I was born in Denmark and moved out when I was young. I still sign Danish Sign Language fluently and occasionally go back to Denmark to visit friends & family.
Recently I visited Danish embassy outside Denmark for passport renewal. The staff asked me which national was I prior to being Danish national. I said I was born in Denmark and never obtained other national. I thought that was it.
They did not like that answer and insisted on me giving them the answer. I simply said I didn’t know but did mention that my parents were immigrants. They asked which national were they prior to Danish citizenship. I said X country and they put this as my national prior to Danish national in their system.
Now I’m looking at the laws online, I can’t seem to make sense of it but it seems worrying as it means I could lose my Danish citizenship under specific circumstances?
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/BritishDeafMan at 2024-02-09 08:56:25+00:00.
drogo at 2024-02-09 09:40:27+00:00 ID:
kpm560v
Actually it does. It is called jus sanguinis and virtually all countries abide to this in some form. As far as I know there is only one exception and that is if you were born to a person with Holy See (Vatican) citizenship.
Some countries have additionally to jus sanguinis also jus soli rights. Given citizenship for just being born in the country. Denmark is not one of them.
Poet_Silly at 2024-02-09 16:03:36+00:00 ID:
kpnfapt
INteresting. Where can I read up on that?