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Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

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What was the country you were born in?

One of the GCC [1] countries. I am sure none of them give citizenship or even permanent residency to non-citizens born in them. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperation_Council_for_the_Ara...

I think I know which country you're talking about. They do give citizenship only to non-citizens (as you've said), but there are other exceptions.

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

#54

I was born in Wales and live currently in England. These are two different countries of the four that form the UK. My personal impression is that within the UK these are not seen so much as different countries but more as different administrative areas within the one country, and from without the UK you'd generally be lucky to find someone who is aware that Wales is a country and the UK is not. Technically I should v…

Well, not technically.... they are very much different countries!

Although we're 'appy to 'av ya.

:)

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

#55

I always have a hard time answering the question "Where are you from?" I was born in a country that doesn't give out citizenship (A middle eastern nation). My father, too, was born there. In fact, I need a visa to go visit my own birth country (where my parents still live). I inherited Indian citizenship through my father and his family (I've never lived there), and potentially British citizenship through my mother (…

Same here. I was born in Dubai. Dad was working there as an engineer during the building boom in the 70s. I inherited British citizenship through both parents, and US citizenship through Dad.

But, I've lived most of my life just outside Washington DC, USA.

Re: Poll: do you live in the country you were born in?

#60

Here is my own trajectory so far: nl -> pl -> nl -> us -> nl -> ca -> nl, it looks like I haven't achieved escape velocity just yet.

A couple more laps around, then release, and you could be a candidate for the first lunar settler :)
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