RIP Charlie Kirk

[iris lilies]

His grandfather was born in England.

That’s a pretty close connection.

[Tybee]

You'd think it would be simple but it's not, because of changes in the laws over the years, and when his parents married, and how citizenship flows depending on revision in the laws. I'll keep you posted as we find out more from the professionals.

[iris lilies]

Or, just stay, and continue pay into the failing social security for our sake.

I have to say, this made me laugh.

[catherine]

You'd think it would be simple but it's not, because of changes in the laws over the years, and when his parents married, and how citizenship flows depending on revision in the laws. I'll keep you posted as we find out more from the professionals.

I hear Ireland is actively recruiting expats. I am two-thirds Irish, but there's no way my Orange Scotsman would ever move to Ireland. Scotland would be more likely. I could be happy there, and if my kids weren't here, and if my roots weren't so deep into New England I might consider it.

[Tradd]

Ireland apparently had a severe housing shortage currently.

[Rogar]

I have to say, this made me laugh.

I don't know if I was trying to make a point or not, but it does seem like the people you would most want to stay are the ones talking about leaving. The numbers may not be significant, but they vote, pay into SS and taxes to support what ever infrastructure needs we have left. And any social programs that are left. I might live in a comfy blue state where people agree with me and can grouse about Trump altogether, but what ever our society has been so far has treated me very fairly. I might be optimistic, but I think politics will change. It might take a financial meltdown, an environmental disaster, another pandemic, or some gross civil unrest, or global conflict, but things always change and right now those areas are not being managed well at all.

I don't travel much, but have a friend who has toured the world and one thing he has said is that people in other countries just don't have the things we have here. i suppose a lot of us could take our American made money and live above the standards of a lot of places, but none of it will change things here.

I understand alternate opinions. If I were a young person, I'd be thinking about it.

[Tybee]

At first attorneys said 95 percent chance but then I found more docs that showed great grandfather naturalized at a time before 1906 which meant minor children lost citizenship. They have cases in court now challenging this and they will contact us if they prevail. Very good legal advice.

[bae]

Ireland apparently had a severe housing shortage currently.

I have been looking there recently, as I may have mentioned.

If you want to purchase a house or flat, real estate prices are seemingly-reasonable. And possible cheap, depending on your context here in the USA. I had trouble finding a house at my price point that wasn’t “too much house” for me, indicating that real estate is “cheaper” there than where I live. I don’t want or need a giant castle or mansion. The median house there is about 1/3 the cost of the median home here.

Rental prices seem high. Rents there are similar to rents here, which are high. Incomes there aren’t especially high. Ireland does have 30 year mortgages available, unlike some of the other countries/regions nearby. I suspect young people and working class folks without capital are not having a good time in the housing market there.

I’m also looking to buy a house in Scotland in or near St. Andrews, and Scottish real estate seems substantially cheaper. Salaries in the area seem quite low.

[iris lilies]

At first attorneys said 95 percent chance but then I found more docs that showed great grandfather naturalized at a time before 1906 which meant minor children lost citizenship. They have cases in court now challenging this and they will contact us if they prevail. Very good legal advice.

The summary I saw said that people applying for this need to be from a Commonwealth country.

but your attorneys are far more knowledgeable than my random Internet info.

Are the court cases in the United States or in the UK?

[Tybee]

The summary I saw said that people applying for this need to be from a Commonwealth country.

but your attorneys are far more knowledgeable than my random Internet info.

Are the court cases in the United States or in the UK?

You might be looking at the ancestry visa, which has to be from a commonwealth country. This isn't a visa, it is a ruling that you are already a citizen via double descent.

The cases are in the UK. These are UK attorneys we are talking to. It is all date specific--so his parents had to be married prior to 1949, for example, which they were.

It was just the fact that they stripped citizenship from minor children when the British parent became naturalized US citizen, since they did not have dual citizenship at the time. Otherwise, he would have been good to go. All of this relates to law that applied at the time the events happened, so they are interpreting 1880's law and then 1940's law, if that makes sense.