How to quality as Eu vs. non-EU?

Anyone know how a US citizen residing in the US can qualify be be a EU citizen?

Huge tuition difference in England (University of Shefflied-Hallam).

 

Answering the first question: generally a grandparent born in an EU country will give citizenship of said country. So you need birth and marriage certificates for the last three generations. A parent is better, as that's usually automatic (which is why I have dual British/Irish citizenship if I ever want to claim the latter).

Alternatively, marriage to a spouse from the EU or who qualifies for EU citizenship as above will also work (which is why my extremely English husband would also gain Irish citizenship if I ever got around to claiming it).

However, there is a catch. If you are non-resident in the EU, all bets are usually off. The rule always used to be that you needed to be resident in the EU for non-educational purposes for the previous three years to qualify for EU fees.

Have a look at the UKCOSA website http://www.ukcosa.org.uk/ to see if they have more info, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you, alas.

Angela

 

Good post, Angela.

I would add that US citizens always need to be careful when, how and/or even if they start claiming citizenship -- be it dual, or otherwise -- in other (non-US) countries (while still also claiming/maintaining their US citizenship) unless they go through the formal US process for so doing. It can get very weird and tricky in unexpected and sometimes seemingly illogical -- and maybe even ridiculous -- ways that I won't bother to go into here. Suffice it to say that it's not to be trifled with, trust me.

Just a friendly FYI.