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TLDR: Can my children have 3 citizenships/passports?
Background
In my mind I believe the idea of dual-citizenship, is an "agreement" between 2 countries, however this does not limit you from only having 2 citizenships.
I know that some countries you need to "ask" for and be granted permission before taking up another citizen (i.e. South Africa has this rule). I also believe minor's do not have to ask permission?
Anyhow, my children have South African & Italian (as I hold these), however we're in a position to apply for British citizenship too (we're more interested now due to brexit, previously not worried at all because of the EU treaty).
We've done the 5 years & have settled status, it's just a matter of applying at this point. We just want to understand the legalities/complexity around it.
P.s. Bonus points if someone can clear up the process for Adults too
Best Answer
Citizenship and passport are issued by a sovereign country. They are generally accepted as valid by other countries which recognize that country. It is the issuing country which has to decide if other citizenships are acceptable.
- Most countries have rules to give their citizenship to people at birth, either because of the citizenship of a parent or because of the place of birth.
- Most countries have rules to give their citizenship at a later stage, both to children and adults. Some have rules which require the new citizen to renounce all other citizenships. There may be exceptions for nationalities which make it difficult to renounce citizenship.
For instance, the child of a French citizen and a Spanish citizen born in the US would be a French, Spanish, and US citizen. If he later wants to become a German citizen, Germany would require him to renounce the US citizenship, but not other EU citizenships.
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What happens if I have 3 citizenships?
Is it illegal to have three passports? If your nation does not allow dual citizenship or more then yes it is illegal, unless you renounce that citizenship of course. If your nation allows dual citizenship or more then it is fully allowed and legal to have three passports.Can you hold more than 3 passports?
One individual can hold two, three, and sometimes even more citizenships and passports. If you pass through a naturalization process in some country, you should learn if legislation of that country allows dual citizenship or not. So, before making a decision to get second citizenship you should study the given issue.Can you hold 3 citizenships us?
A person can have more than one citizenship, all depending on where they are from and what countries they obtain citizenship for. Americans are allowed to have dual citizenship, even though the U.S. legislation does not exactly encourage this status.Can you have 3 different citizenships?
Yes, you may hold citizenship in three countries. The same rules apply as for dual citizenship \u2014 not every country allows for multiple citizenships, so you would need to check whether your country of origin permits triple citizenship.Traveling with two passports - I almost got arrested | Jure Sanguinis Italian Dual Citizenship
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Answer 2
I reckon they can have. I have a friend of mine whose father is from Australia, his mom is British and he was born in Canada.
He has three passports from each country and the only problem he used to have is getting stopped in airports for further control but when he updated his passports to biometric, he never gets any suspicious looks from border control.
In a nutshell, it's possible to get multiple citizenship but it's not very common that's why it may attract attention.
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