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> If you have italian ancestors This is key. I was born in Italy, but to American parents living abroad — and I don't have any Italian ancestors. I don't qual
by rectang 5y ago
> If you have italian ancestors
This is key. I was born in Italy, but to American parents living abroad — and I don't have any Italian ancestors. I don't qualify for Italian citizenship, because Italy is jus sanguinis, not jus soli.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli
Good job keeping me out, Italy.
- Nitrolo 5y agoHow long have you lived in Italy? If you were born there it seems that three years of stay are enough to qualify for citizenship: https://www.inps.it/pages/standard/51985 https://www.inps.it/pages/standard/51985 Though I'm guessing you've probably spent much more time than me researching this already so this might not apply. Are you back in the US?
- jussoli 5y agoWhy do you feel you should quality for Italian citizenship, just because you happened to be born there?
- alephu5 5y agoWhat could justify citizenship beyond an accident of birth?
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoDeliberate birth?
- jussoli 5y agoSome kind of permanent and meaningful relationship with the country, beyond the fact that your parents happened to be located there when you were delivered.
- mdp2021 5y agoIn some Countries (e.g. the USA) it works that way.
- oblio 5y agoThe rest of the world (probably 130 countries) is jus sanguinis. The Americas (something like 30 countries) are the anomalies.
- Mikeb85 5y agoWhy should you have citizenship just because you were born there? Where I live (Canada) it's jus soli and there's an entire birth tourism business because of it. Foreigners give birth here just to give their children citizenship without ever contributing. Most of the world is jus sanguinis. Also, you could have obtained Italian citizenship by staying until you were 18.
- nsonha 5y agoexactly why should anyone has citizenship just because they're born in a place and never left
- Mikeb85 5y agoWell citizenship as a concept (still) exists because people cost the government money. There's also externalities associated with letting people in/out. Also because of reasons you can't leave someone stateless, and a lot of citizenship is based on that too.
- iso1210 5y ago> Why should you have citizenship just because you were born there? More of a claim than if your great great grandfathers second cousins babysitters dog once visited on holiday, which seems to the be the basis that many Americans use when they say "I'm Irish".
- Mikeb85 5y agoMost African Americans have even less ties to Africa, so why are they still called "African-"?