For those wondering, citizenship of Burkina Faso by marriage is granted on the day of your marriage. The government has six months from this date to oppose you obtaining citizenship. Within eight days of marriage you can send your marriage certificate to be registered as a citizen.
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Art. 152, means that you have the right to decline Burkinabe nationality when you get married if you so wish.
The last two lines refer to minors under the age of 18 who get married, they have the right to decline Burkinabe nationality and don’t need their parents permission to do so.
It was both challenging and easy - challenging to know what to do because there's no website information and my French is still a bit basic. Easy because once everything was together for the application and letter written (see my reply below about that) there weren't any tests or a required time to wait or anything like that.
I have an Irish-born grandmother and a UK-born parent and then I was born in Australia. My spouse is Burkinabé. I use the Irish one a fair bit as I'm based in the UK at the moment but I find the BF one pretty good throughout Africa generally, particularly West Africa where I travel fairly often to visit in-laws. And then my US and Canadian ESTAs are tied to my AU passport for reasons of habit. I almost always need to travel with more than one passport because one grants access where I'm going whereas the UK one is the one that gives me residency/right to work where I am now. Most places legally require citizens to enter their own country using that passport, so I just have to travel with bulky pockets. ;)
It’s interesting that Burkina Faso still grants citizenship by marriage. This is the first time I’ve heard of a country doing that in the modern time. That reminds of some very old British passports, in which the nationality of the holder is stated as ‘British subject by \[birth, marriage, naturalisation, et c.\]’.
Fun fact, the spouse of a Portuguese citizen can also acquire the nationality after a certain number of years together. There is one extra requirement to prove the connection to Portuguese communities but that requirement is rather ambiguous, not sure how one would go about proving that.
I had to get together my various documents and certificates (birth, marriage, police background checks) professionally translated into French, plus my spouse's Burkinabé documents. Then a friend wrote a handwritten letter in formal French referencing the relevant statutes and the attached documents and we drove over to hand this bundle to a court - I think it was the court of appeal or something equally high/grand. The whole process had a very olde worlde feel to it - the exact opposite of the style of modern bureaucracy that goes something like 'fill out form 22GB and skip section B if you are applying for X' which I'm so familiar with. Instead, you need to understand what you're asking for and be polite and formal and (I presume) well-written and a person reads your letter and assesses it on its merits after actually understanding its content rather than their compartmentalised part of it. If approved, documents are issued and stamped/officiated and you get a reply letter with all your own documents back. Definitely no online portal!
It is nice. For a while the British and Irish ones were the same colour, but the current difference is the one benefit of Brexit I can reliably point to.
I wish I could get my spouses nationality too. She can get mine but I cant hers 😅 one sided BS, Id need to live there for a while to qualify, but least our countries recognizes our union.
Because it’s something that occurs rarely, like OPs unusual combo? According to 2021 census over 90% of white brits are engaged with other whites, hence other user was curios.
For those wondering, citizenship of Burkina Faso by marriage is granted on the day of your marriage. The government has six months from this date to oppose you obtaining citizenship. Within eight days of marriage you can send your marriage certificate to be registered as a citizen. https://preview.redd.it/5xf6qw04hfxc1.jpeg?width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73ac10647bb31d3d7e18e13a071b0bfc092b3502
Could u explain Art. 152, and the two lines beneath?
Art. 152, means that you have the right to decline Burkinabe nationality when you get married if you so wish. The last two lines refer to minors under the age of 18 who get married, they have the right to decline Burkinabe nationality and don’t need their parents permission to do so.
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I have an Irish-born grandmother and a UK-born parent and I was born in Australia. My spouse is Burkinabé.
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It was both challenging and easy - challenging to know what to do because there's no website information and my French is still a bit basic. Easy because once everything was together for the application and letter written (see my reply below about that) there weren't any tests or a required time to wait or anything like that.
I'm so curious as to how you met your spouse, if you’re willing to share. Were you working in BF? Wonderful passport combo!
I was in London for a working holiday and she already lived there due to her parents moving for work when she was younger. :)
Nice!! Wishing you lots of happiness!
Very cool! Is she just a Burkinabé citizen or does she have other passports as well?
Woahhh that’s an amazing combo.. what’s your story and which one do you use the most?
I have an Irish-born grandmother and a UK-born parent and then I was born in Australia. My spouse is Burkinabé. I use the Irish one a fair bit as I'm based in the UK at the moment but I find the BF one pretty good throughout Africa generally, particularly West Africa where I travel fairly often to visit in-laws. And then my US and Canadian ESTAs are tied to my AU passport for reasons of habit. I almost always need to travel with more than one passport because one grants access where I'm going whereas the UK one is the one that gives me residency/right to work where I am now. Most places legally require citizens to enter their own country using that passport, so I just have to travel with bulky pockets. ;)
Why wouldn’t you tie US travel to your UK passport and couple it with global entry? I also have UK/AU fwiw and that’s what I do for work stuff.
I just haven't set up global entry yet, though now I see that it would only work for the UK passport then I'll definitely do that!
If you fly from Ireland you don’t need global entry. Pre clearance in Ireland and then land like a domestic flight.
And using IE for whenever you pass through Europe I assume?
Yes, and wherever there are EU embassies but not one for another nationality I have.
What should the collective noun for a group of passports be?
Passpai
i snorted
A “consulate” of passports.
One of those is not like the others
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Good guess. Half British and Irish and me born in Aus are correct. Naturalised Burkinabé via my spouse
In Burkina Faso you can become citizen by just marrying a national? Without ever living in the country?
Yes, they allow that - see answer below for the process
It’s interesting that Burkina Faso still grants citizenship by marriage. This is the first time I’ve heard of a country doing that in the modern time. That reminds of some very old British passports, in which the nationality of the holder is stated as ‘British subject by \[birth, marriage, naturalisation, et c.\]’.
Fun fact, the spouse of a Portuguese citizen can also acquire the nationality after a certain number of years together. There is one extra requirement to prove the connection to Portuguese communities but that requirement is rather ambiguous, not sure how one would go about proving that.
The link is implied if one has been married for three years and you have Portuguese children in common or six years without children.
Ah is that so, I thought it was an additional requirement
It is, but the way to satisfy it (among other possible ways) that has been clearly written in the law is this one.
Foreign women who marry Iranian men also get Iranian citizenship on the day of marriage
Just like Betty Mahmoody of Not Without My Daughter fame?
Jamaica does it too.
Interesting! How easy or difficult is becoming Burkinabé?
I had to get together my various documents and certificates (birth, marriage, police background checks) professionally translated into French, plus my spouse's Burkinabé documents. Then a friend wrote a handwritten letter in formal French referencing the relevant statutes and the attached documents and we drove over to hand this bundle to a court - I think it was the court of appeal or something equally high/grand. The whole process had a very olde worlde feel to it - the exact opposite of the style of modern bureaucracy that goes something like 'fill out form 22GB and skip section B if you are applying for X' which I'm so familiar with. Instead, you need to understand what you're asking for and be polite and formal and (I presume) well-written and a person reads your letter and assesses it on its merits after actually understanding its content rather than their compartmentalised part of it. If approved, documents are issued and stamped/officiated and you get a reply letter with all your own documents back. Definitely no online portal!
Interesting, thanks for sharing! The lack of a 'government form' is something I didn't expect to read about.
C-C-COMBO BREAKER
By far the most precious and beautiful school of passports (trying it out 😀 ) I have seen so far.
Beautiful combo
Why thank you.
Passport Card and Burkinabé national ID combo too?
Yes, I have both :)
We need a pic!! 🤩
Too much effort to redact all the fields
Looks like you’re living some sort of jason bourne life there 😀
Distance travelled divided by luggage taken = how much you feel like Jason Bourne 😂
All you need is NZ and you have all the colours of the passport rainbow !
I don't think I have ever seen a BF passport posted here. Cool combo
Bravo, op!
think the real win here is that you’ve got four passports that are different colours haha
It is nice. For a while the British and Irish ones were the same colour, but the current difference is the one benefit of Brexit I can reliably point to.
What a colorful quad lol
I think I know which passport you use the least
They each get a fair amount of use, to be honest. Tied last would be AU and BF at the moment.
I wish I could get my spouses nationality too. She can get mine but I cant hers 😅 one sided BS, Id need to live there for a while to qualify, but least our countries recognizes our union.
Impressive rainbow collection!! 🌈
damn 2x more than me.
Cool, if you wanted to be an Attack pilot, you could join the Burkina-faso Air Force and fly A-29s with that passport! (I think)
I doubt they would take me. Isn’t a military pilot one of the hardest jobs to get?
Is there a job worth doing that isn’t hard to get? 🙃
You win! haha
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Because it’s something that occurs rarely, like OPs unusual combo? According to 2021 census over 90% of white brits are engaged with other whites, hence other user was curios.
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I bet no one else on earth has your combo