Hi All,

I’m an American expat looking to get EU citizenship.

Best,

high_elbow

  • HW90@alien.topB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Spain and France technically both have 2 year naturalisation routes, however there are strings attached. The French route requires 2 years of study in France plus the paperwork takes a long time. The Spanish route requires you to have one of a select number of passports.

    Otherwise, there are a number of countries with 5 year routes as standard.

    • zorals@alien.topB
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      And things might change in France as they’re about to discuss the new Law of Immigration to require ten years of residency instead of five.

        • AlekosPaBriGla@alien.topB
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Is it less than 10 years though, because in the time it’d take to get PR, then citizenship, you’d probably already have it, that said I’d rather just go through that than go in the legion

    • starryeyesmaia@alien.topB
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      The French route still requires three years of pay stubs and tax returns and getting a job (and showing stability and integration, particularly professionally) after those two years of study, meaning it comes back to the standard five years of residency (plus the time to submit everything, go in for an interview, and get a response).