Category: Citizenship by Descent
Italian Citizenship by Descent: What Changed in 2025 and Who Still Qualifies Last updated: April 2026 Individuals with Italian ancestors can claim Italian citizenship by descent or ancestry (Jus Sanguinis) if they are able to prove that the bloodline has been passed down. As long as the Italian parent has not lost his or her […]
Portuguese Citizenship by Descent: The 2026 Guide to Parent, Grandparent, and Sephardic Routes Last updated: April 2026 Portugal has one of the friendlier citizenship-by-descent frameworks in Western Europe, and the EU passport it produces opens the entire Schengen area to the holder and their family. The rules sit inside the Portuguese Nationality Law, originally passed […]
If you have Salvadoran ancestry and are looking to obtain El Salvador citizenship by descent, there are a few things you need to know.
A new interpretation from the Spanish Ministry of Justice confirms that all people born outside of Spain, children or grandchildren of people who originally had Spanish citizenship, may have access to a Spanish passport as of 2022. This “Grandchildren law” makes it considerably easier to get Spanish citizenship. This was communicated by Instruction of the […]
Who can apply for Spanish citizenship by descent and what documents do you need The new regulation also called “Ley de Nietos” was published in the Official Spanish State Bulletin. The new Spanish citizenship law expand the options for descendants of Spanish nationals who were exiled during the last Spanish Franco dictatorship to obtain Spanish […]
You can apply for Estonian citizenship by descent if one of your parents is an Estonian citizen born in Estonia, even if you were born elsewhere. You may also be eligible for Estonian citizenship if you were born to Estonian parents who canceled your Estonian citizenship before the age of 18, and you now want […]
Cyprus is a full member of the European Union (EU), hence Cypriot citizens are also EU citizens. For citizenship by descent, Cyprus allows you to acquire citizenship up to the 1st generation of Cypriot origin (so only children of Cypriot citizens can apply). Cypriot passport holders enjoy access to the country’s great healthcare and education […]
If one of your parents is a Danish citizen, you are born with Danish citizenship. Children under the age of 12 who are adopted by Danish citizens are also granted citizenship. Denmark only allows acquiring Danish citizenship through the direct line of Danish parents, so up unto the first generation. Besides Danish nationality by descent, […]
Acquire Luxembourg nationality by descent If you want to reclaim your Luxembourg nationality, you must be in direct line of descent from an ancestor who had the Luxembourg nationality on 1 January 1900, according to article 89 of the modified Luxembourg nationality law of 8 March 2017. In this situation, you have until December 31, […]
As a TLDR, Belgium only allows citizenship through ancestry up until the first generation. That means one of your parents has to be a Belgian citizen for you to acquire Belgian citizenship. The Belgian citizenship by descent requirements can get fairly complicated and depend on the date you were born as well as the circumstances […]