Residence requirements for citizenship in Europe

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  1. I see so many people that are not integrated after 10+ years, I can’t think the results of giving citizenship in 5

  2. In Spain if you come from a Latin American country or your ancestors were Jews expelled from Spain you can get your citizenship in just two years. I’m just undecided if this is discriminatory or simply sensible from the social and cultural perspective…

  3. The Czech Republic grants the right to permanent residency after five years and one must have five years of permanent residency to apply for citizenship, so effectively ten years.

  4. UK is not entirely correct. After 5 years you get the right to remain. Then after a year you can apply for citizenship.

    In Germany, you can get it down to 6 years if you speak German and come from EU.

  5. In Poland it’s 5 years for a permanent residence permit + 3 years after that for citizenship. 10 doesn’t look correct to me.

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