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"typically it’s hard to maintain more than dual citizenship" I am considering taking a 3rd. I am aware of some of the hurdles but out of curiosity, where do yo

by jk2323 9y ago

"typically it’s hard to maintain more than dual citizenship" I am considering taking a 3rd. I am aware of some of the hurdles but out of curiosity, where do you see problems?

chias 9y ago
I have three (US and two EU countries) and as far as I am aware the biggest hurdle is paying for multiple passport renewals.
- jpatokal 9y ago
  Citizenship doesn't go away just because you don't renew your passport.
  - fit2rule 9y ago
    .. but it does go away if you don't maintain a presence of some variety in the given countries.
    - robjan 9y ago
      No it doesn't. You may lose right of abode but you are unlikely to lose your citizenship.
      - fit2rule 9y ago
        Simply not true, at least in my case. I haven't been back to my country-of-birth in over 30 years, and have citizenship in the country of my childrens' birth. When the time came to renew my passport, I was informed that my citizenship in my birth country was dependent on whether I had any connection there any more, and since my birth-country has policies regarding dual-citizens needing to justify their citizenship, this was under question. I needed to either go back and live there for a while, or simply give up my citizenship. Maybe its different in your birth-country and with your citizenship, but its not true that its automatically given and never revoked in every country in the world. Its a case-by-case basis, depending on the policies of the nations involved.
      - jk2323 9y ago
        Actually, he is right about the Netherlands. https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Loss-and-the-revoking-of-Dutch-nationality.aspx https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Loss-and-the-revok...
  - xnyhps 9y ago
    That depends on the country. You lose Dutch citizenship if you have dual citizenship and don't live in The Netherlands or renew your passport in 10 years.
nraynaud 9y ago
Generally they don’t want to give naturalization to people with more than one nationality. But if you are a full right citizen by an other rule, you could end up with more than that. A small detail has to be noted, wether it has been recognized or not and claimed or not, a lot of rules give citizenship to people. The paperwork is about claiming it officially.
- jpatokal 9y ago
  Got source? The vast majority of countries either a) insist you renounce all other citizenships on naturalization, whether it's one or three, or b) don't care how many you have.
  - nraynaud 9y ago
    You are late to the party, the latest trend is to strip citizenship from naturalized people we don’t like, it’s only possible if they retained one previous citizenship.
  - verbify 9y ago
    Some will allow dual citizenship, but place conditions that make it difficult to get more than one. E.g., German citizenship law allows dual citizenship if: > If a child born to German parents acquires another citizenship at birth (e.g., based on place of birth [birth in jus-soli countries mostly of the Americas], or descent from one parent [one German parent and one foreign parent]). In theory somebody could have two or three nationalities under that law (two parents and place of birth) but no more.
    - acoster 9y ago
      You could add a fourth under certain conditions: Say one parent is German and the other is British, and the child was born in Brazil. If the kid is entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, they get to keep all four.
      - verbify 9y ago
lurker9 9y ago
I have three, Australia, Eu and a South American country, biggest problem is having to pay for passport renewals and sometimes fulfilling your obligations I.e voting or census. Get as many passports as you can is my recommendation, never know when you might need to flee your country ;)

by jk2323 9y ago

"typically it’s hard to maintain more than dual citizenship" I am considering taking a 3rd. I am aware of some of the hurdles but out of curiosity, where do you see problems?

chias 9y ago

I have three (US and two EU countries) and as far as I am aware the biggest hurdle is paying for multiple passport renewals.

jpatokal 9y ago
Citizenship doesn't go away just because you don't renew your passport.
- fit2rule 9y ago
  .. but it does go away if you don't maintain a presence of some variety in the given countries.
  - robjan 9y ago
    No it doesn't. You may lose right of abode but you are unlikely to lose your citizenship.
    - fit2rule 9y ago
      Simply not true, at least in my case. I haven't been back to my country-of-birth in over 30 years, and have citizenship in the country of my childrens' birth. When the time came to renew my passport, I was informed that my citizenship in my birth country was dependent on whether I had any connection there any more, and since my birth-country has policies regarding dual-citizens needing to justify their citizenship, this was under question. I needed to either go back and live there for a while, or simply give up my citizenship. Maybe its different in your birth-country and with your citizenship, but its not true that its automatically given and never revoked in every country in the world. Its a case-by-case basis, depending on the policies of the nations involved.
    - jk2323 9y ago
      Actually, he is right about the Netherlands. https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Loss-and-the-revoking-of-Dutch-nationality.aspx https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/Loss-and-the-revok...
- xnyhps 9y ago
  That depends on the country. You lose Dutch citizenship if you have dual citizenship and don't live in The Netherlands or renew your passport in 10 years.

nraynaud 9y ago

Generally they don’t want to give naturalization to people with more than one nationality. But if you are a full right citizen by an other rule, you could end up with more than that. A small detail has to be noted, wether it has been recognized or not and claimed or not, a lot of rules give citizenship to people. The paperwork is about claiming it officially.

jpatokal 9y ago
Got source? The vast majority of countries either a) insist you renounce all other citizenships on naturalization, whether it's one or three, or b) don't care how many you have.
- nraynaud 9y ago
  You are late to the party, the latest trend is to strip citizenship from naturalized people we don’t like, it’s only possible if they retained one previous citizenship.
- verbify 9y ago
  Some will allow dual citizenship, but place conditions that make it difficult to get more than one. E.g., German citizenship law allows dual citizenship if: > If a child born to German parents acquires another citizenship at birth (e.g., based on place of birth [birth in jus-soli countries mostly of the Americas], or descent from one parent [one German parent and one foreign parent]). In theory somebody could have two or three nationalities under that law (two parents and place of birth) but no more.
  - acoster 9y ago
    You could add a fourth under certain conditions: Say one parent is German and the other is British, and the child was born in Brazil. If the kid is entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, they get to keep all four.
    - verbify 9y ago

lurker9 9y ago

I have three, Australia, Eu and a South American country, biggest problem is having to pay for passport renewals and sometimes fulfilling your obligations I.e voting or census. Get as many passports as you can is my recommendation, never know when you might need to flee your country ;)