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Oh yes, they do if the other nationality is from the EU.global gypsy wrote:Germany does not allow dual citizenship.
For anyone following this thread: it turns out that 3 yrs isn't even close to reality. There are lots of gotchas. I was quite mislead by Belgium's short residency requirement for naturalization.
It turns out that getting a resident ID card and a residency visa is not "residency", and time in the country with those documents counts for nothing toward naturalization. One must live in a country as a temporary resident for 5 years before applying for permanent residence. Only then does the time count toward naturalization.
So if I finally understand this correctly, after all the confusion, it really takes 8 years to get Belgian citizenship (5 yrs to get permanent residence, and another 3 as a permanent resident to apply for citizenship). At that point, odds are that the applicant will be rejected anyway*.
* I just read that a PhD who spoke Flemish applied for citizenship, and was denied (despite language not being required), suggesting how unlikely it is to acquire parliamentary approval. (ref: http://www.immigrationboards.com/old...opic_id=000253 )
I've read is that you can be almost guaranteed Belgian citizenship "by way of declaration" if you are a permanent resident for 7 years (for a total of 12?). The catch there is that there is an age constraint, such that if you enter Belgium after turning 18 or 19, you don't qualify.
Am I right? It's difficult to find a definitive source on this.
What if someone was born in the UK as British Citizen to Polish parents? Is s/he also Polish? I don't want my kids loose British Citizenship by optaining Polish passport.dalebutt wrote:most of the country listed dual citizen is not allowed is incorrect, you can have dual citizenship in the Netherlands that am sure about and almost all EU15 accept dual citizenship