Anonymous
10/20/2022 20:07
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Are they going to lose their US citizenship?
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:53
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.
No you will not be able to get German citizenship on that basis.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:49
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
It doesn’t transfer to spouses
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:47
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
My Dad did this. Unfortunately eligibility doesn't transfer to his kids.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:47
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I've looked into it. It can get a little tricky because borders have moved.
For instance, my grandparents were Polish, and came over to America in the late 1800s when all these present-day-countries were under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, after WW2 the lines were redrawn and their villages are now in the Western Ukraine. So does that mean we look toward Polish citizenship or Ukrainian? Messy!
Galicia? How interesting!!
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:45
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
I've done this. Got my kids citizenship in Canada and an EU country. I want them to have options.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:34
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
I've looked into it. It can get a little tricky because borders have moved.
For instance, my grandparents were Polish, and came over to America in the late 1800s when all these present-day-countries were under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, after WW2 the lines were redrawn and their villages are now in the Western Ukraine. So does that mean we look toward Polish citizenship or Ukrainian? Messy!
For instance, my grandparents were Polish, and came over to America in the late 1800s when all these present-day-countries were under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, after WW2 the lines were redrawn and their villages are now in the Western Ukraine. So does that mean we look toward Polish citizenship or Ukrainian? Messy!
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:27
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.
No, that’s way too early. Germany didn’t even exist as a unified nation then.
German citizenship by descent is complicated, but it’s generally for those whose parents or grandparents were from Germany, and for descendants of Jewish Germans whose citizenship was stripped from them.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 19:02
Subject: Re:Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
It's fun to think about. My ancestors are from several European countries. I'd also like to buy one of those fix upper Italian villas for $1.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 18:50
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
I really wish I could do this. However, I only speak English, am poor, and am the third generation in my family to be born in the US, so it seems I'm stuck here.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 18:48
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.
Germany is a no go.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 17:06
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.
Google this chick and ask her:
“ Julie Schäfer, an immigration lawyer with Schlun & Elseven in Germany, who said she got 300 enquiries over one weekend after the Roe v. Wade decision, up from the usual 50.
Schäfer’s office has tripled in size this year, to six lawyers from two, because of the increased demand.”
Anonymous
10/20/2022 17:05
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
Anonymous wrote:I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.
Dunno the German process. Bloomberg mostly focused on Italy and Ireland
Anonymous
10/20/2022 16:56
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
I have been exploring this. My ancestors are German. Do you have any more specifics on what is required for Germany? So far I have traced 3 of my 4 grandparents back to German immigrants who arrived between 1734 and 1750.
Anonymous
10/20/2022 16:46
Subject: Americans using their ancestry to gain European citizenship - 40% of Americans eligible
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-19/how-to-get-irish-and-italian-citizenship-more-americans-apply-for-eu-passports
A growing number of Americans are applying for EU citizenship, taking advantage of their ancestry to gain a new passport and expand their options for work, life and travel.
There were 3,284 Americans who applied for an Irish passport in the first six months of the year, more than double the same period of 2021, according to government statistics. Demand for Italian and German passports has also increased exponentially, according to several citizenship consultancy firms. At the New York Italian consulate, the waitlist has 3,700 people on it.
An estimated 40% of Americans are entitled to European citizenship, according to consultancy firm Global RCG. While each country has its own rules — Ireland offers citizenship to second-, third- and fourth-generation Irish-Americans who meet certain criteria, while Italy recognizes family ties going back to 1861 — people who can find documents certifying their ancestral links to these countries have a relatively easy and cheap way to access the EU.
A growing number of Americans are applying for EU citizenship, taking advantage of their ancestry to gain a new passport and expand their options for work, life and travel.
There were 3,284 Americans who applied for an Irish passport in the first six months of the year, more than double the same period of 2021, according to government statistics. Demand for Italian and German passports has also increased exponentially, according to several citizenship consultancy firms. At the New York Italian consulate, the waitlist has 3,700 people on it.
An estimated 40% of Americans are entitled to European citizenship, according to consultancy firm Global RCG. While each country has its own rules — Ireland offers citizenship to second-, third- and fourth-generation Irish-Americans who meet certain criteria, while Italy recognizes family ties going back to 1861 — people who can find documents certifying their ancestral links to these countries have a relatively easy and cheap way to access the EU.