Dear all Just musing on the Austrian passport options…. Many many years ago, after living in the UK for many years, I became a UK citizen. At the time the Austrians (not members of the EU till 1995) asked me to sign a document giving up my Austrian citizenship “for ever” . (I had had Austrian citizenship since I was a child – I am not sure on what basis my father was able to get this after the war when the whole family was stateless after escaping Romania). The Austrian government, at the time I became a UK national (1980s), would not accept dual nationality. The UK had no problem with dual nationalities and I believe still does not. Just mentioning this in case it affects the route to Austrian citizenship – do they still refuse dual citizenship even if part of the EU now? On my mother’s side of the family we are indeed old “Austro Hungarians” so in principle Arthur’s idea might be a route I also could take, in search of a EU passport. But I personally might be blocked due to my “unpatriotic actions”!
Regards to all. Karin From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Arthur von Czernowitz Sent: 25 January 2021 13:55 To: Alan Gavurin <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Gold-Glasberg, Ruth <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [czernowitz-l] Applying for Romanian Citizenship - Legal Support Hello Alan I believe that you and your brother are after an European passport. I thing that there is another way, you can also try in obtaining an Austrian passport if you can prove that your grandfather had Austrian citizenship. Do you speak Hebrew? If yes I could possibly help you with the Romanian route. Arthur Sent from my iPad On Jan 25, 2021, at 3:21 AM, Alan Gavurin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Friends Forgive me if this has been discussed before but my brother and I are considering applEying for Romanian citizenship because our late grandfather was born in Wiznitz/Vijnita/Vyzhnytsia in 1911 Have any of you gone down this path? I know of at least one other Czernowitzer who is. Can any of you recommend a good Romanian lawyer who could help us. I have already approached two Romanian lawyers - one says he does not take cases where the relatives come from outside current Romanian borders (ie present day Ukraine) and the other does not speak English so we are really struggling to understand the technicalities and I don't think Google Translate is helping very much Any recommendations would be gratefully received Alan -- Alan Gavurin London UK ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>. To remove your address from this e-list follow these directions<https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris>. To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
