Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There has been a big debate going on here about this, though now it is more or less settled that dual citizenship would be allowed. In the meantime non - citizens of Indian origin have been issued a PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) card, which entitles them to practically all benefits, including entry as a resident, i.e. without visas (which is usually all people want), except that they are not allowed to vote. Cheers Jayanand On Jan 12, 2008 4:28 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > At that time, Sweden didn't allow it either. > > But Sweden was eventually simply forced to. > > There were so many people like me living here. Me = "other > citizenship" married to a Swedish citizen. > > So my children are automatically Swedish citizens (because their > mother is and they were born here). > > I applied for visa for them so we could all visit my family in the US > and the US Embassy said: "no way. They are American citizens and > therefore they must enter the US on a US passport." > > So even if Sweden did not allow active dual citizenships, there was a > whole chunk of the populations being born into dual citizenships. > > So around 2000 or 2001 (can't remember) Sweden decided to quite > requiring new citizens to renouce their previous citizenship. I waited > a year or so to make sure the whole thing wasn't a trick (I am > paranoid by nature) and ended up applying. It made it so much easier > since I was involved in so many EU research projects at the time. > > Daniel > > > On Jan 12, 2008 11:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > > Hi Jayanand, > > > > I am not Daniel, but I am in a similar situation; I have dual US and > > Polish citizenship. The US generally permits this, so whether it is > > possible or not depends on whether the other country does--for > > example, Denmark does not (that is how I lost my Danish citizenship, > > when I became a US citizen in 1987). > > > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > > > On 12-jan-2008, at 10:39, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > > > Daniel, > > > Would you have dual citizenship, or would you have to surrender > > > your US > > > citizenship? > > > Cheers > > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Jan 12, 2008 2:31 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Yep, and Philippe has just summed up why I decided to apply for > > >> Swedish citizenship. > > >> > > >> I wanted to be a citizen of the EU and for me, Belgium represents > > >> what > > >> I would like the EU to be. > > >> > > >> Daniel > > >> > > >> > > >> On Jan 12, 2008 7:57 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> > > >> wrote: > > >>> Philippe has just summed up some of the reasons why I think that of > > >>> all the countries where I have lived, I consider Belgium to have the > > >>> best overall quality of life (I have not yet lived in Spain long > > >>> enough to include it in the comparison). > > >>> > > >>> Nathan > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 12-jan-2008, at 2:54, Philippe Orlent wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I ?m Belgian, and the essence of that is a kind of 'intuitive > > >>>> western polyglotness': linguisticly we have Indogerman, but also > > >>>> Southern European influences, both very often combined with a > > >>>> classic education (intensive Latin and Greek). It's quite unique > > >>>> really. So we might have ridiculous jurisdiction, a laugheable > > >>>> government, an opportunistic nature, and whatever other city myth, > > >>>> but in languages we do excell. And in cuisine ofcourse ;-) > > >>>> Anyways. > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> Nathan Wajsman > > >>> nathan@nathanfoto.com > > >>> General photography: > > >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com > > >>> http://www.greatpix.eu > > >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > > >>> Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > nathan@nathanfoto.com > > General photography: > > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >