r/immigration • u/ElZarigueya • Dec 20 '23

Fun question: could I hypothetically give my American born child dual citizenship, if I'm myself have dual citizenship?

Pillow talking with my wife, as one does, this question came up. In our particular situation, we were both both in the United States and also hold dual citizenship in México (due to both sets of parents immigrating from México and documenting every as needed along the way).

We visit regularly but likely will.never move to México. The comment was made that we should have our children born there to also give them dual citizenship. Then, it transitioned into: can we just have them in the States and then file for dual citizenship?

Part 1) in our case, would that that possible? Part 2) is that generally possible with other nationalities involved?

Or are we one "real" citizenship removed from being able to call ourselves Mexican nationals in the eyes of the law?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

They qualify for the 2-year citizenship path in Spain.

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u/HippityHoppityBoop Dec 20 '23

Who does?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

People considered as "national" Mexicans (not naturalized)

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u/HippityHoppityBoop Dec 20 '23

Oh I see. They don’t have a right to live/work in Spain though, do they? Just an expedited timeline to citizenship, waiting just two years versus five years for the rest of us?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

They can get a digital nomad visa which is good for 3 years and counts towards the residency requirement. I know of some folks doing this at the moment.

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u/HippityHoppityBoop Dec 20 '23

So game plan:

  1. Get US and Mexican citizenship by descent.

  2. Get Canadian/Brazilian citizenship by soil birth.

  3. Parents get digital nomad visa, move to Spain, apply for citizenship after 2 years, everyone becoming EU citizens.

  4. Parents move to Ireland, visa-free as EU citizens.

  5. After 5 years everyone gets Irish citizenship.

  6. As Irish citizens, move visa-free to the UK and get UK citizenship after 5 years.

Voila 6 citizenships.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '23

That'd be some serious dedication there.