Dual Nationality - British/Spanish Questions

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Hi All,

My daughter was born in Spain last August with a Spanish Mum and an English father. We live in England, at the moment, but will probably move to Spain at some stage in the future. We would like our child to have dual nationality and I was wondering if anyone could point us in the right direction about how to go about this?

Ideally we would like her to have both passports and be able to choose which country to live in later in life. I know that under current EU rules this would not be a problem at the moment, but if one country 'opted out' it could be later in her life.

Thank you!

My understanding is that EU law requires EU member states to allow their citizens to have dual citizenship of other EU states, so I would get this sorted asap.

I also understand that lots of people all over the world have dual citizenship without declaring this to the country that does not allow it.

Your daughter was born in Spain to a Spanish mother, so she is probably Spanish by birth. She is also British by descent, because you are British. Just apply for the relevant passports following the processes they have on their websites.

I am a dual national and it doesn't say those words in either of my passports.

That's not true. Dual natioanlity is only recognised with iberoamerican countries. It says as much on the Spanish government website.

simultaneously holding two passports isn't the same as being arecognised dual national

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Hello all

I wonder if anyone could help me. I am UK national with an English mother and Spanish father, living in London. I would like to get a Spanish passport, however I do not have a DNI number nor am I in my dad's Libro de Familia (my mum isn't either as they never married). I have a UK birth certificate with both parents listed. Does anyone know how I can register with the Spanish Consulate without a DNI number, and then apply for a passport using the DNI? If anyone has an idea of the steps I should take please do let me know!

Any help you are able to give is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Hi there,

Amazing this thread is still going, proves what a complex topic this is.

I'm spanish... and british... My dad is british and my mum spanish. They were married in Spain so we have a libro de familia and I was born and brought up here so I'm in it. I have a Spanish DNI, Spanish passport and a British passport. Apparently when my father when to the british embassy in Madrid ask if he could get a British passport for me despite having a spanish one he was told "well, we're not going to ask you if you have a Spanish passport" and so me and my other 2 younger brothers got both passports.

I know you can't have dual nationality as such but it seams like you can have both passports. It's almost as if each country just minds it's own business and in their eyes you're a citizen of their country. I've flown to and from the uk a hundred times on both passports and never had an issue.

I am 17 though, and I'd be interested in knowing if anything changes when I'm 18 or if it's relevant when flying outside the eu/asking for a visa as I will be doing to go to Moscow in september...

Hope my experience was of use!

This is an old thread, but here is some first-hand experience anyway.

If children have one parent who is Spanish and was born in Spain, they are in fact already Spanish. It is a question of "recuperación de la nacionalidad española", not acquiring Spanish nationality.

If their birth is registered with the Registro Civil at the Spanish Consulate, they can immediately get a passport. They are entitled to British and Spanish nationality, and they do not need to make any secret of having both.

This was my situation - Spanish father - and it was very quick and easy.

The whole debate about renouncing one's original nationality does not apply in this situation.

My husband is German and is still a German citizen, and I'm American. When my son was born (in the states) we were told that he does have duel citizenship, but only temporarily, because Germany does not recognize duel citizenship with the US. According to what we were told, he will have duel citizenship until 18 or so, when he'll basically have to chose what nationality he identifies as.We moved to Germany a little over a year ago, and he had no problems getting into the country or getting the proper paperwork. He has both passports. I don't know if it'll work the same for you, given the countries involved, but a call to the proper state department should clear everything up in a matter of minutes. Good luck!

Hi Sophie,
I'm English and wife's Spanish
I agree, with the previous poster, My son has both, In fact, His situation is similar to your plans. We got him his first Spanish passport at 2 weeks old and the British one a little later, We lived in the UK for the first ten years of his life and moved to Spain when he was ten, He is now 27 years old.