Dual Nationality by Origin

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19 Oct 2016 7:59 PM by theline Star rating. 84 posts Send private message

I have been reading up on Spanish nationality law recently, and I have a few questions regarding how it works for a specific case.

Imagine someone were to be born in Spain to a Spanish parent and a British parent. In this scenario, the baby would be both Spanish and British by origin. 

Now the parents of the baby apply for both a Spanish and British passport for the baby, so the baby is now a registered national of both countries (actually, the baby would have  had to have been registered in Spain prior to obtaining the Spanish passport).

My understanding of the law is that this is all fine and dandy until the child reaches the "age of emancipation" (i.e. 18 years old), when different rules start to apply.

If the adult now voluntarily obtains another nationality (and lives outside of Spain), they will lose their Spanish nationality if they do not inform the Spanish authorities within 3 years of their intention to remain Spanish.

The adult would also lose their nationality if they started to solely use their other nationality (in this case British).

There are also other ways the person could lose their Spanish nationality, but none of these could result in involuntary loss of it.

 

So, my questions are as follows:

1) Is my understanding of the law correct?

2) How would the Spanish government know that a person is now no longer "using" their Spanish nationality? 

2a) Is the burden of proof on the state or the individual to prove this?

3) In practice, does the Spanish government ever "strip" dual nationals of their Spanish citizenship, or is this just an antique law that is there but never actually applied?

4) Does the child have to inform "the authorities" that they have British citizenship within 3 years of reaching "emancipation"?

 

My main sources of information are:

1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_nationality_law

2) http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Privado/cc.l1t1.html





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19 Oct 2016 10:47 PM by Tadd1966 Star rating in Los Montesinos. 1754 posts Send private message

Suggest you talk to an expert go and sees a specialist solicitor or Spanish and British embassies 

 

 



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20 Oct 2016 2:33 PM by johnzx Star rating in Spain. 5242 posts Send private message

Theline. There are lots of problems encountered by subscribers who really need to know the answers,  so inventing ‘what ifs’ and ‘maybe’s’ would seem unnecessary.

Anyway.  I know several people who for one reason or another have Spanish Nationality but have ‘illegally’ retained their former nationality / passport.  They seem to get by but of course never carry the two passports at the same time.

However, there are some people who are permitted to have dual nationality. I do not know about the scenario which you pose, but, I do know that nationals of former Spanish colonies may have dual nationality and that they do not need to wait the usual ten years Spanish residency before they can apply. Filipinos for example can apply after two years in Spain.





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20 Oct 2016 5:00 PM by Destry Star rating in MYOB . 289 posts Send private message

I suggest that you get mariacastro on your case, send her a pm.



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