By Samuel D. Schmid, GLOBALCIT Collaborator Non-citizens whose grandparents immigrated to Switzerland – so-called “3rd generation foreigners” – can soon naturalise more easily. 60.4 percent of Swiss voters approved the new constitutional provision in a mandatory referendum. Polls indicated that Read More …
According to the US Treasury department, a total of 5,411 people renounced their American citizenship in 2016, including the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. This is a record number of nationality renunciations in the US, and is 26% higher Read More …
The President of Finland Sauli Niinistö proposed that the country reconsidered its dual citizenship policy introduced in 2003. The President maintains that the situation has changed since the introduction of the policy, originally aimed at integrating the Finns returning from Read More …
On 12 February 2017, the Swiss electorate will be called to the polls to vote in a referendum on a legislation aiming at facilitating access to citizenship for so-called ‘third generation’ foreign youth, that is the grandsons and granddaughters of Read More …
Political scientists have written an open letter in which they reject Donald Trump’s claim that millions of non-citizens voted in the November 2016 presidential elections. To support the claim, the U.S. President has cited a 2014 article by Jesse Richman, Read More …
The European Commission has published its third EU Citizenship Report, focusing on the progress in the exercise of EU citizenship rights since 2014 and presenting actions aimed at enhancing citizens’ awareness on how to fully enjoy these rights. The report Read More …
The Prime Minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas stated that his proposal to grant citizenship to those who lived in the country for more than 25 years does not not introduce a “zero option” for citizenship. He added that applicants would Read More …
On 12 January, Turkey has revised a decree for citizenship-by-investment. In line with the new rules, Turkish citizenship will be offered to foreigners investing at least 1 million USD in real estate (cannot be re-sold within 3 years), at least Read More …
Dutch-born Nancy Holten (42), who has lived in Switzerland since the age of eight, has been denied Swiss citizenship for the second time. Holten speaks fluent Swiss German and has children who have Swiss nationality. Residents object to granting her Read More …
By Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu, EUDO CITIZENSHIP/GLOBALCIT expert Citizenship is usually not the subject of politics in Turkey. Only at times of crises, such as those about Syrian refugees or the failed coup attempt of July 2016, does the government or the Read More …
