There is only one country that gives a flying shit about where your great-grandma allegedly came from, and that’s Israel. For every other country you’re not figuring out any options, you’re cosplaying.
Edit: There are actually more countries that care about where your grandma was from. 17 to be exact, but some are more equal than others, some of those have more conditions put upon, and some just need you to be descendant of emigrants.
This is not true. I personally acquired citizenship of Lithuania for example, solely because my grandmother was born there and left during Soviet occupation (as many did). I speak no Lithuanian, have no other connection to the country, and have never even been there.
Yeah, I stand corrected, there is slightly more than one country like that. Doesn’t really changes much since there is not a lot of those countries, but yeah, technically I was wrong.
It’s not quite the same, but I know someone who acquired Italian citizenship because their grandparents were Italian/had Italian citizenship. They don’t even speak Italian.
Italy has recently changed their requirements and now language proficiency and residency are required. But yes, up until very recently heritage was mostly enough.
If it means we can get citizenship somewhere else and get out… you’re offended by us figuring out our options? Oh how inconsiderate of us
There is only one country that gives a flying shit about where your great-grandma allegedly came from, and that’s Israel. For every other country you’re not figuring out any options, you’re cosplaying.
Edit: There are actually more countries that care about where your grandma was from. 17 to be exact, but some are more equal than others, some of those have more conditions put upon, and some just need you to be descendant of emigrants.
This is not true. I personally acquired citizenship of Lithuania for example, solely because my grandmother was born there and left during Soviet occupation (as many did). I speak no Lithuanian, have no other connection to the country, and have never even been there.
Yeah, I stand corrected, there is slightly more than one country like that. Doesn’t really changes much since there is not a lot of those countries, but yeah, technically I was wrong.
ITT: confidently incorrect people who can’t take 5 seconds to do an internet search, lol.
It’s not quite the same, but I know someone who acquired Italian citizenship because their grandparents were Italian/had Italian citizenship. They don’t even speak Italian.
Italy has recently changed their requirements and now language proficiency and residency are required. But yes, up until very recently heritage was mostly enough.