09

Oct

German parliament votes to get rid of fast-track citizenship

The Bundestag voted to get rid of a fast-track citizenship law put in place under the previous government led by center-left Social Democrat (SPD) Olaf Scholz. The vote passed with…

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07

Oct

Poland to unveil new citizenship rules by end of October

The Polish ministry's deputy head, Maciej Duszczyk, said the reforms will define a minimum length of stay in Poland - including for those of Polish descent - and introduce requirements…

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11

Apr

New German coalition to abolish 3-year citizenship path

The next German government consisting of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) alliance and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) will abolish a 3-year expedited path to citizenship…

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01

Apr

Italy tightens citizenship laws

Italy's government tightened its citizenship laws, preventing people from delving deep back into their family history to try to claim a much sought-after Italian passport. Under existing rules, anyone who…

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27

Jun

Germany’s new citizenship reform comes into force

More people are set to become German citizens as the government's new citizenship reforms came into effect on Thursday, June 27, 2024. The liberalization means Germany will, for the first time, allow…

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23

Jul

Russian oligarchs’ citizenship bids face scrutiny in Portugal

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is analysing the citizenship applications of two Russian oligarchs - one of whom is under U.S. sanctions, the government said late on Friday, as a law…

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28

Mar

EU seeks end to golden passport schemes, halt to sales of visas to Russians

BRUSSELS, March 28 (Reuters) - The European Commission called on EU governments on Monday to end national programmes to sell citizenship to investors, also known as golden passports schemes, and urged them…

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31

Mar

16,000 British acquired EU citizenship in 2018 – Eurostat

The number of UK citizens who acquired the citizenship of an EU member state in 2018 reached over 16,000, latest figures reveal, more than double the amount registered in 2016…

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31

Mar

Around 672,300 persons acquired citizenship of one of the 27 EU member states

In 2018, around 672,300 persons acquired citizenship of one of the 27 EU member states. In 2017 there 700,600 persons who acquired EU citizenship while in 2016 the figure stood…

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28

Sep

Denmark removes ‘silly’ requirement from citizenship application forms

A requirement for applicants for Danish citizenship to provide details of every single trip outside of the country for the last 12 years has been scrapped by the government. Since…

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15

Aug

Over 3,000 Britons have obtained Belgian citizenship since the Brexit referendum

Since voters in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum held in June 2016 3,454 British nationals living in Belgium have obtained Belgian citizenship. The…

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12

Jul

Trump backtracks on census citizenship data collection

US President Donald Trump on Thursday dropped a fight to put a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census — but ordered federal agencies to give the Commerce Department all records they…

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09

Jul

Malta issues 1,973 citizenships in 2017 – 464 to Russians, 342 to Saudi Arabians and 195 to British

In 2017, Malta issued 1,973 citizenship. This was stated in a Eurostat publication which shows that these included 464 Russians who qualified for citizenship, the majority through the citizenship investment…

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04

Apr

Germany to start removing citizenship of dual national terrorist fighters

Germany's cabinet has approved a change to the law allowing dual nationals to lose their citizenship if they fight for a foreign terrorist militia. The new law will not be…

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21

Jun

BREXIT – EU citizens living in the UK and their family members will need to apply to obtain a new UK immigration status

The UK Home Office has published much-awaited details of the settlement scheme for EU citizens after Britain exits the EU in March 2019. Under the deal, outlined on Thursday, EU…

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10

Apr

18% increase in number of people who acquired EU citizenship

Eurostat data on those who acquired European Citizenship show that in 2016, 994 800 people obtained citizenship of an EU-28 Member State, a increase of 18 % compared with 2015. This increase occurred after…

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