Applying for British naturalization

Pros and cons please?

Thinking of switching my nationality from a Dane to a Brit.

Con 1 - you have to live here for five years minimum

Or you can get in another way after three minimum

does it cause you any trouble,being Danish?

morning_glory wrote:does it cause you any trouble,being Danish?

Well, I have permanent residency in the Uk which allows me to have the same rights and benefits as any UK citizen. However, I cant vote in general elections.

Although, I would be very sad to lose my Danish citizenship, there are two reasons why I am considering it. Firstly, my job in the future may require that I come from an English speaking country. Secondly, if i end up marrying my gf (who is Vietnamese), England would be a far better place for her to live in than Denmark, even if its just for a few years.

Bert wrote:Con 1 - you have to live here for five years minimum

I lived in England for over 20 years from the age of 9.

can still remember how to speak Danish.

shane wrote:

Bert wrote:Con 1 - you have to live here for five years minimum

I lived in England for over 20 years from the age of 9.

Does that stand, though? I'm not sure whether you'd be applying regarding the most recent 5 years and so forth. And would you have to renounce your Danish nationality?

shane wrote:

morning_glory wrote:does it cause you any trouble,being Danish?

Well, I have permanent residency in the Uk which allows me to have the same rights and benefits as any UK citizen. However, I cant vote in general elections.

Although, I would be very sad to lose my Danish citizenship, there are two reasons why I am considering it. Firstly, my job in the future may require that I come from an English speaking country. Secondly, if i end up marrying my gf (who is Vietnamese), England would be a far better place for her to live in than Denmark, even if its just for a few years.

Thinly veiled I'm engaged post imo

Pretty certain that if you were to come to the UK to live then your wife would be able to come as well on the grounds that she would be the spouse of an EU national. Not that far removed from a Brit marrying someone from outside the EU; qualifications need meeting but achievable.

Oddly I know someone in a similar situation regarding the spouse situation and separately know someone who has both Danish/British nationality. You intrigued me that much, Shane, that I looked up Danish Nationality law . I love where the internet takes me... And yes, for those reading (Shane will already know this) a Dane will lose their Danish nationality if they take on another nationality by choice.

morning_glory wrote:can still remember how to speak Danish.

Yes, but I'm a bit rusty and my vocab only goes as far as a 9 year old.

Bert wrote:

shane wrote:

Bert wrote:Con 1 - you have to live here for five years minimum

I lived in England for over 20 years from the age of 9.

Does that stand, though? I'm not sure whether you'd be applying regarding the most recent 5 years and so forth. And would you have to renounce your Danish nationality?

My dad is helping me with finding that out. I'm hoping that coming to vietnam wont make a difference.

But, I know for certain that I will have to renounce my nationality. Denmark, for whatever reason, does not allow dual nationality.

chips wrote:

shane wrote:

morning_glory wrote:does it cause you any trouble,being Danish?

Well, I have permanent residency in the Uk which allows me to have the same rights and benefits as any UK citizen. However, I cant vote in general elections.

Although, I would be very sad to lose my Danish citizenship, there are two reasons why I am considering it. Firstly, my job in the future may require that I come from an English speaking country. Secondly, if i end up marrying my gf (who is Vietnamese), England would be a far better place for her to live in than Denmark, even if its just for a few years.

Thinly veiled I'm engaged post imo

Almost, haha. I met her parents at the weekend for the first time and thats a big deal in these parts.

Bert wrote:Pretty certain that if you were to come to the UK to live then your wife would be able to come as well on the grounds that she would be the spouse of an EU national. Not that far removed from a Brit marrying someone from outside the EU; qualifications need meeting but achievable.

Hmmm, thats interesting. I will look further into that. thanks.

shane wrote:

chips wrote:

Thinly veiled I'm engaged post imo

Almost, haha. I met her parents at the weekend for the first time and thats a big deal in these parts.

Hope it goes well for you

skoll

Thanks guys, haha .

Actually, just found out today that I am not eligible to apply for british citizenship due to my 2 year absence. I had hoped that having lived in england for so long, being educated since primary, paying taxes, etc would have made a difference but apparently not. .

A bit gutted really, but thats the law and i cant do anything about it. I will have to rethink my plans now and work something out.

shane wrote: Denmark, for whatever reason, does not allow dual nationality.

It does, but the circumstances are odd - if you have to have your nationality at birth (as I read it), you can hold another as a result. I think that'd work (as it does for the person I know) if you were born in another country but your parents are Danes. British by birth, Danish through parents.

shane wrote:Thanks guys, haha .

Actually, just found out today that I am not eligible to apply for british citizenship due to my 2 year absence. I had hoped that having lived in england for so long, being educated since primary, paying taxes, etc would have made a difference but apparently not. .

A bit gutted really, but thats the law and i cant do anything about it. I will have to rethink my plans now and work something out.

You'd still be allowed back, Shane - free movement in the EU and all that. You'd have to build up your time again, that's all.

Bert wrote:

shane wrote:Thanks guys, haha .

Actually, just found out today that I am not eligible to apply for british citizenship due to my 2 year absence. I had hoped that having lived in england for so long, being educated since primary, paying taxes, etc would have made a difference but apparently not. .

A bit gutted really, but thats the law and i cant do anything about it. I will have to rethink my plans now and work something out.

You'd still be allowed back, Shane - free movement in the EU and all that. You'd have to build up your time again, that's all.

Yeah, I know i can come back and live any time i want. Well, i hope so anyway cause most of my family there .

Im just gutted because I was hoping to bring my Girlfriend over for a few years and for my family to get to know her. But, it's not as simple as I once thought.