Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca...
by GoOnThenDoTell on Sunday February 21, 2021 @01:03AM
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The US has one federal gov though, so you have less choices about entry requirements. All the EU counties have different citizenship requirements, but once you get one you can live in any
Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca...
by klipt on Sunday February 21, 2021 @01:08AM
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Yes, which leads to weird situations like Malta selling EU citizenship to anyone with money.
Imaging if the Alabama state government could sell US citizenships and pocket all the proceeds themselves! Definitely creates weird incentives.
Of course there is less cultural diversity than the EU - but the uniformity of law and culture makes moving between states even easier than the EU.
For example a green card holder can reside one year in each of five different states and that will count as the 5 years residence necessary to naturalize as a US citizen. If an EU permanent resident moves between countries like that, they'll never stay long enough in any one country to gain citizenship.