how do I get portuguse citizenship if I cannot prove my ancesters were portuguese?
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Contact your local embassy, they should be able to help you.
697376
I guess you mean The Republic Cape Verde or in Portuguese--Cabo Verde.  For more details on Portuguese colonization please refer to Wikipedia--Cape Verde. Good Luck!
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youi will have to go through a process just like the states to prove the marriage isnt a sham and I dont think england has dual citizenship which means that you'll only become a british citizen if you give up your u.s one
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You are entitled to US citizenship if he was naturalized before you were born.  Otherwise, you could have gotten a US immigrant visa if he petitioned for you, but the petition would have been automatically invalidated by his death.\n\nSorry.
425823
ok now I don't know where you reside, but let's assume that you're in a country where they allow dual citizenship.  \n\nItaly allows anybody who has Italian bloodties to become an Italian citizen even though you have never set foot in the country.  My best advise would be to call or e-mail your local Italian embassy to get all the details.  I found some interesting websites that could help you determine whether you are eligible to Italian Citizenship.
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It is very difficult to obtain french citizenship if you are not "french" (i.e. by blood).  Generally, foreigners must first be residents.  Then, there is an extremely difficult (some would say impossible) test that has a zillion questions about french culture and history.  Needless to say, they will ask you about random tv shows, music, comic books and other obscure french pop trivia.  GOOD LUCK!
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since you have written all above in your answer to me ,i erased all to have room to write you back ;\nunless there is a new law in Britain ? you should be entiled to French nationality trough # jus sanguinis # right of which nationality or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born of a parent National of that state .\ntheses below are the countries who allow dual citizenships :\n\nCountries Which Allow Dual Citizenship\n\nBangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, El Salvador, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan*, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, South Africa*, Spain (only in certain cases), Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tonga (only in certain cases), Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Western Samoa. \nand here is the French Embassy in London \nhttp://consulfrance-londres.org/article.php3?id_article=265\n\nyour mother has to have original birth certificate from her birth place ,usually less than 3 months old ....\nfather needs original birth certificate as well ........\nget her to get her mariage license registered first , in order for the births certificates to still be valid .\n\nand to answer your question above ?: yes , your mother HAS to have French Nationality in order for you for be recognized as such .........\nand this can be done trough the French Embassy in London .\nhope all is okay ........\ni'll come back again to see if you got this message , altough i think you surely came back ))
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Dando's answer is funny.\n\n#1 Were you born there or in UK territories?\n\n#2 Were your parents born there or in UK territories?\n\n#3 Are you in the country without working papers or visas and not as a tourist?
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It depends on South African laws, I suppose you can. In most countries, when at least one of the parents was born there, their  children are automatically citizens of that country. Just like in my case. I was born in the US, my parents were born in Brazil. I have dual citizenship. One American passport, one Brazilian passport. I go back and forth without needing a visa. Soon I will have a third citizenship and passport when the process is finalized...my great grandparents went from Italy to Brazil. Italian law says that up to 3 generations down,or kids, grandkids, and great grand kids of Italians born outside Italy have a right to Italian citizenship. Check up on the SA laws... good luck.
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I think U may find all the informations U need at thier official site,\nwww.realmadridfc.com\nalso U can send mails to the magment of the clup askin' about wt U wanna to know.They will give U it\nGood luck\n:)
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You must be a citizen of one of the Commonwealth countries (ie, your country must have been exploited by the English back in the day and not been angry enough to kick them out.) Then be selected by one of your contry's sport federations. Here's a list to help you out.\n\nAntigua and Barbuda \nAustralia \nBahamas \nBangladesh \nBarbados \nBelize \nBotswana \nBrunei Darussalam \nCameroon + \nCanada + \nCyprus \nDominica + \nFiji Islands \nGambia \nGhana \nGrenada \nGuyana \nIndia \nJamaica \nKenya \nKiribati \nLesotho \nMalawi \nMalaysia \nMaldives \nMalta \nMauritius + \nMozambique \nNamibia \nNauru \nNew Zealand \nNigeria \nPakistan \nPapua New Guinea \nSt. Kitts and Nevis \nSt. Lucia + \nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines \nSeychelles + \nSierra Leone \nSingapore \nSolomon Islands \nSouth Africa \nSri Lanka \nSwaziland \nTanzania \nTonga \nTrinidad and Tobago \nTuvalu \nUganda \nUnited Kingdom \nVanuatu + \nWestern Samoa \nZambia
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Try Wikipedia. I found the ethnicity of my last name from there.
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It exists, but it's in portuguese only, even because "a sufficient knowledge of the portuguese language" is a condition to be granted portuguese citizenship. Exceptions apply to those whose mother or father is portuguese and those who have been married to a portuguese citizen for at least 3 years.\n\nAnyone else, besides speaking portuguese, has to legally live in portuguese territory for at least 6 years (portuguese-speaking country nationals) or 10 years (nationals of other countries) and prove they have an affective bond to Portugal (no idea how, but I'm sure it's easier than it sounds!). Good luck!\n\nThe website: http://www.portaldocidadao.pt/PORTAL/entidades/MJ/MJU/pt/SER_atribuicao+de+nacionalidade+portuguesa.htm
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When in doubt...contact your local passport office to get the correct information...do not go by what people are saying or what you hear .....always confirm is with the government official...
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My daughter was born in England and had dual citizenship upon her birth. I had to send in the long form in order to change the citizenship to the one I wanted her to have.
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Contact your local immigration office.
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Some countries grant citizenship by birth. For example, if you are born in the USA, you are an American citizen, no matter if your parents are not.\n\nSome countries grant citizenship by blood. For example, if one of your parents is Spanish, you are considered Spanish. There is a well-known case of an American who went to Spain to visit relatives and was conscripted in the army because he was Spanish by parental blood.\n\nStateless citizens are something different. For instance, in Kuwait, they did a census around 1926 and another around 1951. If your family is not on the census, you were not Kuwaiti. However, they did not take a census of the Bedoun, who are nomadic Kuwaitis (Arabs - as Kuwaitis might argue they are "not" Kuwaiti) who live in the desert around Kuwait City proper. These Bedoun, though their ancestors have lived there for many years (or hundreds) are stateless. They do not have Kuwaiti citizenship and are not entitled to the benefits that Kuwaiti citizens get.\n\nI hope this helps put it in perspective.