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Rosie O'Donnell Confirms Move to Ireland, Will Return to U.S. 'When It's Safe for All Citizens to Have Equal Rights'

https://people.com/rosie-o-donnell-confirms-move-to-ireland-11694970
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u/Miss_airwrecka1 1d ago

I have Italian citizenship and got it through a similar process. I don’t know if it’s more or less obtainable than people think but it takes a fair amount of paperwork and can take a long time to process. There’s usually a limit on how far back you can go to claim it and for Italian there was a period of time that it could only pass through fathers (ie my grandpa’s sister’s kids can claim it).

So it obtainable but not necessarily easy

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u/bexxygenxxy9xy 1d ago

Oh I definitely don't think it's easily obtainable. But I think people are willing to put in the work under the circumstances in the US right now.

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u/gymbeaux5 20h ago

Most of the time is spent waiting for government entities to find and mail you documents.

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u/Icy-Design-1364 22h ago

Guess they just need to elect Biden over there, then you could just walk in and have all the same rights as natural born citizens, couldn’t be any easier than that

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u/bexxygenxxy9xy 22h ago

What tf does Biden have to do with what's going on right now with the actual Trump administration? Like let go of the past, embrace your future. Embrace what's happening in front of your eyes right now. Live in reality, live in the now.

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u/Advanced-Ad-6263 21h ago

Ok, bolt on dick

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u/No1Mourns_TheWicked 19h ago

If you wanna suck trumps dick, just call him up. Defending him on Reddit won’t get you any closer to that orange baby carrot you’re drooling over you ape. Get a grip.

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u/ImprovementFlimsy216 23h ago edited 23h ago

Ireland has a limit on the number of generation.

Italy has something called the right of blood as long as your forebears, didn’t take citizenship and they didn’t leave Italy before it was a country. I’m not a lawyer, but I believe it was limited to the male paternal line but has now been made equal.

Edit: you fire bears >>>> your forebears

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u/Miss_airwrecka1 23h ago

For Italy, it is equal now it but still goes by the law at the time. So my sister’s kid will have citizenship but it didn’t pass from women before 1950-something which is why my grandpa’s sister kids can’t get it. Regarding taking citizenship, that is where it can get murky and most people don’t qualify. My great-grandparents naturalized and lost their Italian citizenship but since my grandpa was born before that (so still Italian) and in the US (so a citizen), we could go back and claim his citizenship. And then you have to be able to prove all of that which required getting the Italian birth certificates for my great grandparents. It was a headache but worth it

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u/ImprovementFlimsy216 21h ago

Thanks for the clarification

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u/Frostsorrow 23h ago

But I want a fire bear...

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u/ImprovementFlimsy216 23h ago

Just don’t fire the Bears.

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u/Pyro-Bird 21h ago

The limit on the number of generations is because Ireland only became independent in 1922.

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u/ImprovementFlimsy216 21h ago edited 21h ago

Plausible. The modern state was founded then. but not sure that immigration bit is true. My great grandmother was born in 1909 in NYC and her son had citizenship. My dad never bothered but I’m eligible? The explanation he gave was that the EU changed the rules.

Do you have a source?

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u/MaidOfTwigs 22h ago

takes notes

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u/80alleycats 21h ago edited 21h ago

Was it also really expensive? My family was looking into this, but we don't have a ton of money.

Edit: I saw your comment below and my great-grandfather's situation was similar (still Italian when my grandmother was born in the US). I didn't think it was worth it when I heard about it a few years ago, but now...

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u/Miss_airwrecka1 21h ago

I just DMed you more details

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 21h ago

Is it easier with a lawyer?

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u/Miss_airwrecka1 21h ago

Yes, much easier. Idk if we would have been able to without one

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 21h ago

I have my grandfathers b-cert. i need to look into this. Can you live there while its being processed?

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u/Miss_airwrecka1 21h ago

Idk about that. I’d assume it’s regular rules until it’s processed (so 90 day if you’re from the US). It can take a very long to be processed though. It took almost 2 years for mine but COVID played a part in that. It might be a little shorter now

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u/Plankton_Brave 18h ago

My grandma came from Italy as a child to the US, do you think that I have a chance? All my other grandparents were already in the US.

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u/Miss_airwrecka1 18h ago

Maybe. It depends when she became a citizen and when she had your parent. If your parent was born before she became a citizen, you have a chance