A Passport Doesn't Make Us Austrian
Do, 18. Okt. 2007, 09:45 in 'A'
"I have been here for 13 years now", he said. "I don't have much to do with Germany anymore, so I thought about becoming Austrian. You know why I don't? They want to charge me 1000 Euros for that! Apart from that - listen to my accent. I'll never be Austrian."

Ja, same here. It wouldn't make any difference, would it. Except for my bank account.

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alcessa, Do, 18. Okt. 2007, 10:56
My bank account has been crying for the very same reason... :-( Slovenia wants a lot of money to let one go...

novala, Do, 18. Okt. 2007, 15:01
You have to pay your own folks to leave the club??

alcessa, Do, 18. Okt. 2007, 17:30
Yes. I have to give them 400,00 Euro, with which money they will check whether I have done something terrible, back in Slovenia, and cannot be allowed to get away. Tax fraud, children I have left behind and don't pay for, that stuff. In comparison, applying for the German citizenship is really a bargain... Which is nice.

But you know: since September this year, double citizenships are allowed to all EU-citizens. Which is why I may keep my 400 EUR...
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moncay, Do, 18. Okt. 2007, 12:39
mit österreichischen grüssen, best regards

novala, Do, 18. Okt. 2007, 15:13
If there were a Viennese citizenship I might go for it. (I moved to Vienna, not to Austria)
Then again - who knows if I stay in Austria.

moncay, Fr, 19. Okt. 2007, 08:34
indeed, to have the citizenship of a town would make much more sense - than of a country: a limited maybe, just to back up the time when one lives there.

novala, So, 21. Okt. 2007, 11:03
Eine Stadtsbürgerschaft!
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