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I have dual citizenship, Canadian & New Zealand, my research hasn't indicated any advantage to me to apply for residency using one passport or another. Just on the off chance there might be something I have missed does anybody think there is an advantage of one over the other?
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Dual citizenship - is there an advantage?
Hello fellow Canadian I think Canadian - New Zealand citizenship doesn't really have an advantage - pretty much the same thing. Perhaps one advantage is that you may not need a visa for certain countries depending on which passport you use. (Canadians need a visa for Estonia, Poland etc.) Having dual citizenship with an EU country would definitely be an advantage, since it is easier to live and work all around Europe.
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The Oz has a "Working Holiday" scheme with Finland that came into effect recently - I am not sure if New Zealand has such (with the UK atleast IIRC), but this also requires one to bugger off in a certain time so the "advantages" might prove disadvantageous.
Hrmpf... Sweden and Denmark. No Finland on the list.
http://www.southern-cross-group.org/vis ... gvisa.html
Ah, to be under 30 again...
Hrmpf... Sweden and Denmark. No Finland on the list.
http://www.southern-cross-group.org/vis ... gvisa.html
Ah, to be under 30 again...
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Well if you are under 28 then you would have to do military service.
Obviously British citizen ship is quite good for travelling around the world (the commonwealth etc).
Finnish is good for travelling around the nordic countries. But you shouldnt have a problem with British either.
Just a couple of points. See if I can think of any more.
Obviously British citizen ship is quite good for travelling around the world (the commonwealth etc).
Finnish is good for travelling around the nordic countries. But you shouldnt have a problem with British either.
Just a couple of points. See if I can think of any more.
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Yeah, experience the grand feeling of voting for Tony Halme... residents ccan vote in the municipal elections anyhow after a certain time (not 100% if that was EU or non-EU with a bit different rules).
In the "good old days" there were benefits, as in being able to own land, being able to own more than 49% of your company's stock, belonging to a club and not having to list yourself as a "dangerous association" with the secret police...
Now its just blah blah EU blah.
In the "good old days" there were benefits, as in being able to own land, being able to own more than 49% of your company's stock, belonging to a club and not having to list yourself as a "dangerous association" with the secret police...
Now its just blah blah EU blah.
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Sorry- off the topic but I am from Oz and I am thinking about getting a dual citizenship with Finland- but I have a question- Do I have to complete the basic Finnish for Foreigners test before I can apply??
Because my dad was born in Finland and now is an Australian citizen??? Very confused with the whole system.
Because my dad was born in Finland and now is an Australian citizen??? Very confused with the whole system.
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go read the pdf...err... well, thge appropriate one at http://www.uvi.fi on citizenship by descent
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When I was at Vantaa Police station collecting my passport after they had inserted the full page certificate giving me my permanent residents status. (very impresive document!)...I asked if there was any advantage to adding Finnish citizenship to my British and the lady said "none what so ever why do you want to do it?, If you were under 30 it would mean you would join our wonderfull army for a year and play soldiers in the forest." I answered "I just want to be different, I prefer Finland to UK and also want to show Tony Blair the finger!?" She smiled and said "I dont think the British embassy would sympathise as to that being a good enough reason they have to approve such applications and you need a better reason."Niall Shaky wrote: dual citizenship with another EU country e.g. British + Finnish?
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