith8701]

@@Knakkerman- my wages have literally dobbled Sence Brexit so yea

[@hucklebucklin]

@@Knakkerman- that guy is troll, the Irish passport has been better than the British passport for years. I have both, the Irish is better because: 1. Any country with working holiday visas tend to give the same amount of visas to the UK as to Ireland, so mathematically the Irish one is better 2 Irish gov is very good at negotiating people out of prisons etc or when theyre kidnapped abroad British gov is not good at this at all Ireland also has some great double tax agreements etc like no tax for the first few years working in japan etc

[@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.

[@RadenWA]

Passportmon! Gotta catch em all!

[@rufussivaroshan6521]

Hello! Malaysian citizen here - some embassies are based in high-rise buildings/skyscrapers for security reasons. It’s safer to be in a building with other office spaces, in case there were to be an attack on the embassy. The Indian High Commission (I’m an Indian permanent resident) is in a office space like the British High Commision. There are some embassies and consulate offices with their own building. The United States Embassy is super nice, I had to go there during COVID to get my student visa.

[@PieterBreda]

One of my nephews (Dutch family) was born in South-Africa and he got automatically the South-African nationality as well as the Dutch. Two nephews have a Serbian father and my sister is Dutch. The oldest nephew wasn't born Dutch, though he was born in the Netherlands. His father wasn't nationalised at that time. He also became Dutch when his dad was nationalised.His younger brother was immediately both Dutch and Serbian. Both have two passports. Two other nephews had a Turkish father and they didn't want to have the Turkish nationality but that is forced upon you, including military service. Pretty ridiculous because they feel 100% Dutch and don't speak Turkish at all

[@frauleinbird]

I'm Austrian, born and raised in Germany. Afaik I would have been eligible for dual citizenship until I was a teenager, which was when some Austrian or German law changed. I was never interested in being a German citizen, but it's odd that I have friends with a similar background who took on both citizenships and never let go of either one of them. It's like a door that closed on me, but not on them.

[@ruby994]

don't forget you can get israeli citizenship if you convert to judaism

[@phosphenevision]

I don't think so, you have to prove you come from a Jewish lineage in very strict orthodox terms. Most converts in the US for example are not considered Jewish in Israel.

[@SamJonesMediaHUD]

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