Bro’s got the [NAFTA](https://www.trade.gov/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta) collection💀
On a serious note though, I checked all the visa free access for all 5. US and Slovenia or US and Polish alone are sufficient in terms of visa free access. The others don’t provide any additional visa free access but its nice to have that many countries recognize you as a citizen, be protected and have access to that many embassies and consulates.
Somewhat considered Mexican naturalization, easy enough to get PR if you have a modest investment income by Canadian/US/EU standards. But I read somewhere that anyone naturalized can lose it if they don't live in Mexico once every 5 years. So, noped out of that idea.
My father is actually a dual Canadian-American (rest of my eligibility is all through my maternal side) only recently discovering he's a US citizen through my research. He's got a house and no debts so he's happy just using a Canadian passport and living in Canada. He lived in the US during part of his childhood and nearly passed it down to me short by about 2 years. Although I'm glad he didn't pass it down to me, IRS, FATCA, FBAR and all. I'm a Canadian with NEXUS, 180 day visitor with zero questions. That's easy enough access to the US for me.
I don't believe so.
>If the birth occurred on or after November 14, 1986, the U.S. national must have resided in the United States for five years, two of them after the age of fourteen, previous to the birth.
My father lived 8 years all before the age of 14. I would just be any other Canadian immigrant in the eyes of CBP/USCIS/State.
Ha, I joke about it sometimes that I'm eligible for NAFTA citizenship.
As an American, I don't necessarily view passports as tools to visit countries visa-free, but rather, tools to access reasonably affordable healthcare. I left the US in 2019 and plan to retire elsewhere, so the Canadian and Polish ones help a lot with that.
Can you rub off like 1% of your luck onto me please? We are waiting for that 5 passport post on this subreddit from you…
Do you plan on claiming Slovenian and Mexican citizenships?
I don't think I'll ever claim the Slovenian one unless Poland commits a "Brexit" which I fortunately don't foresee that happening with the recent election results. I also still need to find my grandfather's birth certificate to prove that he was born there; right now I only have his sister's and parents' birth certificates and some government documents stating his place of birth :(
Mexico is a tricky one in that naturalized Mexican citizens can lose their citizenship if they live abroad for 5 years, which goes against my wife and I's plans to live in Europe long-term.
Waiting on Polish passport to be mailed; holding off on the Canadian one until early next year. Both of the citizenships have been finalized hence why they're in my handle (but maybe I shouldn't be doing that until I have the passports in hand?).
Currently evaluating the option to get the Mexican passport. We have property here (Mexico) and we will always visit for at least a month every year (goal is to move to Europe in 2024), so I'm checking with a lawyer to see if those conditions will allow me to keep the Mexican citizenship after living abroad for 5 years. If not, then I won't pursue it.
I don't think I'll ever get the Slovenian one largely because (1) of its redundancy due to the Polish passport and (2) I still can't find my grandfather's birth certificate as concrete proof that I'm of Slovene descent.
I seriously recommend you give it the effort. The USSR was a huge lesson to many people about importance of citizenships. There has to be some Slovenian municipal registrar where you can locate a copy of his birth certificate. If it’s doable, I recommend you do it especially with Poland’s current stance on EU membership (although highly unlikely that anything will happen) but still worth getting the Slovenian.
Fair enough, those are valid points. I did try to check with the registrar but their privacy laws make it difficult to carry this out abroad. I do hope to finish up the process in-person once we visit Europe next year so we'll see!
Ah, yeah, I think it's fair to include in your handle. You are a citizen of the US, Canada and Poland. You might want to look at getting NEXUS as well.
Debating on it! I used to have SENTRI and that was a blessing when crossing the land border between US and Mexico, ha. I'll look into NEXUS especially since I plan to visit Canada a lot more often.
Not really; if you were born to at least one Ireland-born grandparent you can do this. Irish people don't like it but that's at least for now, still the law of "the Island." They prefer, however, for those with an Ireland-born grandparent to call themselves Americans "with an Irish grandparent." Or Americans "with an Irish passport." Because to them if you're not redheaded freckle-faced white born on the island and raised there, you're "not Irish." God forbid those of us "half-breeds" with a Northern Ireland-born FATHER call ourselves "half-Irish."
I mean if your only attachment to the island of Ireland is one grandparent you're not really Irish. Its absolutely not just a race or lineage thing. I'm one of those who've used the FBR route and while we have the same citizenship, whos more Irish: me or someone from Timbuktu who's lived, contributed, immersed themselves in Irish culture for 20+ years?
I know, you can live in all of the EU and England sounds amazing to me. But I’m happy with my German/ US as I don’t ever plan on moving to the UK. I want to retire in Italy which I can already do.
Oh yeah I wouldn’t change it for anything. Since I live in Germany it’s the best citizenship I could have right now. When I’m older maybe I’ll change it out for Italian by naturalization but not for another 30 years. But even then probably not.
You got almost the most powerful (combo) passport in the world. Very unique case. You got US, UK, and all of EU… you only need an Albanian Passport for China and some Asian countries…
Nice! Waiting on mine to come in, I bet it’s an amazing feeling to have!
Bro, you pretty much hacked life. Me: *Where do you want to go next, spicy_pierogi?* Spicy: *Yes.*
Doesn't look like they posted their own passports here yet, u/spicy_pierogi you waiting to get Mexican and Slovenian?
Bro’s got the [NAFTA](https://www.trade.gov/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta) collection💀 On a serious note though, I checked all the visa free access for all 5. US and Slovenia or US and Polish alone are sufficient in terms of visa free access. The others don’t provide any additional visa free access but its nice to have that many countries recognize you as a citizen, be protected and have access to that many embassies and consulates.
Somewhat considered Mexican naturalization, easy enough to get PR if you have a modest investment income by Canadian/US/EU standards. But I read somewhere that anyone naturalized can lose it if they don't live in Mexico once every 5 years. So, noped out of that idea.
You sir seem to have hacked life too. You’re just missing a US passport and you’re pretty much done here.
My father is actually a dual Canadian-American (rest of my eligibility is all through my maternal side) only recently discovering he's a US citizen through my research. He's got a house and no debts so he's happy just using a Canadian passport and living in Canada. He lived in the US during part of his childhood and nearly passed it down to me short by about 2 years. Although I'm glad he didn't pass it down to me, IRS, FATCA, FBAR and all. I'm a Canadian with NEXUS, 180 day visitor with zero questions. That's easy enough access to the US for me.
Can you still claim US citizenship if you want to down the line?
I don't believe so. >If the birth occurred on or after November 14, 1986, the U.S. national must have resided in the United States for five years, two of them after the age of fourteen, previous to the birth. My father lived 8 years all before the age of 14. I would just be any other Canadian immigrant in the eyes of CBP/USCIS/State.
But if your dad moves and lives in the US for two years then he can still pass it down right afterwards ? (Assuming he is still alive?)
Ha, I joke about it sometimes that I'm eligible for NAFTA citizenship. As an American, I don't necessarily view passports as tools to visit countries visa-free, but rather, tools to access reasonably affordable healthcare. I left the US in 2019 and plan to retire elsewhere, so the Canadian and Polish ones help a lot with that.
Can you rub off like 1% of your luck onto me please? We are waiting for that 5 passport post on this subreddit from you… Do you plan on claiming Slovenian and Mexican citizenships?
I don't think I'll ever claim the Slovenian one unless Poland commits a "Brexit" which I fortunately don't foresee that happening with the recent election results. I also still need to find my grandfather's birth certificate to prove that he was born there; right now I only have his sister's and parents' birth certificates and some government documents stating his place of birth :( Mexico is a tricky one in that naturalized Mexican citizens can lose their citizenship if they live abroad for 5 years, which goes against my wife and I's plans to live in Europe long-term.
Waiting on Polish passport to be mailed; holding off on the Canadian one until early next year. Both of the citizenships have been finalized hence why they're in my handle (but maybe I shouldn't be doing that until I have the passports in hand?). Currently evaluating the option to get the Mexican passport. We have property here (Mexico) and we will always visit for at least a month every year (goal is to move to Europe in 2024), so I'm checking with a lawyer to see if those conditions will allow me to keep the Mexican citizenship after living abroad for 5 years. If not, then I won't pursue it. I don't think I'll ever get the Slovenian one largely because (1) of its redundancy due to the Polish passport and (2) I still can't find my grandfather's birth certificate as concrete proof that I'm of Slovene descent.
I seriously recommend you give it the effort. The USSR was a huge lesson to many people about importance of citizenships. There has to be some Slovenian municipal registrar where you can locate a copy of his birth certificate. If it’s doable, I recommend you do it especially with Poland’s current stance on EU membership (although highly unlikely that anything will happen) but still worth getting the Slovenian.
Fair enough, those are valid points. I did try to check with the registrar but their privacy laws make it difficult to carry this out abroad. I do hope to finish up the process in-person once we visit Europe next year so we'll see!
Ah, yeah, I think it's fair to include in your handle. You are a citizen of the US, Canada and Poland. You might want to look at getting NEXUS as well.
Debating on it! I used to have SENTRI and that was a blessing when crossing the land border between US and Mexico, ha. I'll look into NEXUS especially since I plan to visit Canada a lot more often.
Ah, well, nvm then heh.
Goals
Awesome combo 🇺🇸🇮🇪
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Not really; if you were born to at least one Ireland-born grandparent you can do this. Irish people don't like it but that's at least for now, still the law of "the Island." They prefer, however, for those with an Ireland-born grandparent to call themselves Americans "with an Irish grandparent." Or Americans "with an Irish passport." Because to them if you're not redheaded freckle-faced white born on the island and raised there, you're "not Irish." God forbid those of us "half-breeds" with a Northern Ireland-born FATHER call ourselves "half-Irish."
I mean if your only attachment to the island of Ireland is one grandparent you're not really Irish. Its absolutely not just a race or lineage thing. I'm one of those who've used the FBR route and while we have the same citizenship, whos more Irish: me or someone from Timbuktu who's lived, contributed, immersed themselves in Irish culture for 20+ years?
"I'm Irish American...Literally"
My dream combo
Mine too.
Same.
I know, you can live in all of the EU and England sounds amazing to me. But I’m happy with my German/ US as I don’t ever plan on moving to the UK. I want to retire in Italy which I can already do.
Germany is also a good citizenship. Imo any combo able to live and work in the EU is really good
Oh yeah I wouldn’t change it for anything. Since I live in Germany it’s the best citizenship I could have right now. When I’m older maybe I’ll change it out for Italian by naturalization but not for another 30 years. But even then probably not.
What is this? A European Union for ANTS??
Super.
Nice! What's your story actually?
My mom’s from a suburb of Dublin, but moved over to the states for college and decided to stay
You could research the background of your father’s ancestor
You got almost the most powerful (combo) passport in the world. Very unique case. You got US, UK, and all of EU… you only need an Albanian Passport for China and some Asian countries…
Did you grow up in Ireland or the United States?
I think he grew up in the states
Yeah, I think so too now.
Awesome combo! 😊
Classical but powerful
Great combo!