Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. Yeah, right, we're racing to go back to Germany. <snort> That worked out so well for my ancestors. No, thanks. We'll stay right here in the good old USA and praise God that this is where we ended up.

Fundamentalist then.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents and siblings were born in Croatia.i never applied for citizenship. What would yhe benefit be?

Benefit would be EU passport. Can live and work in EU, kids attend some EU universities for low cost. Downside could be taxes.

I have no plans to work in EU. Kids are done school. If I ever wanted to live in EU, I could apply for citizenship then. Am I missing something?

You're being a curmudgeon. If it doesn't apply to you, just move on from the conversation.

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Bali has new easy reqs in WP today. You need to show you have at least $190k in bank

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Anonymous wrote:I hold dual citizenship and split my time between the US and France for family reasons. Americans who think Europe is somehow economically and socially better off than the US are naïve or misinformed, and are in for a rude shock. Frankly, if I had to pick where I'd spend 100% of my time, I would choose the US.

Particularly if you want to heat your home or apartment this winter.

try paying for college and private insurance here in the US. No one in Europe would want the US system.

Except for all of the ones who come here for college because they can’t get into the university in their home country.

? I think you are confusing two different continents.

You might be thinking of Asian college students.

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Anonymous wrote:I hold dual citizenship and split my time between the US and France for family reasons. Americans who think Europe is somehow economically and socially better off than the US are naïve or misinformed, and are in for a rude shock. Frankly, if I had to pick where I'd spend 100% of my time, I would choose the US.

Couldnt agree more. My husband was dual and renounced his citizenship to the European country. We visit, but have zero interest in citizenship. Americans truly do not understand how good we have it and have an idealized view of Europe that is completely detached from reality, esp wrt social issues and politics.

People who think women are better off in Europe are delusional.

I am from Detroit. People in Europe are definitely better off than people in Detroit.

If you’re UMC/wealthy, the US is great! If you are not, there are better options elsewhere if you can get there.

yep.

college and medical costs are insane here.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL. Yeah, right, we're racing to go back to Germany. <snort> That worked out so well for my ancestors. No, thanks. We'll stay right here in the good old USA and praise God that this is where we ended up.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Don't you need to serve in the military if you receive another country's passport?

yes, if you go live there, and they have compulsory service.

However, they have age limits for national service.

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A lot of European countries are desperate for new people, especially white Americans (ie, descendants of emigrants). They want more population, but they want the "right" people coming in, in the same spirit of US law before passage of the 1965 Immigration Act.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of European countries are desperate for new people, especially white Americans (ie, descendants of emigrants). They want more population, but they want the "right" people coming in, in the same spirit of US law before passage of the 1965 Immigration Act.

Which countries?

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*shakes my head disappointedly in Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade*

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people do this? To move to the EU?

Because the US is becoming an oppressive oligarchy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtkPacTl64I

To us, it's the political landscape. It has turned very ugly.

My spouse is a dual citizen with the UK, and so are our kids. We have started looking into moving there for a few years at some point after the kids finish college. For my spouse, it started with GWB, and then went completely downhill with Trump.

This just gives us options, which I'm very grateful for.

I never thought 1/6 would ever happen, but it did. 1/6 and the current climate of Rs questioning and threatening the foundation of our democracy just shows me how unstable our democracy really is.

And I used to be a R.

Are you paying attention to what's goin on in the UK?

absolutely. That turmoil isn't going to last 4 years. In any case, even with the turmoil they are in now, you don't see insurrectionists trying to overthrow the government. You don't see groups like the Oath Keepers, with their massive stash of guns, ready to do their cult leader's bidding instituting martial law.

No matter how bad the UK is politically at the moment, nothing in the UK compares to what happened on 1/6 at the Capitol, and what continues to be pushed by the #stopthesteal crowd. These events, if unchecked, will lead to the downfall of our democracy. I want to make sure that we have an out.

This is wild to me. This was one event and if it hadn’t been on the news, 99.9999% of Americans wouldn’t have even known about it. Meaning there is absolutely no effect on your daily life. There are many problems in the US but 1/6 really isn’t something to dwell on.

Are you kidding? An attempted coup isn’t significant? Wtf

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Why is England now doing this?

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Not*

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Anonymous wrote:Don't you need to serve in the military if you receive another country's passport?

yes, if you go live there, and they have compulsory service.

However, they have age limits for national service.

So for Italy, could my family get recognized as being citizens but then not move there and not be eligible for compulsory service?

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Anonymous wrote:Are they going to lose their US citizenship?

Are you unfamiliar with dual citizenship?