Ireland 🇮🇪 Italy 🇮🇹are the places I can get citizenship to, but no jobs planned or connections. Netherlands 🇳🇱 Is where I could get a work visa pretty soon and know some family. Which do you choose and why?

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Get one of the EU citizenships and then you don't even need a work visa

    Go where you got connections but absolutely work one of the citizenship angles, you don't have to live in those places to get the passport assuming you're eligible by descent

    edit: it looks like Irish is generally easier than Italian but everything is going to depend on your individual circumstances

    • Kosh [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      You would ostensibly have to learn Italian to get citizenship, right?

      • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        No, not if you can prove Italian heritage. It's a complicated procedure with a lot of loopholes, but if you have like a grandmother who is an Italian citizen it's relatively straightforward to get Italian citizenship regardless of language proficiency.

      • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Don't know about Italy specifically but that's usually how it works when acquiring citizenship by naturalization. If you're eligible by birthright, though, different story.