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Can i get french citizen if my great granda was french and my last name is carreon is french.?
I am Mexican from French decent from my dad side and found out that france once conquered mexico san Luis Potosi where my dads from.
5 Answers
- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
No, the only way for you to become a french citizen is by naturalisation. And it is not easy if you don't have a nationality from an EU country.
If you were not born in France or if your father and your mother are not french citizens, you can't have a french citizenship just because of your grandfather and your name.
- Brother HesekielLv 77 years ago
You can become a French citizen if you qualify for immigration to France, get an immigrant visa, move over there, work and pay taxes for at least 5 years in France, and then apply for naturalization.
The fact that you had an ancestor from France doesn't make it easier.
Source(s): An immigrant from Europe, I live in the charming old mission town San Buenaventura and work as an attorney in Santa Barbara, California. - ibu guruLv 77 years ago
Only if one of your parents was a French citizen at the time of your birth would you have any potential right to French citizenship. Grandparents and great-grandparents are irrelevant.
- MaxiLv 77 years ago
Mum or dad French, holder of French passport along with French birth certs......... that the only way......... you great grandfather is too far removed and having a 'French language surname' makes no difference at all..my surname is a French language surname and I have NIL French ancestry..........
- Anonymous7 years ago
No .....too distant a relative
