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dyak
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| The British High Commision in Ottawa wrote: |
11. Can my spouse obtain a British passport or citizenship through marriage?
British citizenship cannot be acquired through marriage alone. Your spouse would have to live in the UK for a continuous period of three years and apply for naturalisation through the Home Office while still resident there. Once the naturalisation certificate is obtained they can then apply for a passport. It is not possible to apply for naturalisation while resident outside the United Kingdom. |
I have a feeling you're Canadian Gordon, apologies if I'm wrong. I'm sure you can work in the UK, you'd just have to apply for a work permit. |
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tilkster
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| to tilkster- i believe the estonian deal with getting citizenship is the same as with latvia which meabs that if youor your parents didn't register you as a citizen of Estonia ( as a direct descendant of pre ww2 estonian republic) before a cut off date (I think 1993?) then you can not get estonian citizenship without giving up your canadian citizenship. One example i know of is a mate's mum who was actually born in latvia but becauyse she didn't reguster before the cutoff date the only way she can get latvian citizenship now is by giving up her aussie passport. |
My parents passed away in the 1980s, so even if I would have known about the cutoff date in 1993 - it wouldn't have helped me I'm afraid.
Thanks very much bomzis1 for the information...
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Great Teacher Umikun
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| ejw wrote: |
I live in Sweden and to get residency here finding a boyfriend to cohabit with is the best bet. (Don't need to marry.) It may or may not be similar in other EU countries. Once you get permanent residency you can apply for citizenship.
If you have lived in Sweden two years they cannot kick you out if you have residency. With residency established, file for citizenship and wait another year. You have to be able to prove that you can support yourself or that someone else can and that you are not going to be a burden on our social welfare system. You don't need to speak Swedish by the way. Realistically speaking it would take 4 years here to get citizenship. |
I thought it took 5 years to become eligible for Swedish citizenship, so that's good news to me that it takes only 4. Maybe I should look into that myself, though I'd have to find a girlfriend instead. I'm a US citizen seeking Swedish citizenship. I'll be 40 this June, so by the time I were to get citizenship I'd be too old to get drafted. (I'm a man.) |
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dagi
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Sweden has similar laws than a lot of other EU countries:
You need to be a permanent resident in Sweden for min. of 5 years before you can apply for citizenship.
In case you cohabit or are married with/to a Swedish national this time is reduced to 3 years.
If you are married to a Swedish national and live abroad you can apply from abroad after a period of 10 years.
The only thing that is different is that you indeed do not need to prove that you can speak Swedish. |
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spiral78
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| Many countries don't recognize cohabitation as a legal state making one eligible for residency or citizenship. |
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DrVanNostrand
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| If your mother is a Danish national, you would have no trouble I assume - correct? |
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dagi
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spiral, you are absolutely right. I think currently it is onyl the Nordic countries who do so!
DrVan, it may depend on when you were born. My mum is Dutch but it doesn't entitle me to Dutch citizenship because at the time I was born the laws were different and my mum missed the final date to register me for Dutch citizenship at the consulate.
It could be that 30 years ago only Danish fathers could pass on citizenship and not mothers. You'll have to find more information about this. |
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DrVanNostrand
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Here is the information that was passed on to me:
Found this... New to Denmark
It is your parents' nationality which determines whether you became aDanish national by birth. Detailed provisions are provided in theNationality Act.
The Act in force at the time of your birth determines the relevant rules applicable to you:
If your natural parents were married at your birth, you acquired Danish nationality if you were born:
before 1 January 1979 and your father is a Danish national; or
on or after 1 January 1979 and your mother or father is a Danish national.
If your natural parents were not married at your birth, you acquired Danish nationality if:
your mother is a Danish national, regardless of your date of birth; or
only your father is a Danish national, and you were born in Denmark on or after 1 February 1999.
So,if your mother is a foreign national and your father is a Danishnational, and you were either born before 1 February 1999 or bornabroad, you are not a Danish national. However, if your parentssubsequently marry, you will acquire Danish nationality with effectfrom the date of the marriage.
According to section 1 of the current Nationality Act, a childautomatically acquires Danish nationality by birth if the parents aremarried and either the father or the mother is a Danish national. Thisapplies no matter where in the world the child is born
The portion in bold can be applied to me as I was born in 1981.
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naturegirl321
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| I saw go for it, you never know what will happen |
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