FAQ: Are you collecting citizenships

It might seem like that, but no. I started all this in the fall of 1999 when I called the five embassies. My father is half Russian and a quarter Irish and Scottish. My mother is half Romanian and half German.

I called all five of these embassies and found out that if my father had become Irish before I was born, I could become Irish. Since that didn't happen, I was out of luck. The Russian, UK, and German one were all out as well, because my great grandparents were born there.

However, I saw a light due to my mom and grandfather being born in Romania. My grandmother lived there for over 20 years. At that time, she was considered to be a Romanian citizen because she married a Romanian. My grandmother left on a Romanian passport and my aunt and my mom were on her passport.

In 1999, I didn't know about the EU or anything like that. I just wanted to get citizenship because it was part of my heritage.

The issues with Romanian citizenship have come and gone over the years, but I'd still like to get Romanian citizenship. The other citizenship are far removed, as far as my great grandparents. However, Romanian citizenship comes from my mom and I'd like it to continue with me. I'm not sure that I could move to Romania and work there, but it's nice that the option is there for me and my husband to go there. We'd like to go to the EU, but I think my husband would need to live in Romania first. I think the best thing is that I'd be able to give my children the chance to live, work, or study in the EU. The EU Freedom of Movement has made it easier as well. If you're married to an EU citizen, you can live, work, or study just about anywhere in the EU.

Peruvian citizenship came about due to marriage.



Anyways, the long and short of it is that I'm not collecting citizenships. Things have just happened this way.

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Became Peruvian and putting Romanian citizenship on hold

Just wanted to let people know that my quest to get citizenship has been temporarily put on hold. We both need a break.

I got Peruvian citizenship through marriage, took 3 months of running around to various govt offices and they gave me another last name. So I'm frantically running all over the place trying to change my name on our flat and car so that we can sell them. Ironically, I got Peruvian citizenship and still don't have Romanian. We thought it'd be so easy since my mom was born there.

There were a couple reasons that I became Peruvian. First and foremost, I figured that Peru has taken so much away from me, the least it could do is give me citizenship. Another reason was because I was sick of getting all the documents needed to renew my residency and pay the foreigner tax and go to immigration 3 or 4 times a year. Lastly, my husband and I have property there and I'd like to protect it. If something happens to my husband, I figure it'd be easier to handle the paperwork if I were Peruvian.

I'm hoping to resume paperwork for Romania in August. I am will fight this for what it's worth. I've put kids on hold in the hopes of getting citizenship.

Be sure to read about what has happened so far. You can find everything in the quick summary of dates.

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