joaoaraujo 2mo

I think Guyana and Suriname are crazy. I'm from Brazil, it's a neighboring country to these two countries, and I've never seen anyone comment on them in my life. Nothing is in the newspaper, and even less so, my parents, who are over 45 years old, have never heard of them.

These countries are very forgotten, practically invisible on the map.

franlitvay 1mo

People talk a lot about citizenship by descent in the EU...

But have you already looked into Citizenship by Descent in South America?

I've personally met SONS of South Americans born abroad who didn't know they were leaving a Mercosur passport on the table

Citizenship by Descent is available up to:

🇦🇷 Argentina: Parents
🇧🇴 Bolivia: Parents
🇧🇷 Brazil: Parents
🇨🇱 Chile: Grandparents
🇨🇴 Colombia: Parents
🇪🇨 Ecuador: Great-grandparents
🇵🇾 Paraguay: Parents
🇵🇪 Peru: Parents
🇺🇾 Uruguay: Grandparents
🇻🇪 Venezuela: Parents

If you have one of these, make sure you claim it before laws change! Glad to help

franlitvay 1mo

Here's a hard truth: "Jus Sanguinis" is NOT REAL

Your right to citizenship is mostly not about blood or ancestry, but rather:
- how early your ancestors moved
- how well organized they were with their documents (usually not much)

Take me for example:

37% iberian - no right to Spain/Portugal ❌
30% germanic - have it 🇦🇹✅
8% hungarian - have a right to it 🇭🇺✅

Why? My main genetic makeup is Portuguese. I can trace my Portuguese lineage directly to Azorean families all the way to the late 1700s.

However, since their immigration to Brazil was over a century and many generations ago, no right in Portugal 🇵🇹😑

On the other hand, my Austro-Hungarian 🇦🇹🇭🇺 side of the family moved in after WW2. Since that's my grandpa (2 generations), I retained the right to both

I see this happen SO much with American clients of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, German, and French Ancestry. Often >80% of that single group, but don't have any rights at all

That's why I'm in favor of inpbhjaxukjx proposal for genetic citizenship. Establish a threshold to grant citizenship by genetic test - it is unfair for a 100% Irish descendant not be Irish just because his family moved a while ago.

I'm also in favor of outright removing generation caps for citizenship by descent, keeping the laws more flexible like Italy 🇮🇹

If you worry that there'll be many new citizens who don't care about the country, then add language + cultural tests to the process, but don't punish those with older roots by excluding them altogether

Europe 🇪🇺 has a great fertility crisis and faces demographic replacement. Why not incentivize the diasporas to come back to their ancestral homelands?

franlitvay 21d

Keep this in mind if Mercosur citizenship is a family goal:

In the Paraguayan 🇵🇾 Investor Residency (SUACE), ONLY the investor gets direct PR. Dependants get regular TR

In Brazil 🇧🇷, the dependants get the same status as the main applicant for whatever residency he applies

Paraguay is a great residency, but for citizenship, Brazil is superior in many aspects.

peterhorvath 20d

Interesting, thanks for sharing

peterhorvath 20d

Do you have update on this? Does this change passed or it still works "inna old way"?

franlitvay 20d

hasnt passed yet

franlitvay 18d

HEADS UP: ARGENTINIAN 🇦🇷 CITIZENSHIP TO GET HARDER

The Argentinian government is preparing a tougher immigration law with fewer requirements for deportation

‘Parameters would be set to make it less easy to obtain residence and to raise the requirements for access to citizenship,’ sources from the Government Palace hint

The vision of Milei's government is that the civil and federal courts ‘grant Argentine citizenship almost automatically, something that happens nowhere else in the world and that cannot continue to happen here’.

Source: https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-gobierno-prepara-una-ley-migratoria-mas-dura-con-los-que-ingresan-y-con-menos-requisitos-para-nid09032025/

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