My wife got the italian passport / ID / codice fiscale (kind of SSN) etc in less than two months by spending time there (in Imperia, Liguria). It is done through local agents and you have to stay at their lodging addresses. Worked for her and for many people...
my granpardparents aslo went to Italie, they didnt have any familly there, but have a villa there and are retireren there. But when they went for there pasport it took around a year adn that only after getting help from a local. I can say from my famelie experiance that italy takes the longest to get approved.
Wow i thought at one time this was best way then my sister sent me info saying it couldn’t be done.. we will look much further into it. With all docs already completed i would think it would be much better. Thanks! ✌🏼
I had all paperwork put together during COVID for Italian through my father but getting an appointment is the big hurdle. I hired a researcher who had contacts in Italy and a plus was family was from the same village.
@@chaceoldmixon i haven’t yet i attempted for sometime but then had to sell house move etc..I’m in Texas would be in Houston. I hear now appoints are more opened again the best time to try is 5:00 central here. And always told login over and over and look for cancellation to pop up. I need to get back to it.
Andrew, you should REALLY do one for Poland, there are 20 million ethnically Polish people outside of Poland and 1.9 Million in Chicago alone. I have done the resarch, if you have ONE Grandparent or TWO Great-Grandparents that were ETHNICALLY Polish (not Polish citizens! To be considered Ethnically Polish if you were baptized in a Polish American Parish by ideally Polish Catholic priests or Married in this way you are to the Polish gov't ETHNICALLY POLISH), you can get a PERMANENT RESIDENCY in Poland, then after 1 year living there and a language exam you get citizenship. 99%+ of people who qualify for this I bet do not know, please do a video about it!!!! peace.
Polish has slowed a lot this year, mine and my brothers was almost done, then the self-inflicted economic destruction of EU countries started and everything ground to a halt.
@@Cryptoversity may I ask if you were applying for citizenship by descent a Polish citizen ancestor or by Polish ethnicity (non-citizen ancestor leaving before 1920)? thank you.
We got Italian on our own. The consulate was not easy and it took us a while. But we got it done. Not the best for taxes but my family and I have a second passport
It took me 2 years to get my mum's Polish ancentry citizenship, (should have taken 6 months, but she was slow with paperwork and it took me a lot of work to get some docs of my grandfather as he was in both British and Polish army, and both parents docs) but now the process has slowed a lot. Mine should have been done mo ths ago but it is stagnating now.
US Naturalization certificates do (or did in the past) reference "country of former nationality". I had a great-uncle by marriage who lived in Connecticut having come over to the US in the 1920s. We always thought of him as German - he had a German name and spoke with a distinct German accent throughout his life. (He was the exotic member of my otherwise Scottish and Irish family). But when I pulled his naturalization record on Ancestry it listed his country of "former nationality" as Italy, because he had been born in Trieste before WWI when it was part of the Austrian empire, and had migrated post-war when it was part of Italy. I sent the cert to my cousins in case they want to apply for Italian passports!
They will also need his Italian birth certificate, so you might as well send a letter to the commune requesting it now. For extra research you can also request a copy of the birth register entry which has additional valuable biographical info.
Applying for Australian citizenship by descent (mother's side) was long (took almost a year) and needed so many records, certificates, police checks, 20 year checkable history and the forms required you to tell them everything plus payment, also every document has to be signed by a lawyer to confirm it was you, then you may need to visit the embassy In person to do a photo certificate check. I didn't but my sister did. Was it worth it ? Not sure because my wife says she never wants to go there. Will I be liable for taxes? Not so far.
If you're a doomsday preper, yes! While the northern hemisphere counties blow each other up weather partners and the coriolis effect will make it harder for toxic stuff to get to Australia. The isolation allowed COVID's "Fortress Australia,"
This is such a fascinating topic, and it is also one that has been a headache for me. I've been working on getting my Mexican citizenship since 2020, but there are paperwork errors that I am still working on getting corrected. It can definitely be a long and tedious process.
Italian citizens living abroad are required to register with the Italian government ... to receive a ballot at election time, to have access to the local consular services for passport renewal, etc. Additionally, I have also read several sources that if your country of permanent residency is considered a tax haven country by Italian government, they will deem you as tax resident of Italy.
I’m first generation Korean American and my wife is first generation Filipino American. I had this elaborate day dream about her applying for Filipino citizenship and then me applying for it through her. Have you heard about such tactics? I’m reading on the Filipino bureau of immigration site that it seems like she can become a citizen since her parents are from there but don’t know if I can get it through her retroactively.
She can but you can't. You can get a 2 year work visa in Korea though, if you are at least 1/8 Korean (great-grandparent) you can get this, I don't know about citizenship but I know about the work/residency visa which you can get basically forever and live there just every 2 years have to extend in the countyr. I lived in korea for many years so know this and have friends who got this visa. I know a bit about the Filipino side too. If you your wife's parents did not RENOUNCE their citizesnhip she can apply and get it too, then if she moves there with you, u can get a spousal visa and that is good for at least a year and renewable, I don't think this can lead to citizenship for you though. peace from Thailand.
@clint - if at the time of her birth, her parents were still Filipino citizens, then she can apply for Filipino citizenship & become a dual citizen. She or her parents have to file a Report of Birth at the PH consulate and an Affidavit (explaining why the report is delayed). If her parents were already US citizens at the time of her birth, then it's a no go. If she is eligible, then the other poster is correct. If your wife is a dual citizen, you can live in PH and apply for permanent residency/ spouse visa through her (she will serve as your sponsor). You can apply for citizenship later but it's a lengthy process (5 to 10 yrs) & you'll have to renounce your original citizenship.
@@clint7312 you're welcome. If you apply for spouse visa in PH (13A visa), the 1st year is probationary. Before the year ends, you'll have to apply again for permanent residency. That residency is for life/ until you're married to her/ until her death (your residency in PH is dependent on your marriage to her).
DNA results are only how you match to people already in their database. I’ve had my results analyzed by more than one company. One (based in the UK), says I’m 17% Irish while Ancestry say I’m not at all Irish. Who knows which is more accurate. I only know that my personal research has yet to show where my ancestors came from. I would love to know but since they immigrated in the 1600’s and 1700’s, I’ll probably never know for sure.
Just wanted to share my experience as this has been something I've looked into for France where I actually lived and worked for 6 yrs. Ultimately though the bureaucracy was a little too much for me at the time. My grandmother was born in Paris but immigrated to Canada at 16yrs old. I thought perhaps I would have some advantages in terms of citizenship by descent however since she immigrated as a minor and her parents(my great-grandparents) were born in Romania, she actually lost her citizenship or would have had to have made a request to keep it when she turned 18 which she didn't. I ended up not going through with that idea as I wasn't sure I wanted the citizenship that badly however she would have to first apply for citizenship and then it would have to pass through my mother and finally to my sister and I. So not impossible but just a lengthy process indeed !
I got my UK passport within four months. I was born in the US but never bothered to pursue my claim to UK citizenship until recently. My parents are dual UK/US citizens. My specific situation was pretty straight forward.
I sold a plot of land and my car for the purpose of obtaining a Vanuatu passport through investment. Five months after I obtained the Vanuatu citizenship and passport, the European Commission imposed a ban on Vanuatu citizens from entering the European Union, so what is the solution?
I’m not sure if it’s true but I was reading a UA-cam comment that somebody said if your not technically entitled to irish citizenship cause I’m 4th generation if I moved there an began to naturalize instead of waiting five years it’s 3 years. Is this true?
Just to say, you don't need to learn the Portugues language if it's direct decent (one of your parents) but you will need to pass a test after five years if it's not direct decent. It's probably enough time to learn and pass.
My mom was born in Philippines but moved to US and became US citizen before I was born. US sadly renounces all other citizenship. Therefore she wasn't a Filipino citizen at the time of my birth. It seems this disqualify me :( does anyone know how I can still get it?
@NoJ - unfortunately, because you were born after she renounced her Filipino citizenship, then you're not eligible for Filipino citizenship. (She was not a Filipino citizen at the time of your birth, so ahe can't pass it on to you.) If you're still a minor, she can apply for dual citizenship for herself and her minor kids. But if you're above 18 (age of majority in PH), then it's not possible either. If you're 50+, you can apply for the SRRV (retirement visa) if you want to retire in PH. There are several SRRV types.
@@kitty_s23456 what if my mother got her dual citizenship now and is retiring in Philippines. Can I as an adult child of a now dual citizen mother get passport? it would suck if I can't live closer to my Filipino born mother because it wasn't at time of my birth, so sad.
@@Optioning your mother, as a former Filipino, can apply for dual citizenship. As for your case, since you're not a minor anymore, I'm not sure. You'll have to ask the PH embassy/ consulate re: your situation. If your intention is to stay for ~1 year in PH, you can travel to PH with your mother and avail of balikbayan privilege (1 year stay, free). Bring your birth certificate to prove relationship to her. You'll be her "dependent" on the balikbayan privilege. You can't get Balikbayan privilege on your own, since you're not considered as a former Filipino. (You must always travel w/ her to get that 1 year stay. Ordinary tourists just get 30 days free). In terms of citizenship, you were never a Filipino because your mother was already American/ US citizen when you were born.
If somebody is or qualifies to be a citizen but the paper trail has holes, could they just move there? (Ex use a US passport to get to Italy. Or even fake documents to board the plane. I would think once you've done what you had to to reach the border that the burden of disproving your citizenship is on the government?)
My fingers are crossed for Ukraine to continue to be a separate country and get into the EU officially. I was born there, so if all goes well, it could be my ticket in to Europe.
9:45 Since 2018 Switzerland also discriminates against its own citizens based on their national origin by barring them or their spouses from the lumpsum tax regime, and this is nevertheless considered legal even though it's facially unconstitutional.
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I love this channel! Inspired me to get my Polish citizenship by descent. I applied for it, and now it's a waiting game. Thank you!
Great job Jelena; so natural in front of the camera and highly relaxed, conversational, and informational at the same time!
My wife got the italian passport / ID / codice fiscale (kind of SSN) etc in less than two months by spending time there (in Imperia, Liguria). It is done through local agents and you have to stay at their lodging addresses. Worked for her and for many people...
my granpardparents aslo went to Italie, they didnt have any familly there, but have a villa there and are retireren there. But when they went for there pasport it took around a year adn that only after getting help from a local. I can say from my famelie experiance that italy takes the longest to get approved.
Where? I’ve been trying to get an appointment for 6 years. I have all the documents apostilled. I’m ready to just go to Italy and do it.
Wow i thought at one time this was best way then my sister sent me info saying it couldn’t be done.. we will look much further into it. With all docs already completed i would think it would be much better. Thanks! ✌🏼
I had all paperwork put together during COVID for Italian through my father but getting an appointment is the big hurdle. I hired a researcher who had contacts in Italy and a plus was family was from the same village.
Where did you get your appointment?
Most likely at a US consulate since that's where the famous appointment bottleneck is.
@@chaceoldmixon i haven’t yet i attempted for sometime but then had to sell house move etc..I’m in Texas would be in Houston. I hear now appoints are more opened again the best time to try is 5:00 central here. And always told login over and over and look for cancellation to pop up. I need to get back to it.
Andrew, you should REALLY do one for Poland, there are 20 million ethnically Polish people outside of Poland and 1.9 Million in Chicago alone. I have done the resarch, if you have ONE Grandparent or TWO Great-Grandparents that were ETHNICALLY Polish (not Polish citizens! To be considered Ethnically Polish if you were baptized in a Polish American Parish by ideally Polish Catholic priests or Married in this way you are to the Polish gov't ETHNICALLY POLISH), you can get a PERMANENT RESIDENCY in Poland, then after 1 year living there and a language exam you get citizenship. 99%+ of people who qualify for this I bet do not know, please do a video about it!!!! peace.
This is too simple. Andrew needs to make money.
Polish has slowed a lot this year, mine and my brothers was almost done, then the self-inflicted economic destruction of EU countries started and everything ground to a halt.
@@alexbloomberg4221 LOL~~~ :) peace fom Thailand.
@@Cryptoversity may I ask if you were applying for citizenship by descent a Polish citizen ancestor or by Polish ethnicity (non-citizen ancestor leaving before 1920)? thank you.
Karta Polaka.
Citizenship by Descent is a must if youre eligible!
It's a great plan B
and even plan A stuff for having more than one place to invest in and global educational travel.
We got Italian on our own. The consulate was not easy and it took us a while. But we got it done. Not the best for taxes but my family and I have a second passport
It took me 2 years to get my mum's Polish ancentry citizenship, (should have taken 6 months, but she was slow with paperwork and it took me a lot of work to get some docs of my grandfather as he was in both British and Polish army, and both parents docs) but now the process has slowed a lot. Mine should have been done mo ths ago but it is stagnating now.
US Naturalization certificates do (or did in the past) reference "country of former nationality".
I had a great-uncle by marriage who lived in Connecticut having come over to the US in the 1920s. We always thought of him as German - he had a German name and spoke with a distinct German accent throughout his life. (He was the exotic member of my otherwise Scottish and Irish family). But when I pulled his naturalization record on Ancestry it listed his country of "former nationality" as Italy, because he had been born in Trieste before WWI when it was part of the Austrian empire, and had migrated post-war when it was part of Italy. I sent the cert to my cousins in case they want to apply for Italian passports!
They will also need his Italian birth certificate, so you might as well send a letter to the commune requesting it now. For extra research you can also request a copy of the birth register entry which has additional valuable biographical info.
@@runderwo not sure he would have an Italian birth certificate, as he was born in Trieste in 1907, before it was part of Italy.
Records are kept at the commune level regardless. It doesn't hurt to write to them and request it. They would certainly redirect you as appropriate.
Thanks for sharing your time with us 2 Canadians 🇨🇦 living in Mexico Yucatan Peninsula ✌️🐶🥰
Applying for Australian citizenship by descent (mother's side) was long (took almost a year) and needed so many records, certificates, police checks, 20 year checkable history and the forms required you to tell them everything plus payment, also every document has to be signed by a lawyer to confirm it was you, then you may need to visit the embassy In person to do a photo certificate check. I didn't but my sister did.
Was it worth it ? Not sure because my wife says she never wants to go there. Will I be liable for taxes? Not so far.
If you're a doomsday preper, yes! While the northern hemisphere counties blow each other up weather partners and the coriolis effect will make it harder for toxic stuff to get to Australia. The isolation allowed COVID's "Fortress Australia,"
This is such a fascinating topic, and it is also one that has been a headache for me. I've been working on getting my Mexican citizenship since 2020, but there are paperwork errors that I am still working on getting corrected. It can definitely be a long and tedious process.
Italian citizens living abroad are required to register with the Italian government ... to receive a ballot at election time, to have access to the local consular services for passport renewal, etc. Additionally, I have also read several sources that if your country of permanent residency is considered a tax haven country by Italian government, they will deem you as tax resident of Italy.
I’m first generation Korean American and my wife is first generation Filipino American. I had this elaborate day dream about her applying for Filipino citizenship and then me applying for it through her. Have you heard about such tactics? I’m reading on the Filipino bureau of immigration site that it seems like she can become a citizen since her parents are from there but don’t know if I can get it through her retroactively.
She can but you can't. You can get a 2 year work visa in Korea though, if you are at least 1/8 Korean (great-grandparent) you can get this, I don't know about citizenship but I know about the work/residency visa which you can get basically forever and live there just every 2 years have to extend in the countyr. I lived in korea for many years so know this and have friends who got this visa. I know a bit about the Filipino side too. If you your wife's parents did not RENOUNCE their citizesnhip she can apply and get it too, then if she moves there with you, u can get a spousal visa and that is good for at least a year and renewable, I don't think this can lead to citizenship for you though. peace from Thailand.
@clint - if at the time of her birth, her parents were still Filipino citizens, then she can apply for Filipino citizenship & become a dual citizen. She or her parents have to file a Report of Birth at the PH consulate and an Affidavit (explaining why the report is delayed). If her parents were already US citizens at the time of her birth, then it's a no go. If she is eligible, then the other poster is correct. If your wife is a dual citizen, you can live in PH and apply for permanent residency/ spouse visa through her (she will serve as your sponsor). You can apply for citizenship later but it's a lengthy process (5 to 10 yrs) & you'll have to renounce your original citizenship.
@@biglance much appreciated!
@@kitty_s23456 oh dang that last part about renouncing was what I was afraid of. Thank you for clarifying
@@clint7312 you're welcome. If you apply for spouse visa in PH (13A visa), the 1st year is probationary. Before the year ends, you'll have to apply again for permanent residency. That residency is for life/ until you're married to her/ until her death (your residency in PH is dependent on your marriage to her).
Great & informative video. My dad is Antiguan and I'm looking at getting citizenship by decent.
DNA results are only how you match to people already in their database. I’ve had my results analyzed by more than one company. One (based in the UK), says I’m 17% Irish while Ancestry say I’m not at all Irish. Who knows which is more accurate. I only know that my personal research has yet to show where my ancestors came from. I would love to know but since they immigrated in the 1600’s and 1700’s, I’ll probably never know for sure.
Just wanted to share my experience as this has been something I've looked into for France where I actually lived and worked for 6 yrs. Ultimately though the bureaucracy was a little too much for me at the time. My grandmother was born in Paris but immigrated to Canada at 16yrs old. I thought perhaps I would have some advantages in terms of citizenship by descent however since she immigrated as a minor and her parents(my great-grandparents) were born in Romania, she actually lost her citizenship or would have had to have made a request to keep it when she turned 18 which she didn't. I ended up not going through with that idea as I wasn't sure I wanted the citizenship that badly however she would have to first apply for citizenship and then it would have to pass through my mother and finally to my sister and I. So not impossible but just a lengthy process indeed !
Great information wonderfully presented!
I got my UK passport within four months. I was born in the US but never bothered to pursue my claim to UK citizenship until recently. My parents are dual UK/US citizens. My specific situation was pretty straight forward.
I sold a plot of land and my car for the purpose of obtaining a Vanuatu passport through investment. Five months after I obtained the Vanuatu citizenship and passport, the European Commission imposed a ban on Vanuatu citizens from entering the European Union, so what is the solution?
Thank you so much !
I’m not sure if it’s true but I was reading a UA-cam comment that somebody said if your not technically entitled to irish citizenship cause I’m 4th generation if I moved there an began to naturalize instead of waiting five years it’s 3 years. Is this true?
Any countries allow a great -great grandparents?
I have Moroccan ancestry - but not sure if that’s a passport worth pursuing…
You have to give us more informations and documents not only bla bla bla...
Is your team able to help with citizenship by descent in Slovakia?
Just email the US embassy. They are mostly fast and helpful and will tell you everything you need to gather.
Just to say, you don't need to learn the Portugues language if it's direct decent (one of your parents) but you will need to pass a test after five years if it's not direct decent. It's probably enough time to learn and pass.
My mom was born in Philippines but moved to US and became US citizen before I was born. US sadly renounces all other citizenship. Therefore she wasn't a Filipino citizen at the time of my birth. It seems this disqualify me :( does anyone know how I can still get it?
@NoJ - unfortunately, because you were born after she renounced her Filipino citizenship, then you're not eligible for Filipino citizenship. (She was not a Filipino citizen at the time of your birth, so ahe can't pass it on to you.) If you're still a minor, she can apply for dual citizenship for herself and her minor kids. But if you're above 18 (age of majority in PH), then it's not possible either. If you're 50+, you can apply for the SRRV (retirement visa) if you want to retire in PH. There are several SRRV types.
@@kitty_s23456 what if my mother got her dual citizenship now and is retiring in Philippines. Can I as an adult child of a now dual citizen mother get passport? it would suck if I can't live closer to my Filipino born mother because it wasn't at time of my birth, so sad.
@@Optioning your mother, as a former Filipino, can apply for dual citizenship. As for your case, since you're not a minor anymore, I'm not sure. You'll have to ask the PH embassy/ consulate re: your situation. If your intention is to stay for ~1 year in PH, you can travel to PH with your mother and avail of balikbayan privilege (1 year stay, free). Bring your birth certificate to prove relationship to her. You'll be her "dependent" on the balikbayan privilege. You can't get Balikbayan privilege on your own, since you're not considered as a former Filipino. (You must always travel w/ her to get that 1 year stay. Ordinary tourists just get 30 days free). In terms of citizenship, you were never a Filipino because your mother was already American/ US citizen when you were born.
If somebody is or qualifies to be a citizen but the paper trail has holes, could they just move there? (Ex use a US passport to get to Italy. Or even fake documents to board the plane. I would think once you've done what you had to to reach the border that the burden of disproving your citizenship is on the government?)
My fingers are crossed for Ukraine to continue to be a separate country and get into the EU officially. I was born there, so if all goes well, it could be my ticket in to Europe.
9:45 Since 2018 Switzerland also discriminates against its own citizens based on their national origin by barring them or their spouses from the lumpsum tax regime, and this is nevertheless considered legal even though it's facially unconstitutional.
My problem is not knowing the language for the test.
First Fox: 🦊!
I'm related to a famous person from 200 years ago. I hear my relation tree is on display in Washington dc. What are my options?
Citizenship by descent in Israel? Grandfather born in Poland doesn't matter...
based upon religion for Israel sorry my comment was posted a wrong reply.
Any African countries?
Yes, quite a bit and with some regional travel agreements it gets pretty interesting. I'm trying to prove the ECOWAS country I qualify for.