SaraHope-

Your dual citizenship is already in place provided you have Greek heritage. If your dad was just stationed in Greece in the US Air Force, I don't think the "born in Greece" codicil of the law applies. I think they would treat that at sovereign US soil, much like an embassy, and therefore, not technically a part of Greece.

Can anyone join the greek orthodox church

Can I apply for an irish citizen for a passport

Kathy,

Anyone who wants to be Greek Orthodox can join the church. It's a matter of religion mostly.
As for the Irish citizenship, I can't answer that one with any accuracy.

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Originally Posted by ipatrox

Perhaps there is some confusion to clear up.

I was born in Greece to a known (family name) Greek birth mother. My father's background is not known. My American-born adoptive parents are Greek Orthodox. My lawyer says that my adoptive parents need to become Greek citizens for me to obtain a legal Greek birth certificate. I have been baptized Greek Orthodox in America.

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Greek Nationality Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acquisition of Greek Nationality by Birth

The child of a Greek citizen acquires the Greek nationality as from the time of his/her birth, the birth place is irrelavent.

The child born on Greek territory acquires the Greek nationality as from the time of their birth, provided that they do not acquire by birth a foreign nationality or that it is of unknown nationality.

Acquisition of Greek Nationality by Recognition of a Child

An alien born out of wedlock is automatically Greek if the mother is Greek. If the father is Greek and paternity can be proven,the child will become Greek when an application is submited for the child to become a Greek citizen, providing the child has not yet reached his/her 18th birthday, then he/she must make a request themselves to become Greek.

Acquisition of Greek Nationality by Naturalisation

An alien who has attained the 18th year of age may become Greek by naturalisation.

The following prerequisites are required for naturalisation: A declaration of the alien made before the mayor or the chairman of the village council where he/she is domiciled or resides, wherein it is stated that he/she wishes to be naturalised. The declaration is submitted in the presence of two Greek citizens serving as witnesses, For the alien ethnic Greek living abroad this declaration may be submitted before the Greek consul of his/her domicile, who will then transmit it to the Ministry of the Interior together with a relevant report.

If the alien is not an ethnic Greek, a total of ten years of residence in Greece within the last twelve years before the submission of the application for naturalisation or five years of residence in Greece after the declaration concerning naturalisation. An application for naturalisation submitted to the Ministry of the Interior.

The children of the alien who is naturalised become Greeks if, at the time of completion of the naturalisation proceedings, they are not married and they have not attained the 18th year of age.

You must understand that the greek law is quite difirenet that other european countries
Although greece is eu- country- please get more information on this law firm website
www.freewebs.com/grlawe

Hi if you have dual citizenship and on one passport your first name differs from the other which is translation in english will I have a problem when entering /exit US and EU? Do they have to be the same first name?

Technically you should be fine: you'll show your US passport to the American immigration officer, and your EU passport to the EU folks. The only place it could get tricky I guess is the airline that matches a passport to the ticket - my recommendation is to have the airline ticket printed the same spelling as your American passport, and use that passport with all your dealings with the airline.

Yes you can get citizenship by descent!! Yay! For you I know that this is old... like 6 years old and I hope that you are already there, but this is for everyone else that is interested... I sure the hell am!! Anxious is not the word!! This clima

This is a trick question because once a woman of Greek descent marries a non-Greek she is considered a non-Greek... but the Good new is that you can live there for 6 months and she regains her status when she returns... and after 1 year you can apply

The question really is were you born on the base or base hospital. Because if you were then you are an American Citizen. Your birth certificate does it indicate that you are an American?

Wow!! Good stuff!!

You still would have to prove by documentation that he is your father, and that he was born in Greece. Name change is probably not going to be enough.

But it has been a while I hope that you have succeeded in your endeavors and can educate us on how it went!

These post are so old hopefully you all have gotten your answers already and would have been great help to share your success w/ the rest of us... hahaha really though... The original birth certificates or proof of births in the United States can be o

These post are so old hopefully you all have gotten your answers already and would have been great help to share your success w/ the rest of us... hahaha really though... The original birth certificates or proof of births in the United States can be obtain