I Can NEVER Get This Citizenship

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Citizenship by descent (CBD) can be a great way to delve deep into your family history and unravel all of its mysteries. In this video, Mr Henderson will tell you all there is to know about CBD and its benefits, as well as how and where you can obtain your second passport through your family.

00:00 Start
00:31 Citizenship by Descent
1:41 Lithuanian Citizenship
4:55 Collecting Documents
6:18 Criteria for Flexibility
9:03 Benefits of an Additional Passport

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[alecmally]

Consuls and former US Consuls (like me) really dislike your approach to buying citizenship. Glad you didn't get what you want, since you are truly all about exploitation. Like your videos, sometimes actually informative when you arent dumping on the US of A.

[philipde]

Having just received Italian citizenship by descent I agree fully with Andrew..the emotional connection alone was worth all the time and pain I went through. It’s priceless ..

[SMG]

Andrew, thank you for this video! It was a profound wish of mine to obtain Colombian citizenship by decent. I remember when I got my Colombian passport I was so proud. Now I have reconnected with my family and roots and am living in the country of my ancestors. I couldn’t be happier. There is definitely that sense of belonging and being home. Bless you and the work you all do to educate us!

[dovoso]

Thank you so much ! This video saved me a LOT of hassle. My Jewish mother was born in Vilnius in 1915 and I was curious about their citizenship by decent program. Your grandfather [ and my mother ] were lucky to leave in time. Only 0.5% of Lithuanian Jews survived WW2 .

[homyce]

I was born in Lebanon to a Lebanese mother, and I needed a visa to visit the country, let alone having my own Lebanese passport, until I got my Canadian passport (the irony) because many countries in that forsaken part of the world don't allow women to pass their citizenship to their children, let alone to their great grandchildren as in your case.

[nonst]

I’m sorry that happened. I’m planning to get Irish citizenship via my grandparents and that connection to my heritage has always meant a great deal to me. Don’t let that aspect stop you from enjoying fully your heritage. Governments don’t control who we are.

[Caroline-Horvath-Rivera]

Wow, this is so incredible. My story is very similar to yours. I reached out to your team a few weeks ago. We were emailing but never heard back from them. I’ll try again to connect.
I so enjoy your YouTube channel. It make me feel excited and optimistic about moving forward with what I’m trying to do.
Thank you 😊

[jsbarto]

Andrew, from your story about your Lithuanian grandparents, they most likely left the area in late 1915 or early 1916, two years before Lithuania, in February 1918, became an independent country from the Russian Empire. So, if you wanted to go down that rabbit hole, you could research gaining Russian citizenship. If they left later on, in 1938 or 1939, just before the Soviet Union annexed the Baltic States in 1940 during WW2, then I guess the present government's denial of your citizenship-by-decent application was an arbitrary decision based on their possible Jewish ethnicity...

[gerardoav]

Andrew, your light green marker is almost invisible. Use black, navy blue or dark green instead.

[searlearnold]

I would consider regaining my South African citizenship (we became Canadian in the 70's), but South Africa is leaning socialist to the point I could see them enacting US style worldwide taxation to rescue their failed financial state. I'm out and I'm not getting dragged back in. Leaving Canada for South Africa would be like jumping out of the pot, into the fire.

[profeagayu]

Andrew, thanks for sharing this. It was very interesting and touching. As a black American, I really wish there were citizenship by descent options by distant relatives from around the world. In absence of these options, I moved out of the country and will gain citizenship through naturalization.

[JanMuench]

Cool video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her

[IamChevalier]

Great info...
Piece of advice - you are using a green marker on a whiteboard - no one can see it.
Use either a black, red or blue marker - or some other darker color.
I kept struggling to see the board...
Might be nit-picking - but, the idea is to share content - helps if your audience can see it.

[benjaminellert]

I watched this video we got our Lithuanian citizenship back after 9 month, my late fother was Lituanian citizen, you must fullfill certain laws to get it back and also supply the right documents from the Lithuanian archive, in my case they found his old passport from 1938 and also documents about his military service in Lithuania back in 1931, and also citizenship certificate of my grandparents and other family members, but I had to prove with certificates from our internal ministry confirmed by our tribunale and our forgein ministry that my fother is the same man who left Lithuania in 1933.

[sandienochs]

My wife and I tried to emigrate to England and after booking a session with an immigration attorney was told, no possible way. We are older with a good pension and our own health insurance. We ask nothing from anyone. We now are residents of Portugal.

[Mtnshell]

Thanks for sharing this personal journey

[BeaMangar]

Thank you Andrew and Nomad Capitalist team for this video - great of you for listening to us and not making us dizzy with crazy fast editing. The stuff here is already interesting so there’s no need for “fancy edits or transitions”. You have my attention for the level of info. ❤

[ajc-ffcm]

Italys rules seem straightforward, but have a couple of weird gotchas. You can claim Italian citizenship if your ancestor didn’t renounce before the next generation was born. So if your parent/grandparent was born in the US before the Italian citizen was naturalized in the US, Italian citizenship can still be claimed. The other weird part is that Italian citizenship doesn’t apply to spouses the same way as descendants. Spouses need to meet a language and residency (I think) requirement before they can claim citizenship.

[lindabiegenwald]

My husband can trace his ancestry back and with documents to Hungry, Germany, and Holland. I can trace back to and with documents also to Lithuania, France England and Scotland. Our combined family stories are interesting, but my husband and I really don't want duel citizenship. But I do wish those who want this all the best of luck and happiness in their persute.

[jsbarto]

I was able to begin to properly document my Irish descent 25 years ago via my maternal grandfather, who was born in Ulster in 1886, when it was still part of Ireland. Doing what I needed to do myself back then was pretty straightforward, with a minimal lag time between sending documents by snail mail, and getting updates, and then getting my Irish passport for the first time in early 2000 at the Irish Embassy in Washington, DC. I'm glad I went through the process then, before the rush. I'm definitely considering getting a 3rd and maybe 4th passport given the political landscape...renouncing is another issue, given that I would most likely be giving up my military pension along with social security if I were to renounce...