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brijroo

Hi, I am from Oz and many moons ago I spent a year in Zagreb when I was 19. My dad got me a Yugoslav passport way back then. Then in my 30's I moved to England & after 7 years here now, I am ready to ponder Citizenship. I do wish to keep my Australian one but can apply for Citizenship either in the UK or possibly Croatia.

I'm just wondering if the Yugoslav Passport would be easily transferable to Citizenship in Croatia? Any advice would be much appreciated, Brigitte

James

Hi Brigitte,

You will probably get more relevant information if you post your question directly to the Croatia Forum as opposed to the "Expatriate Forum" which is a generic forum for all nations.

You can access the Croatia Forum by clicking on the Croatia flag icon on the lower portion of the main forum page or click on the link I have provided below.

/forum/viewforum.php?id=260

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil & Canada Expert, Expat-blog Team

brijroo

Please reread the post I am Australian so no i do not need a Passport for OZ I am deciding on the second one Thanks

VetMooka

welcome all

brijroo

Welcome All & informed opinions welcome too!

James

Hi again Brigitte,

In practical terms (speaking about travel) you probably won't get a better reception when you travel abroad than you would using your Australian passport. You well be accepted into most nations without any kind of hassles or discrimination (by immigrations officials) that you will experience using some passports.

Just ask someone from Brazil how they've been treated when arriving in countries like Spain. Or Americans what they've been treated like when they arrive in countries like France. In fact I know many Americans that have Canadian flags displayed on their backpacks when they travel just to avoid some of the negative treatment they get.

Multiple citizenship IS NOT always a blessing.... sometimes very far from it.

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil & Canada Expert, Expat-blog Team

James

HaileyinHongKong wrote:

Do you even need a passport to go to Oz?  Can't you just ride the nearest tornado?


Hailey, the OP doesn't know about that movie, Dorothy or Toto

stumpy

As far as  I am aware, to get a passport in any country you first have to get citizenship

John C.

wjwoodward wrote:

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Multiple citizenship IS NOT always a blessing.... sometimes very far from it.

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil & Canada Expert, Expat-blog Team


Hello James,
My ex-wife's nephew carried three passports at the age of 14 in 1993 (St. Lucian  because of his mother, Barbadian because of his father and Grenadian because he exceeded the minimum 7-year residency).  Now, that's freedom! ...  :top:
In what situation do you reckon plural citizenships are a curse, not a blessing?

stumpy

I carry 2 x passports, NZ and Australian, and up until 2007 I also had my UN passport.

John C.

stumpy wrote:

I carry 2 x passports, NZ and Australian, and up until 2007 I also had my UN passport.


Way to go!  :top:

I am waiting on James' answer on plural citizenships not a blessing ...

Julien

John, could we please concentrate on brijroo only ? thanks

John C.

Julien wrote:

John, could we please concentrate on brijroo only ? thanks


Absolutely, but as you see interesting details come in ...   :D

Nathan2321302

No sure you need  lawyer

James

Hi John,

Actually, in terms of treatment by immigrations agents when traveling ALL passports have a number ranking usually with several countries falling within any given ranking number. No. 1 is the best and as the ranking number gets higher the less beneficial that passport is. 1 through 10 can pretty well assure you're not going to get many hassles at immigrations check-ins in most countries. Much higher than 10th rank you will start noticing you'll be hassled more and given much more scrutiny.

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For example Brazil passports are ranked No. 19. Brazilians are subject to lots more scrutiny entering North America and many Brazilians actually get refused entry to Spain for no apparent reason. I hold only a Canadian passport which is firmly ensconced in 4th rank. It's impossible to think that I'd ever have problems entering any other nation on earth with a Canadian passport.

So, as I say multiple citizenship is not always a blessing. Often too you'll find that naturalization in many countries carries with it many more responsiblities than rights and benefits. For example in Brazil it carrys with it conscription in the Military for anyone at eighteen years of age, obligatory vote (on penalty of losing many civil rights for not voting or justifying why you didn't), extremely burdensome taxes, among other things.

The only REAL benefit to having Brazilian citizenship that I can see after all my years here is that citizenship allows one to apply to enter the contest program for public service jobs which tend to pay much more than private sector salaries and are almost guaranteed for life. At my age (soon 65) that doesn't mean DIDDLEY to me.

William James Woodward - Brazil & Canada Expert, Expat-blog Team

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