Using Dominican citizenship to obtain Spanish citizenship

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Alltimegreat

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For anyone looking to obtain citizenship of an EU country (in order to work at the EU for example), Spain is an interesting option.
Natural born citizens of former Spanish colonies are eligible to apply for Spanish citizenship after only two years of residency in Spain.
I met a Spanish government employee recently and mentioned this situation to him and that I have Dominican citizenship. He encouraged me to obtain Spanish citizenship.
He said the laws in Spain are rarely enforced as written. He doubts the enforcement of the "natural born" requirement and said it would be possible to continuing living elsewhere during the two-year residency period.
Does anyone have experience with this?
 
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Silly question. If true, i wonder if it would work for a dominican born who also already has US citizenship. Can you have three?
Alltimegreat said:
For anyone looking to obtain citizenship of an EU country (in order to work at the EU for example), Spain is an interesting option.
Natural born citizens of former Spanish colonies are eligible to apply for Spanish citizenship after only two years of residency in Spain.
I met a Spanish government employee recently and mentioned this situation to him and that I have Dominican citizenship. He encouraged me to obtain Spanish citizenship.
He said the laws in Spain are rarely enforced as written. He doubts the enforcement of the "natural born" requirement and said it would be possible to continuing living elsewhere during the two-year residency period.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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Luperon said:
Silly question. If true, i wonder if it would work for a dominican born who also already has US citizenship. Can you have three?
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Not need for Spanish since American is more powerful citizenship.
 
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bachata said:
Not need for Spanish since American is more powerful citizenship.
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What if the US / Dominican citizen wanted to work in Spain?

Dont ask why as i already have.
 
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A US citizen cannot spend more than 3 months in Spain in any one year period.
 
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SKY said:
A US citizen cannot spend more than 3 months in Spain in any one year period.
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Wow. Never heard that. I wonder why. Can a US citizen stay longer if they get a work visa? Are they hard to get?
 
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Luperon said:
Wow. Never heard that. I wonder why. Can a US citizen stay longer if they get a work visa? Are they hard to get?
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I assume if you get a work Visa it is different. I am talking about visiting as a tourist.
 
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Alltimegreat said:
For anyone looking to obtain citizenship of an EU country (in order to work at the EU for example), Spain is an interesting option.
Natural born citizens of former Spanish colonies are eligible to apply for Spanish citizenship after only two years of residency in Spain.
I met a Spanish government employee recently and mentioned this situation to him and that I have Dominican citizenship. He encouraged me to obtain Spanish citizenship.
He said the laws in Spain are rarely enforced as written. He doubts the enforcement of the "natural born" requirement and said it would be possible to continuing living elsewhere during the two-year residency period.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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https://www.libertaddigital.com/esp...-obtener-la-nacionalidad-espanola-1276591547/

He is right, two years of residency. Now how obtain your residency, that is one point. The second is it is only for born citizens of ex-colonies.
 
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, but your response doesn't really address the core issue here, which is whether the natural born Dominican citizen requirement is actually enforced.
 
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6,606 cases of Dominicans obtaining Spanish citizenship.

There is no mention of whether the restriction of the reduced residency requirement offered to "natural born" citizens of former colonies is actually enforced.
 
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Alltimegreat said:
For anyone looking to obtain citizenship of an EU country (in order to work at the EU for example), Spain is an interesting option.
Natural born citizens of former Spanish colonies are eligible to apply for Spanish citizenship after only two years of residency in Spain.
I met a Spanish government employee recently and mentioned this situation to him and that I have Dominican citizenship. He encouraged me to obtain Spanish citizenship.
He said the laws in Spain are rarely enforced as written. He doubts the enforcement of the "natural born" requirement and said it would be possible to continuing living elsewhere during the two-year residency period.
Does anyone have experience with this?
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Hmm... Where have I seen the bold and underlined before? Thinking, thinking... Doesn't La Española translate to the Spanish Island or Little Spain? Hmm... :cheeky:

I already knew of the privileges Spanish Americans have in Spain.

All foreigners are required I think 10 consecutive years of residence in Spain, plus demonstrate that they are fully integrated into Spanish culture, before they can even apply for Spanish citizenship. Spanish Americans? Just 2 years.

The Spanish government also give priority to Dominican visa applicants, which explains why the Dominican presence in Spain has grown so much in a relatively short period of time.
 
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Here are the 15 most powerful tiers of passports, based on the number of countries their holders can visit visa-free, according to Henley:

Germany 177.
Singapore 176.
Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, UK 175.
Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland 174.

Citizens of the US can enter 172 countries without a visa.
 
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you didnt know you cant stay in europe without a visa ? its not part of America so you would need to follow the rules ;-)
 
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