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Owning A Passport Of A Country You've Never Been In

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  • #52
    pseudofax
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 60 ✭✭pseudofax


    Azures wrote: »
    Around 1990 they made a law where if you were entitled to a British citizenship, by being born before the Republic you had to sign a document to claim it - or let it go forever. It was very threatening for the Irish community in Britain at the time, given the politics. Now if you have Irish grandparents in Britain, you have to register the birth at the Irish embassy, to qualify for citizenship. If you are registered your children can also claim- but only up to Great grandparents. After that you are British!

    It's not that simple,

    Your parents who are citizens by descent, not from otherwise then by descent from the grandparent must also have been resident inside the UK for at least three years before your birth if you were born outside the UK. The Brits have a very tight grasp on their citizenship claims. British citizenship law is extremely complex, unlike Ireland, where even plastic paddies can avail of citizenship:D


  • #53
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    Azures wrote: »
    If you are registered your children can also claim- but only up to Great grandparents. After that you are British!

    i think that particular rule is that you can only claim irish citizenship as far bas as great grandparents, but if your parents claimed irish citizenship, and you claim irish citizenship, and your kids claim irish citizenship and their kids claim irish citizenship but the next generation doesnt, their kids can still claim it based on the fact that their grandparents were irish citizens, and the cycle continues. from what ive read up on it, it only falls by the wayside so you can't claim it if it has lapsed for more than 3 generations prior to you. my understanding of it was that each subsequent generation can continue to claim it as long as theres no break of more than 3 generations


  • #54
    pseudofax
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 60 ✭✭pseudofax


    Helix wrote: »
    i think that particular rule is that you can only claim irish citizenship as far bas as great grandparents, but if your parents claimed irish citizenship, and you claim irish citizenship, and your kids claim irish citizenship and their kids claim irish citizenship but the next generation doesnt, their kids can still claim it based on the fact that their grandparents were irish citizens, and the cycle continues. from what ive read up on it, it only falls by the wayside so you can't claim it if it has lapsed for more than 3 generations prior to you. my understanding of it was that each subsequent generation can continue to claim it as long as theres no break of more than 3 generations

    Irish citizenship can only be transmitted from one grandparent generation. Recursion down the line to the level of great, great, great grandparents and so on isn't allowed, despite Americans claiming to be Irish based on a distant relative.


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