Is there such a thing as tri citizenship?

Question

Is there such a thing as tri citizenship?

Answer 1

Sure.  Even Quad citizenship.  There is no international law regarding citizenship.  Each country makes its own laws and many do not care what other citizenships you may hold.  Those that do care are unlikely to find out because unlike states which share information, nations rarely open their records to other nations unless there is a mutual problem with a particular individual.

So, for instance: you could be born in the US to Jewish German parents of Italian ancestry.  Since Israel grants citizenship to Jews, Germany by jus sanguinis, USA by jus soli, and Italy paternal jus sanguinis if you can trace a citizen ancestor born after 1861, or a maternal ancestor after 1948, you could have four citizenships.  Even a fifth or sixth if you marry and naturalize in the right countries.

Answer 2

I disagree....

Answer 3

I hope so,because I hold British, Irish and German citizenships and have passports from all. however, I was born in the UK of English parents , but my father was born in Ireland  to English parents when they were working there(and it was still part of the UK). My mother was born in Germany when her parents were working there, so I have claimed citizenship through each of my parents place of birth, and from my own.Useful, because Ireland is a neutral country and I can travel to some places and work in some places easier than with the others.The British one is good for all the Commonwealth countries and many others ,and can stay in some places like HongKong for 6 months, which is longer than any other nationality, and the German one? Well, it is good for a spare! The problem with the other example is despite all those latin relationships, the person is still a Jew.Once a Jew always a Jew2, unless of course it is in the UK, where there is a problem because so many have decided to be NOT Jews. Very confusing.

Many countries DO exchange citizenship information, especially with the USA, and now even more so since the introduction of tighter security.Soon, no one will be able to travel to any one of many countries without the biometric passport information being passed to a lot of others.

Answer 4

Yes. Technically there are no limits to the number of citizenships you can have. It all depends on the circumstances.

For example, you could have been born in country A. Your mom was born in country B but after many years living in country C she has dual citizenship. Your dad was born in country D but after many years living in country E he also has dual citizenship.

Your acquire A citizenship by birth (assuming A is a country that allows that to happen) and B, C, D and E are passed down to you (assuming those countries have laws that allow for that to happen). Then you eventually move to country F and after residing many years there, you also become a citizen of F. And if after that you could move to yet one more country and also become a citizen there.

Technically, assuming that all the countries above have laws that allow for dual citizenship, you could be a citizen of country A, B, C, D, E and F and even more.

Note though that it's usually more common for parents to be able to pass their citizenship of origin (B and D) than those acquired through naturalization (C and E).

In short, yes having three citizenships is possible, and even more.