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Only 10 points for dual citizenship for the Netherlands? Okay, it is not allowed by law, with exceptions, but when about 10% of your population holds dual passp

Only 10 points for dual citizenship for the Netherlands? Okay, it is not allowed by law, with exceptions, but when about 10% of your population holds dual passports, you could say it isn't enforced.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago
That wouldn't be that hard, really. Norway doesn't allow it... but there are exceptions. Currently, many folks from the US don't have to give up their American citizenship because the fee is considered a burden if it is over 4% of income (2% if one has children). Some countries find it treasonous to get drop their citizenship, and some just refuse to do things or take so long the regulation is a burden.
owenversteeg 10y ago
Ten percent of the Netherlands holds dual passports? That sounded high to me (dual Dutch-American citizen) so I looked it up, figured I'd post the stats I found: The Dutch population is 17.1MM, there are 1.3MM people with dual Dutch nationality [0]. The majority are Moroccan (321k) and Turkish (312k) people who acquired both Dutch and Turkish/Moroccan citizenship upon birth. Another 270k or so are EU citizens, plus a handful of Asians. Depending on the country, between 30-70% of people will have a passport, so my estimate is that 60% of dual citizens in this case will have two passports (may be lower as Turkish citizens can enter Turkey on another passport.) If 80% of dual citizens have both passports, then 6% of Dutch citizens own two passports; if 60% of dual citizens have both passports then 4% of Dutch citizens own two passports. Also worth noting there can be some very strange situations here - for example I (a Dutch/US citizen) moved from the US and lived in the Netherlands for almost a year before acquiring a Dutch passport. [0] http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=70798NED&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0-6,21,30,51,116,187&D4=a&HD=150728-1318&HDR=T,G1,G3&STB=G2 http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=...

Only 10 points for dual citizenship for the Netherlands? Okay, it is not allowed by law, with exceptions, but when about 10% of your population holds dual passports, you could say it isn't enforced.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago

That wouldn't be that hard, really. Norway doesn't allow it... but there are exceptions. Currently, many folks from the US don't have to give up their American citizenship because the fee is considered a burden if it is over 4% of income (2% if one has children). Some countries find it treasonous to get drop their citizenship, and some just refuse to do things or take so long the regulation is a burden.

owenversteeg 10y ago

Ten percent of the Netherlands holds dual passports? That sounded high to me (dual Dutch-American citizen) so I looked it up, figured I'd post the stats I found: The Dutch population is 17.1MM, there are 1.3MM people with dual Dutch nationality [0]. The majority are Moroccan (321k) and Turkish (312k) people who acquired both Dutch and Turkish/Moroccan citizenship upon birth. Another 270k or so are EU citizens, plus a handful of Asians. Depending on the country, between 30-70% of people will have a passport, so my estimate is that 60% of dual citizens in this case will have two passports (may be lower as Turkish citizens can enter Turkey on another passport.) If 80% of dual citizens have both passports, then 6% of Dutch citizens own two passports; if 60% of dual citizens have both passports then 4% of Dutch citizens own two passports. Also worth noting there can be some very strange situations here - for example I (a Dutch/US citizen) moved from the US and lived in the Netherlands for almost a year before acquiring a Dutch passport. [0] http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=70798NED&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0-6,21,30,51,116,187&D4=a&HD=150728-1318&HDR=T,G1,G3&STB=G2 http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=...