Posted on 11/16/2024 12:47:32 AM PST by Libloather
In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, many Americans, especially celebrities, have pledged to give up their citizenship and move elsewhere.
For Americans exploring dual citizenship options or seeking a second passport, many countries offer pathways to citizenship based on ancestry.
These countries often allow citizens of foreign nations to claim nationality through parents, grandparents or direct ancestors.
Here is a list of nine countries offering citizenship by descent, arranged alphabetically.
1. Ghana
Under Ghana’s Citizenship Act of 2002, individuals with a Ghanaian parent can apply for citizenship.
The country’s “Year of Return” initiative encourages African Americans and Afro Caribbeans to reconnect with their heritage.
Ghana also offers the “Right of Abode” program, allowing those with African descent to live indefinitely in the country without needing a visa, provided they can document their lineage.
2. Germany
3. Hungary
4. India
5. Ireland
6. Italy
7. Poland
8. Portugal
9. Spain
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My ancestors were Celts, does that get me an Irish passport.
My 1/4 Italian niece had done so for herself and two kids. Extensive paperwork, but with her TDS I imagine she’ll be there ASAP.
Canada
Whenever there is a discussion about "acquiring another passport" or "leaving the country," I ask, "To WHERE?"
I believe namely that no other country affords the individual the freedoms and rights - enshrined in our Constitution - that the United States does.
If you're talking about "bugging out" - i.e., fleeing to a bunker to wait out a full-out nuclear Armageddon - I would concede that certain islands off the coast of Antarctica, etc. might be viable alternatives.
But in the case at hand, Fzob's wife is seeking Italian citizenship.
That, frankly, is ridiculous! In Italy, full-fledged Italian citizens enjoy fewer rights than U.S. citizens in America. Just try purchasing a handgun or a "concealed" permit in Italy. And I suspect that a "passport Italian" might be looked on with suspicion and subjected to a greater infringement of rights.
The country as a whole is being swamped with illegal boat people from Africa, it's under the cudgel of the E.U. bureaucracy in Brussels, etc.
Regards,
Learning Hungarian isn't as difficult as is commonly believed.
Of course, it isn't an Indo-European language (like Farsi, Sanskrit, Spanish, English, or Old Icelandic), and it's agglutinative rather than analytic - so you won't have more difficulty than learning, say, Mongolian, Japanese, or Navaho.
Good luck!
Regards,
Spouses of Italian citizens must learn Italian and pass a test at a fairly high level.
WHERE in Germany? Within its boundaries as existing on Jan. 01, 1938?
And don't answer, "Bavaria." If you can't be more specific...
Regards,
Ghana doesn’t have voting In guess.
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Americans vastly underestimate how much they will be taxed in Europe. Some countries have a tax on assets and unrealized gain. Someone has to pay for all that Welfare
The child or grandchild of an Irish immigrant can qualify for Irish citizenship (Foreign Birth Registration).
A great-grandchild may qualify IF their parent received his/her citizenship before the great-grandchild was born.
Slainte
Both my parents were German citizens when I was born, so I qualify for German citizenship. But why would I want to live in that feceshole or anywhere in Europe?
Good one!
I am of Irish descent. Some of my ancestors went through a lot to get here.
I think I’ll stay put.
So Long
Farewell
Auf Wiedersehen
Goodbye
Just don’t use the wrong Hungarian-English phrase book.
Well, arrivederci.
My Mom’s Dad was born in North Dakota in 1910 but had older siblings that were born in Germany. His parents and older siblings came through Ellis Island around 1900. They settled in Velva, North Dakota (near Minot) and were farmers. My Mom was born in North Dakota but they moved to Marin County, CA around 1940. My Mom, her 4 siblings, and parents lived in a 1300 square foot house in San Anselmo, CA and her Dad worked for PG&E after World War 2.
Poland is not that easy. My daughter tried with the help of a facilitator. She went so far as to obtain documents from around 1900 from Poland. The lack of formal birth certificates from that time made it difficult.
Yes, that’s what I have heard. 😀
Still, I thought the most difficult feature of the Hungarian language is to get the vowel length right in spoken Hungarian, though this obviously isn’t the case when you see it written down.
Oh yes, and the old linguist in me awakens when I hear of the old distinction between the agglutinating, the analytic and the synthetic languages 😋
I know that the Turkish language agglutinates, too. That’s why, in the 19th century, some linguists thought that Turkish and Hungarian were somehow related…
How do you look in a kilt? Or is that Scotland?
According to my Mom, Great Grandmother was born in 1864 in Weiser, Germany. Cannot find Weiser on the map. Not sure where that is. Ship docked in Baltimore in 1884. Went to Freeport, Illinois.
Great Grandfather was born in 1864 in Lippe Detmold which is between Frankfurt and Hamburg. He came with a Danish farmer with cattle aboard and was hired to tend cattle. Don’t know the year.
Neither came through Ellis Island. Ellis Island opened in 1892.
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