Applying for 2nd Citizenship

[AustSerbKor]

During the pandemic, I started watching Nomad Capitalist videos on YouTube despite not being an 8 or 9 figure entrepreneur (yet, although I am leaving my run late.)

I decided to claim Serbian citizenship through my late father. It has been difficult to gather the required documents with notorisations, apostilles and translations. I was ready to go in March I sent everything to the translator and they returned it before Australia Post decided to send the Express documents from Cairns to Brisbane via Sydney and the Northern NSW floods.

I won't be posting the documents again, I am flying to Sydney on the 21st of June to lodge my application in person. Two weeks later I will be in Korea renewing my F5 visa (permanent residency) I lost due to being out of the country for more than 2 years.

If I can find an ancestor that was born in a part of Serbia that was Hungary, then Hungarian citizenship is on the cards too.

I'll apply for Korean citizenship last as a marraige migrant I am allowed to keep any citizenships I hold upon becoming Korean but taking any after that would cancel my Korean citizenship.

I can't justify the citizenship by investment options (alright afford would have been a better word) although Pakistan does have an interesting option that if you are from a Commonwealth country, deposit about AUD$40,000 into a Pakistani bank and visit Pakistan, you can get citizenship.

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but I wanted to let people know that multiple citizenship is possible and maybe inspire someone to look at their family tree. I guess I am also acknowledging that I won't be a Federal politician and better stick to the entrepreneurial plan.

 

[SydneySwan]

Many on AFF are dual nationals and some are triple, maybe more but most like myself are of the more traditional pairs of UK and AUS.

Your Serbia - Hungary - Korea is one of the more eclectic combinations. Good luck in pulling it off.

 

[Anna]

multiple citizenship is possible

Some combinations are possible, others are not.

Some citizenships are automatically lost if you take on another citizenship.

Some citizenships come with compulsory obligations like military service, and income tax or inheritance tax regardless of where you actually live.

 

[jb747]

I'm just imagining you in three different armies, fighting yourself.

 

[JohnK]

I'm a Greek and Australian citizen.

Married to a Thai national and a daughter born in Thailand I recently found out that I can apply for a Thai marriage visa that may lead to residency but not sure I want Thai citizenship.

No rush but I'm mainly interested in a way of obtaining a Thai driver's licence and the ability to stay longer than 30 days without paying for extended visas or visa runs.

 

[glasszon]

Dual citizenships are quite common, especially the AU/NZ combo.

In fact, if you apply to renew your NZ passport in Australia, you get a flyer with your new NZ passport saying it might be worth looking into getting AU citizenship and emphasised that you don't lose your NZ citizenship upon being a AU citizen.

I personally found it that having 2 passports is useful when you have to send 1 away for visa processing or passport renewal, but having more than 2 is generally an overkill and it's easy to lose track of all those passport expiry dates.

 

[jpp42]

although Pakistan does have an interesting option that if you are from a Commonwealth country, deposit about AUD$40,000 into a Pakistani bank and visit Pakistan, you can get citizenship.

Keep in mind this will cause great difficulties in travelling to India. Although it's not a given that your India visa would be denied, it will certainly be delayed by many weeks and could be denied with no explanation, despite your lack of "real" ties to Pakistan. I would expect as an entrepreneur, the ability to travel to India would be much more valuable than Pakistan.

 

[AustSerbKor]

Well, I applied for Serbian citizenship regained my Korean permanent residency and found out Hungary or Italy (not confirmed I have the ancestry) are off the table as my father became an Australian citizen before my birth which broke the citizenship chain even if it was still intact at his birth.

Now my only hope for an EU passport is if I get Serbian citizenship and Serbia joins the EU (not holding my breath) or if Scotland declares independence with citizenship laws similar to Ireland as my maternal great-grandparents were Scottish. There is also Malta's exceptional citizenship program but at over a million euros, that is not something I would go for even if I had the cash.

My wife is also recommending I wait until I am 60 to apply for Korean citizenship as she doubts I'd pass the test. Having said that Korea did well in the most recent passport ranking but I think visa-free entry to Vietnam is the only benefit I'd possibly use.

 

[Buzzard]

An old friend has Brazilian, British and Australian citizenship.
At one time I had 2 (AU/UK) but my sister couldn't get a passport from any country including the UK where she was born.

 

[zylian]

@AustSerbKor did you get your Serbian citizenship? I acquired mine the same way, and submitted my passport application at the consulate in Sydney yesterday.

 

[zig]

Australian/ British /Irish for me.

 

[AustSerbKor]

@AustSerbKor did you get your Serbian citizenship? I acquired mine the same way, and submitted my passport application at the consulate in Sydney yesterday.

Čestitam, yes I got my citizenship last year. I got my passport in about a month. I haven't had the chance to use my visa free access to China yet.

As my grandmother was born in Pancevo which was Hungary at the time. I could be eligible for Hungarian citizenship but I got some push back from the Hungarian consulate when I was angling to avoid the language test. I'm not sure if I'll start Hungarian lessons as my daughter could study university free in several EU countries even without an EU passport.

 

[zylian]

Congratulations. I hope I get my passport that quickly too. You won't get Hungarian citizenship without learning Hungarian, especially since you're likely to get a call from someone from the Hungarian government, not the embassy or consulate, to check your language ability any time after you apply. Serbia should be in the EU within the next decade anyway.