European Citizenships By Ancestry: Part III (Western Europe)

In the pages of Sovereign Man, we often talk about Plan B strategies with “all upside, no downside.”

And an alternative citizenship that you acquire on the basis of your ancestry is one of them.

Usually, Citizenship By Ancestry (CBA) is the easiest way to obtain a coveted second passport.

You don’t need to leave home and spend several years in a new country, as would be required for “normal” naturalization.

And you don’t need to pay six figures for a passport offered by one of the countries offering Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programs. You usually don’t even need to speak the local language.

Moreover, most countries with CBA programs are located in Europe and offer applicants excellent, A-grade travel documents – plus access to the entire European Union.

In other words… CBA is a no-brainer. 

It is not available to everyone, however – you still must have the “right” ancestors hailing from the “right” places.

In the past, we’ve covered the CBA rules for Southern and Eastern Europe.

In our latest Black Paper, we discuss another region that has sent millions of migrants to the United States and elsewhere over the centuries – Western Europe.

Specifically, we look at the applicable rules for Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

In this report, we explain how Austria and Germany enacted incredibly favorable laws toward people persecuted by the Nazis. And how as a result, today, descendants of these people can easily claim the Austrian and German citizenship and passports that their ancestors lost.

Then, Luxembourg is home to perhaps the most streamlined CBA program in all of Europe: At least three Sovereign Man members have become Luxembourgish through it.

And don’t fret if the country of your ancestors doesn’t have an explicit CBA program. You may often be able to recover your European passport by proving that the citizenship link to your ancestor has never been broken throughout generations.

You might be French, German or Swiss right now, without even realizing it.

In other words, explore your family tree. Talk to your parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, and see if any of your direct ancestors may have come from the countries we mention in this report.

And to help you, we have forged relationships with service providers on the ground in most of the countries mentioned in this Black Paper. They can help streamline your CBA application process, eliminating much of the legwork and uncertainty.