I have a question. I do not fit the exact criteria for being granted French citizenship as far as I have read.
I am a fourth or more generation descendant of France (my great-grandparents were French Canadian - from Prince Edward Island; my grandparents immigrated to the US, where my mom was born, and her first language was French). Could this qualify me in any way?
I feel less and less resonance with my home country (the US) and would like to seek French citizenship. I studied French for four years and can speak conversationally when I am there (I have faith that with tutoring, I would improve quickly). I am a freelance editor for a London-based company and may additionally seek to teach English if pressed to name my means of support.
Could you advise me further? I would appreciate any informed tips you can offer.
Thank you very much!
Lori Doyle (from the Boucher and Leger lines of French people... ) :)

I don't think you qualify for french citizenship the way you explain.

As you know there are many different patois in french canadian french and I have found that my canadian french is hard to understand in france. Why don't you holiday in France as I did. I bunked with a french family and learned their french quite quickly that way because no english was spoken.

I would suggest you phone the french consulate about citizenship but, you know there is really no reason to become a citizen if you just want to live there, as long as you maintain a residency in the US for a certain period.

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Originally Posted by lori_doyle

I have a question. I do not fit the exact criteria for being granted French citizenship as far as I have read.
I am a fourth or more generation descendant of France (my great-grandparents were French Canadian - from Prince Edward Island; my grandparents immigrated to the US, where my mom was born, and her first language was French). Could this qualify me in any way?
I feel less and less resonance with my home country (the US) and would like to seek French citizenship. I studied French for four years and can speak conversationally when I am there (I have faith that with tutoring, I would improve quickly). I am a freelance editor for a London-based company and may additionally seek to teach English if pressed to name my means of support.
Could you advise me further? I would appreciate any informed tips you can offer.
Thank you very much!
Lori Doyle (from the Boucher and Leger lines of French people...) :)

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If you have forebears from any other EU country, I suggest you apply to that country... I note your name (yours or married name?) is Doyle which is Irish where my parents came from but I was raised in U.S. (Broooklyn, NY) and hold an Irish passport which entitles me to live, work, own property, and start a business just like any citizen or national of any EU country!. My two daughters also got them... I mention Irish especially because they are most liberal as one can apply if even having only one Irish great grand parent... By the by, I have many cousins in Canada (some married with french-canadians) as my mother's two sisters married Canadian soldiers whom they met in England during WWII... Je parle le francais aussi pq j'etais le premier etudiant de francais dans l'ecole secondaire ici... Je suis francophile et aime toute la france mais je pense them retirer en Bresil et je parle le portugais (et l'espanol)... Bonne Chance!. Patrick