Which Country Gives Citizenship Faster?

[@CesaresChannel]

Italian citizenship by descent is an interesting subject. In Italy, you can take an Italian citizenship in 4-12 months depending on the comune. Some comune’s are more competent in the process than others. If you go to a big city it’s 2 years roughly, as there is a higher number of applications. You get a residency permit while your application is being processed. Doing it outside of Italy is a waste of time as it can take 4 years. If you’re willing to go to Italy, establish a residence and get in touch with your roots then it’s the best and fastest way! 🇮🇹

[@danielo_81]

I just did!🎉

[@Darnell]

Getting all the paperwork is key. After I gathered all of my paperwork for citizenship for Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 & submitted my paperwork the whole process took less than 10 calendar days (mine took 7 days). Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 requires an African Ancestry DNA 🧬 test (that proves I am related to 1 of the 16 tribes), a certificate of authenticity for the DNA 🧬 test, federal & state background checks, two notarized referrals from people of high standing (lawyer, banker, etcetera), two passport photos & sign up with a registered tourist company (to get a crash course on the culture & history of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱). Government fees were under $100 for the passport & under $300 for two COVID tests. That's it!

[@omarbeji9949]

How did you take the African ancestry DNA test?

[@Cafezinho360]

I want to do this also. I have some questions if you are will to answer.

[@sweethibiscus2514]

I loved your interview that Nadia did with you on her KZbin channel Square Huxtable. It was really great and informative. I currently have 3 citizenships 🇨🇦🇯🇲🇦🇺. I’ll be getting my fourth through marriage in a few month 🇳🇬. I’m very interested after watching your interview to do the African DNA test to see a) what tribe I originate from and b) if I come from 🇸🇱 tribe to apply for citizenship.

[@Darnell]

@@sweethibiscus2514 Thanks! Yeah, that was a fun interview & congrats on your citizenship by marriage! I am not sure how that process goes in Nigeria 🇳🇬, but I do know it’s much faster than naturalization.

[@sweethibiscus2514]

@@Darnell They have a law that any woman who marries a Nigerian man is entitled to Citizenship. However it’s not available the other way around (non Nigerian man marrying a Nigerian woman). So I can apply through marriage. My partner says it’s quick maybe a couple of months. But I’m not sure the exact time frame. But Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 would be much faster through your experience.

[@germanus7302]

Wow, I guess I really lucked out. I got my citizenship in about a month. Only had some mix-up at the beginning because I had original docs, and they only accepted modern versions.

[@davidaway753]

I did the process of acquiring Portuguese citizenship by descent due to my ancestry and it took me about two years. In the case of Portugal, it was very organized and standard process without much problems. Two years is pretty fast to get a citizenship. And they do not require knowing the local language or living there.

[@carolinavarela1572]

if you took the sephardic route it s no longer the case they changed the law. appliants most now provide documentation of inheritance of something in the country or frequent visitations to portugal during their lifetime when those facts demostrate an effective and durable connection to portugal.

[@davidaway753]

@@carolinavarela1572 yeah it was due to my Sephardic ancestry, my grandparents are from Morocco, I did it before they changed the law, and I even spent time in Portugal and worked there for about a year, right afterwards, it was a good experience for me, it is a good country.

[@coolrunnings5383]

My father, when he arrived in the country where I am from, modified his name … and it’s been an administrative nightmare when proving lineage/explaining this when applying for citizenship by descent

[@williammarkey6020]

That's the same problem I have with my American/Polish grandfather. Plus the lack of documents from the 1920s.

[@coolrunnings5383]

@@williammarkey6020 Are you still in the process of applying for citizenship by descent? Hope you managed to resolve it in the end?

[@dillydally9053]

Hey Andrew & anyone thinking of Hungarian citizenship, especially if planning to renounce US citizenship, there's been an important visa policy change by the US government this past year: anyone who is a Hungarian citizen and not born in Hungary must now apply for a US visa. They are no longer eligible for visa-free access to the US. Only Hungarian citizens whose birthplace is Hungary can still enter the US visa free. So if you get Hungarian citizenship such as by simplified naturalization (like I did), and then renounce your US citizenship, you're not getting back into the US easily, if at all.

[@theandrewhenderson]

Yes, we discussed this recently.

[@RoyalDavid]

Enigmatic question... Any U.S. citizen by birth in U.S. soil who obtains another citizenship later in life (or obtains it passively by ancestry) will have captioned in their new state's passport the mark of cain that they were "born in the USA". This also applies to children of foreign diplomats born in the USA btw but ostensibly excluded from U.S. citizenship by the 10th(?? or another) U.S. Constitutional Amendment. Seems to me that near all such individuals must enter the U.S. with a valid U.S. passport only unless they have very high 2nd citizenship official foreign government credentials like for example one recent 1 term U.S. born Israeli Parliment member who was compelled to renounce U.S. citizenship but has been Granted some kind of State Department official Visa to travel back and forth to the U.S. Alternatively the State Department/U.S. Border Control state that they reject Visa applications from any/all persons eligible for U.S. citizenship and persons with foreign passports from Visa waiver states captioning U.S. as birthplace. Enough belaboring. Awaiting your cogent non-enigmatic replies.

[@RoyalDavid]

@@theandrewhenderson Hi Andrew. None of the viewers were willing to reply to my reply to Dilly Dally. Might you be willing to provide one as professional courtesy to this loyal subscriber?? Tx.

[@DesignerVamp]

I got mine through Poland very quickly but I did have all of my papers in order.

[@CO84trucker]

Confirming my Polish citizenship between 2020 & 2021 took less than a year for me. The only thing that really slowed it down was relying on the US postal service to ship documents to Krakow immigration attorney. Processing my Polish passport took less than 2 months ahead of schedule.

[@SEVENTHREEANDNINE]

I’d love to know more.. it was a nightmare in Canada. Booked a meeting finally after me negotiating to send all my late grandmothers and mother’s documents. When we arrived the woman proceeded to tell my mother at the desk we had no chance because when she had come from Poland, then a Communist country, she had renounced citizenship to live here as a citizen in Canada. My poor mother was in shock. We never got our meeting after sending all the paperwork and getting confirmation of said appointment, I then contacted a Polish company that helps with citizenship and they told me that it would be $2500 minimum and quite likely could be thousands of dollars and there was no guarantee they would have to confirm our paperwork with records in Poland. And at least a year.. I’d be very curious for more info!

[@SEVENTHREEANDNINE]

Oh and the woman at the desk said The only way was to prove that I spoke fluent Polish which I could not and then she said I would have to go live in Poland and only then can I apply from there. Very rarely do I come across such negative & communication skills it actually made me embarrassed that someone would treat their own with such disservice especially with everything that was going on in the pandemic and that it was merely a five minute conversation and we barely could express the importance of me desiring to have lineage and the possibility of my Polish citizenship. Was very disappointing.

[@thomasinatafur4479]

Great video. I like how you're giving others an opportunity to share their wisdom :)

[@HudsonZRoamer]

Took me one year working with Polaron citizenship services to actually submit my German citizenship case to the BVA. Officially got a case number recently which started the clock for a potentially two year waiting period for a decision.

[@gamerboy369]

can you make more such fast citizenship videos? would like to know countries that give citizenship by naturalization faster

[@nigelc3358]

Good information 👍🏿👍🏿

[@nomadcapitalist]

Glad you think so.

[@tenlisriller5381]

Hello Sir, I have one question regarding georgia. Is Forex or Currency trading legal in georgia country ?

[@tntfyah]

I’ve been trying for some time to get citizenship by decent from parents and grand parents. Got and sent all the request document but still getting the run around. Do you offer advice for non entrepreneurs on how I can obtain these passports.

[@achunaryan3418]

done it for more than 120 countries

[@grant5059]

What?

[@JenShea]

I would love to get European Citizenship. My Mum was from England, but now with Brexit, it’s not really handy. My Dad was several generations, paternally Irish-Canadian and his mother, my paternal grandmother was first generation Canadian with German born parents. So, my great grandparents were German born. I believe it one too many generations away.

[@grant5059]

Yes, Ireland only allow claims up to a great grandparent and not further

[@troytrey]

Depends on what year you were born. It’s fairly easy for British citizenship

[@pav688]

It took a year to get an Irish passport even with an Irish mother. They blamed the delay on COVID, which may be true

[@StonedAlone]

I think I can do Taiwan through my mom, won’t be too easy but definitely on the radar

[@murimurimrui]

I wouldnt. Taiwan is in a huge risk to be annexed by the ccp

[@StonedAlone]

@@murimurimrui thanks, that is definitely a real concern

[@ornellastlouis-nahous1887]

Can you do this with Canada ?

[@ElJefe1986]

As long as 1 parent is Canadian, then the child is officially a Canadian citizen as well.

[@sweethibiscus2514]

Yes you can. I am Canadian born and raised. Our law states: Children born overseas are Canadian citizens by descent if either parent is a citizen by birth or naturalization in Canada. Citizenship by descent is limited to only one generation born outside of the country, other than children or grandchildren of members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

[@TheNivekvideos]

What if I can PROVE decent all the way back to Charlemagne?????????

[@lucianjanusm]

I don't see why that would matter - as the Frankish passport isn't really a good one for a five flags type lifestyle.

[@TheNivekvideos]

@@lucianjanusm King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, Father of Europe, and the 1st Holy Roman Emperor???? It should ENTITLE me to a POPE Passport???? ;)

[@libertylovin2359]

@@TheNivekvideos What if I can prove descent all the way back to ODIN?

[@marianachagas6484]

I applied for Portuguese citizenship through jewish descent... it will take around 2 years, but it is basically for free.

[@carolinavarela1572]

no more... The law changed september 01 and it s now super difficult to meet all the requirements

[@carolinavarela1572]

the new law requires documentation that you inherited a property in portugal or shares of a company based in portugal or that you have frequent visitations to portugal during lifetime and it s only when those facts show an effective and durable connection to portugal. Making it super hard to get you have to have inherited something in Portugal or frequent visitations during lifetime and only if those facts ( inheritance or frequent visitation) show an effective and durable connection to Portugal. Making it almost impossible to get...

[@marianachagas6484]

@@carolinavarela1572 I did before this deadline... the application itself was very easy to put together ;) it will take still around 2 years, but I just need to wait now

[@thekylegarcia]

​@@carolinavarela1572 that's such a shame 😞

[@carolinavarela1572]

that jewish descent law is now being used to atract investment to portugal by the portuguese government frequent visitations during lifetime alone is not enough you have to show that these visitations are the result of an effective and long lasting link to portugal hence you one a property here and you come year after year to administrate the property

[@DixieBanjo]

Does Russia give citizenship by descent? How many generations do they allow?

[@Jewtopia79]

Does Peru offer that?

[@sennasennina4891]

Unless you have a war it is much wiser to stay in your own country. The grass looks always greener on the other side. I can tell by experience, I lived on 4 different continents and speak 6 languages. Today, if you ask me what would I do if I can go back: I would stay where I was born.

[@rayfinkle9369]

After the worldwide chaos the last 3 years, I'd rather have options. That's just me. Too many countries went overboard and I fully expect more of it to come.

[@sennasennina4891]

@@nomadnationalist2776 I agree I am speaking from my experience. I am not speaking on behalf of the 2 billion. I am actually still not back in my country of birth. I speak: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, and Armenian. I do understand a couple of additional languages. I like your videos. You are right on in your advices.

[@sennasennina4891]

I did not move due to economic or security reasons from one country to the other. I moved initially because of my father's business. I could have decided to live all most anywhere in this world. What I discovered after 50 years of moving around I really enjoyed being with certain backgrounds and people from specific countries. When you make a joke or have a conversation other than business reasons you want to have the right vibrations and interests. I discovered as well in North America a level of hidden corporate racism that people hide especially in Canada. You have different grades of Canadians: Anglo-Saxons, other white people, and the rest. Some will argue that Canada is a multicultural society. This is the biggest B.S. Racism/prejudice is a worldwide issue. It seems that is in human DNA.

[@cocoscabana]

@@sennasennina4891 agree...and options for travel and spending quality time allows you to REALLY SEE if you want to be there long time!

[@AndyInLearning]

Apparently, you didn’t find the greener grass