Re:Interpol issues 'red notice' for Carlos Ghosn's arrest
by icebraining on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:37PM
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Are you really automatically a citizen? In the countries I'm familiar with, lineage might grant you the right to citizenship, but you still have to request it.
Re:Interpol issues 'red notice' for Carlos Ghosn's arrest
by Scoundreller on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:00PM
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Based on my interpretation, yes, automatic.
The lineage is direct: both parents are citizen’s of that country’s successor.
But maybe it’s more discretionary in reality.
There’s always people willing to give you a hard time even if you’re in the right.
At least in Canada I know how to waste a lot of their time in return.
Re:Interpol issues 'red notice' for Carlos Ghosn's arrest
by samat on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:35PM
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What you are describing sounds like a right for citizenship but not actual citizenship.
Re:Interpol issues 'red notice' for Carlos Ghosn's arrest
by Scoundreller on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:56PM
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Naw, the law says you acquire citizenship by being born to that country’s citizens.
It doesn’t say “can acquire”, just “acquires”.
Not unlike an American or Canadian born abroad to natural-born Americans or Canadians.
Getting denied boarding because I am a citizen.
By lineage, I’m a citizen of an EU country.
And the EU is launching a “not a visa but sounds a lot like a visa” travel authorization program for visa exempt passengers.
Q1 will probably be: are you a citizen of any of these EU countries?
Legally, I’ll be obligated to trace all this lineage back, through countries that no longer exist and get a lot of paperwork.
Presumably I can’t renounce said citizenship until I prove that I have it first...