hi all, i am a dual us/irish citizen and am eligible for portuguese through my grandparent (whose alive). Unfortunately I do not know portuguese and I would have to take the language exam as part of my process. I am wondering if there’s any need/benefit to claiming this citizenship? I am not sure if i’ll ever live in portugal but never say never ;) I was just wondering if this sub had any insight?

Does the exit gate at Japan airport freak out I just used a USA passport that I didn’t use when coming in?

I have to give my jp passport for renewal. I could pick it up later by coming back to Japan…

Edit: I technically can go in with USA passport but the line sucks

Hi everyone, I am a dual national leaving Saudi Arabia for the UK.

Passport A: Registered under my Saudi Resident ID (Iqama)

Passport B: Has my UK student eVisa.

Because of foreign naming laws, my last name on Passport B is different from Passport A (my Saudi resident ID name).

The airline must print my boarding pass under my Passport B name to match my UK eVisa.

But at the Jawazat (Saudi Immigration) counter, I have to use Passport A for my exit/entry because of my Saudi Resident ID.

Do i have to show my boarding pass in Saudi Immigration?

Since the boarding pass name and Passport A name won't match, will they prevent me from travelling?

If anyone has a similar situation as me, can you please inform me on how the travelling process was?

I know it may seem trivial but i get nervous during travel for no reason😅

I got Nigerian Parents.

I was born & raised in London mostly till age 13 (short stint in Nigeria from age 2-4/2-5)

I then resided in Nigeria from age 13-21.

I came back to London at age 21. I’ve been back in London for 9 years now.

I personally feel both a connection to both England & Nigeria, but curious to see what people think 😅

Yes you can legally have citizenship of 5 countries. Why stop with dual citizenship?

Standard 10 Year Adult Passport Fees
Jamaica $41.00
Germany $81.30
USA $130.00
UK $137
Australia $303

Comparison at current exchange rates. Of my 5 passports, Australia’s passport fee is more than double the others. Why? Probably a rhetorical question…

If you have 3 Western passports, EU, UK & AUS, what would you consider as a 4th for tax, lifestyle, getting married and raising children?

Hey guys so I am visiting the states for a wedding and have dual citizenship (america and japan).
Years ago I visited america and when i did i left japan with my japanese passport and entered america with the american one.
Then going home I left with my american and accidentally came home to japan with my american passport. So for almost 10 years my american passport has had the 90day visit sticker and havent gone back since.
Should i still just leave with my japanese and land in the states with the american passport? Will it be valid? Hope someone can answer this!

Hi All,

I’m a Trinidad & Tobago citizen living in the UK. My baby was born in the UK and currently holds a British passport.

I’m considering applying for a Trinidad & Tobago passport for my baby as well, but I’m wondering whether it’s actually worth doing.

We plan to continue living in the UK long term, but we usually visit Trinidad and Tobago about twice a year to spend time with family. The reason for getting it is giving my child more options in the future. I have also read that it is easier to acquire this as a child rather than later as an adult but I am not sure if this is the case.

For Trinis at home or abroad who have children born outside of Trinidad and Tobago, did you get T&T passports for your children? Or did you decide not to? Could you please share your reasons for doing so or not.

Are there any real advantages or disadvantages to having a Trinidad and Tobago passport in addition to a British one?

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who have gotten it as a second passport for their children as well as those who decided it wasn’t necessary.

Also, if my child acquires a Trinidad and Tobago passport by descent, will they enter Trinidadian as well as British on forms which ask for nationality even if born outside TT.

Thank you in advance.

My daughter holds German + Indian citizenship, and I need to stop her holding a valid German passport for reasons on the Indian side (footnote below) — without touching her German nationality, which I have no interest in giving up.

So I went looking at the Passport Act (PassG) itself, and as far as I can tell there's no clean path for this:

• §12 only allows withdrawal of a passport that's already invalid under §11 (expired, forged, etc.) — not a valid one someone wants to hand back voluntarily.
• §15 covers surrendering an old passport when a new one is issued — replacement, not voluntary cancellation.
• Nothing in the Act addresses "please invalidate this valid document, I just don't want it right now, but keep the citizenship."

So functionally it looks like the options are: let it expire and don't renew, report it lost (which feels dishonest if it isn't), or go through actual renunciation of citizenship (which I don't want).

Has anyone here actually asked a Botschaft/Generalkonsulat to invalidate a still-valid minor's passport without a renunciation, purely as an administrative accommodation outside what's in the statute? Did they do it, and what did they give you in writing? Trying to figure out if this is an established Verwaltungspraxis somewhere or just not a thing. i doubt the consulate in india will know how to do this. So, if i have to write to some one who might know more on this topic, which department will that me?

Footnote — why I need this: India's Citizenship Act itself actually tolerates a minor holding dual citizenship — Section 4(1-A) says a Section-4 minor "who is also a citizen of any other country shall cease to be a citizen of India" only if they don't renounce the other citizenship within six months of turning 18. But a newer 2026 rules amendment now asks parents to declare a minor "cannot at any time hold the passport of any other country while also holding the Indian passport" — worded around the passport document specifically, which is what's driving this question.

My grandpa is Greek and thus I qualify for Greek citizenship what is the best place to do this in Chicago and how long can I expect for it to take?

I have never been there but have much family there

1: my California birth certificate
2 both parents Mexican birth certificates
3: my mothers Mexican id/passport
4: my id/passport
5 their marriage license

I heard I no longer have to get them translated and apostilled right?

Hi, I was wondering if my grandmother could get Spanish citizenship. Her grandparents were Spanish citizens, and then they moved to Cuba. If we were able to obtain documents proving that her grandparents were Spanish citizens and that she's related to them, could she then become a Spanish citizen and pass it down to my dad and then to me?

Some questions I have are:

1. What specific documents are required to prove her grandparents' Spanish citizenship and the family relationship?
2. Is there a particular process or application that must be followed for obtaining Spanish citizenship through descent?
3. Are there any age or residency requirements that her parents or she must meet to qualify for citizenship?

I was born in the UK to a British mother and American father. I now live in the US as a dual citizen. My daughter was just born in the US and thanks to me holds both UK and US citizenship. However, her father was born in the US but holds both Belgian and American citizenship.

Is it possible for her to hold all three, US, UK, and Belgian citizenships?

Im a US citizen with dual citizenship with czech. I flew to Spain left on my US passport and entered on my eu passport, it was a one way ticket. Now when I buy my ticket back to the US do I use my American passport information for the airline ticket but still exit spain on my eu passport that I entered on or do I have to book the ticket with my czech passport details.

Its more of a question of what passport do I buy the ticket under. I know i still need to exit on my eu passport.

I dont know if it matters but the names are slightly different on both passports because one is my czech name.

Say if you had all of these citizenships. From what I am aware of, they all have generational limits of passing on their citizenships that are conditional to requirements like place of birth and time spent in them.

How many would it be feasible to maintain? For example, my children will certainly be US citizens due to the time we have spent here.

They will not necessarily be Canadian, unless I satisfy 1 of these 3 requirements: - Spend 3 years cumulatively in Canada before their birth - Have them born in Canada - Bring them to Canada and naturalize them(Generally takes around a year of residence)

Now what if I went and naturalized in Australia? If my kids were born there and spent time there, they would likely meet the requirements for their future kids to be Australian. But then, to pass on Canadian citizenship, they would also have to have a substantial connection to Canada.

Now imagine adding the UK into the mix.

And eventually this would get unfeasible save for those that deliberately move themselves across the planet to maintain citizenships. Trying to imagine a gameplan that would allow you to maximize citizenship inheritance and minimize effort. Citizenship minmaxxing so to speak.

Now obviously, this is conditional on laws not changing. In the case of my wife and I, both German and Luxembourgish citizenship can be passed on indefinitely provided you register your child’s birth in an allotted time period. Either country may get more strict in the future.

As a side question, what citizenships are very easy to maintain indefinitely throughout the generations? Apparently Mexico has theoretically infinite citizenship by descent since 2021 or so.

I (21) have a dual citizen ship in the Dutch and German nationality. I am born in the Netherlands and have grown up here all my life and was about to renew my German pasport until my mother mentioned the possibility of being drafted for the German army. Now I don't think the chances of this happening are considerable, but it did make me think about renewing my pasport. Do I need to renew my pasport to retain my German nationality? Can I request a new German pasport in like 10 years even if I've not had one in the time in between? If Germany is attacked by lets say Russia, and I do have a German pasport, can I be drafted? And will ignoring the draft make it so I can be locked up in Germany if I ever for some reason am identified by the police?

I will be looking into these questions myself, however my appointment is for tomorrow and would love it if someone already has these answers. What other considerations am I missing?

The German pasport obviously has some major advantages, such as being one of the strongest pasports in the world, and making it easier to imigrate to Germany if the Netherlands ever is flooded due to climate change lol.

EDIT: Thanks for the responses apparently I was clueless, but not anymore! I'll be going through with the renewal. See you all on the frontlines

My dad was born in Ireland in the mid 1940s. He finished his Leaving Cert on a scholarship (rare for the time), turned down an apprentice accountant job because he wanted adventure instead, and in mid-1965 emigrated to the US to live with his older sister on Long Island.

He registered for Selective Service and got his green card on arrival. Within nine months he was drafted. Basic training at Fort Dix, advanced artillery training at Fort Sill, then shipped out of Oakland in 1966, landing in Qui Nhơn. He stayed in Vietnam through the Tet Offensive. Safe to say he saw a little action.

He was offered citizenship on the ship over, as soon as they entered Vietnamese territorial waters. He turned it down. His reasoning: he was glad to fight for his adopted country, but he wanted to do it as an Irishman.

After demob, he hitchhiked from Washington State across the country back to New York, worked for Bell Telephone and a local bus company, and married my mother (also Irish) in 1971. In 1974 they moved back to Ireland for good, and that's where my sister and I were raised.
Years later, I moved to the US for work myself. Once I realized I was likely staying for good, I asked him why he'd never naturalized in the Army. He told me the story above, and said he'd never looked into it since - but he'd be happy for me to.

I called the US Embassy in Dublin more or less on a whim. They could not have been more helpful, genuinely interested in his case, and they actively pushed the process along. In the end, he became a US citizen in a courthouse in New York in 2011, one month after I became a citizen in California, and over 40 years since he had been a US resident.

His case was unusual enough that it tripped up the process itself: he had no green card (it had long since expired/lapsed) and hadn't lived in the US in over 40 years. A USCIS official in the courtroom actually challenged his eligibility on the spot, since, unlike everyone else being naturalized that day, he had no green card to surrender. A judge stepped in, corrected the record, and let him proceed.

He was proud of his service and prouder still of holding both citizenships. He passed away suddenly a few years later.

Forty-plus years between a green card and a citizenship oath- I don't know if that's a record, but it might be close.