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Originally Posted by spdrun
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Actually, depends on the individual country's law -- there's no such thing as EU citizenship, only citizenship in an EU state which conveys certain rights in other member states under the Schengen treaty.
Poland, for example, recognizes citizenship via line of descent regardless of dual citizenship. (Unless dual citizenship was acquired before 1950.)
On the other hand, in Slovakia, if the grandparents took foreign citizenship at any time, they renounced their Czechoslovak citizenship since dual citizenship isn't recognized. Meaning that citizenship won't convey to the grandchild.
Germany also changed their law for children born outside of Germany after 2000 -- they need to be registered with the embassy before a certain age for citizenship to convey.
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Thanks for the information. I had read that information about Spain in a newspaper article about how Cubans are using it as a way to flee Cuba by obtaining Spanish citizenship if their grandparents had migrated to Cuba......I assumed it was true of all countries in the EEU.
My wife registered our kids with the Japanese embassy in Los Angeles when they were born so that they have dual citizenship. It is a great benefit to them when they visit Japan, as it entitles them to attend public school and enroll in the national Japan health care system for coverage. Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship past the age of 18, when they'll be forced to choose one or the other.
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