You can apply to get French citizenship by marriage, after being married for a few years with a French citizen. It is essential to prove that your spouse has French nationality (being born in a former French colony is not taken as an indication of French nationality), and that you are effectively living with him (there should be an enquiry by officials into that)
The treaty giving back the French colony of Pondichéry, to India came into effect in Aug. 1962. Under the terms of the treaty, the people living there had a six-month period to make a choice between either the French or Indian nationality. The people who did not express their willingness to gain French citizenship were automatically given Indian citizenship at the end of the 6-month period.You can claim French citizenship ONLY IF your father, specifically requested French citizenship at the time meaning that he is/was a French citizen.
she is French means she has French citizenship, she is a citizen of France.
No. citizenship has to do with where you were born, and where your parents were born. It has nothing to do with marriage.
If the marriage is legally recognised in Australia and she has Australian citizenship then yes you will get Australian citizenship.
A delay of five years is quite common before acquiring French citizenship after marriage. You have to be granted French citizenship before applying for a French passport, and this is not at all automatic. To discourage bogus unions, the French are asking for proof of a long-term common life, plus evidence of integration into mainstream society (i.e. speaking French, working, etc..).
i want to know this too! it sounds like you need a parentwho is a french citizen, and that grandparents don't do it...
Because Corsica was once again passed from Italian control back to the French. Napoleon was born therefore on French soil. There is blood citizenship and soil citizenship. Blood citizenship refers to having relatives who are citizens (not good enough just to be born in the country to be a citizen--that's soil citizenship) France has long recognized both types of citizenship.
No. The spouse would have to naturalize in France to become a french citizen. Children of this couple, who are born in the US, are dual French-US citizens at birth. The process for "recognizing" french citizenship is complicated, however.
If you are a French citizen, living in mainland France: apply to your local "sous-préfecture" or "préfecture". If you are a French citizen, living abroad, report to the local consulate or embassy. If you need to establish your citizenship, report to these same locations, with documents proving the French citizenship of your mother. Once your mother's citizenship established, you will be asked some more documents proving that you are her son or daughter. This step being cleared, you will be able to get a French ID at the same office.
Duel citizenship is not forbidden in the United States. There is no reason that this would be impossible. Wikipedia has a page on that (United_States_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship)
It is extremely likely that a Pondichéry-born person has Indian citizenship. Hence nothing will happen regarding nationality if the said 'common girl' is herself Indian.
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