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revilo · Joined: 05 Oct 2013 Posts: 181 Location: Mos Eisley

The question may seem absurd at first, but think about it long and hard. In Europe & N. America, there is cut-throat competition to get part-time jobs (AKA the scraps).

In the rest of the world, there are full-time teaching jobs (many w/ furnished apts.). If you were married, you could learn the language, save money to buy a rental property, and use the rent money to supplement the teaching salary. Do you get my point Question

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

I know quite a few people who've gotten new citizenship by marriage (including myself) but it wasn't the reason for the marriage!

Teacher in Rome · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 1286

I briefly considered it many years ago (when to get a teaching job in a particular country you needed to be a "civil servant", but you needed citizenship to become a "civil servant"...) Then life got in the way, then the politics of that country changed, and it all became irrelevant.

You know, life throws up so many possibilities and there are so many crossroads, that getting ensnared in something legally binding such as marriage (with all the potential difficulties when it comes to extricating yourself) is perhaps a bit extreme.

I'm happy living and working in Europe, but I'm not convinced that it's worth all the hassle of getting married, if that's your only option. Why not go and work somewhere else more lucrative then come and visit for 90 days?

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

It's worked for us for 15 years so far:-)
But as I said, citizenship wasn't the reason we got married.

jtea · Joined: 22 Apr 2014 Posts: 69

I wouldn't get married just to get citizenship. To me, it's just not worth it. Maybe its because I'm not really big on getting married. If I find someone I like and it works outs, sure why not...but if it's just to get citizenship, nah. I'll figure out some other way.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

suphanburi · Joined: 20 Mar 2014 Posts: 916

jtea · Joined: 22 Apr 2014 Posts: 69

Shroob · Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339

Just a point but marriage does not necessarily qualify one for citizenship.

JN · Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 214

I just thought I'd mention that I know a school teacher who is not married, but in Europe and who has rental property. So marriage isn't the only way to survive well in Europe.

eihpos · Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 331

mmm, I wouldn't marry just for citizenship, but it would be a nice bonus! I think Shroob is right - it doesn't necessarily qualify one for citizenship (not sure about the details of this, but I saw a movie about it)

I know at least two couples who have married more hastily than they would have if visas hadn't been an issue. In other words, they wouldn't be married now if they didn't feel at the time they had to in order to secure their right to stay in the partner's country. I might do this, if I felt we would probably get married at some point anyway.

suphanburi · Joined: 20 Mar 2014 Posts: 916

Marriage usually does NOT guarantee citizenship but it often comes with residence allowing most of the same privileges (other than voting).

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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Marriage to a UK citizen has not been a route to citizenship since the last changes in UK Nationality Law. Marriage to a UK citizen does not even guarantee that you can enter the UK !

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