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Brazilian-Luxembourgers
Embracing a New Population
Updated: January 25th, 2023
Written by: Daniel Atz with Lauren Lowell and Verônica Bochi
15,477 Brazilian adults applied to reclaim Luxembourg nationality through an ancestor alive on January 1st, 1900. Who are these new dual citizens? This study is a first of its kind look at who are the Brazilian-Luxembourgers.
Brazilian-Luxembourgers
Embracing a New Population
Updated: January 25th, 2023
Written by: Daniel Atz with Lauren Lowell and Verônica Bochi
15,477 Brazilian adults applied to reclaim Luxembourg nationality through an ancestor alive on January 1st, 1900. Who are these new dual citizens? This study is a first of its kind look at who are the Brazilian-Luxembourgers.
Background
LuxCitizenship has been producing dual citizen studies on the American-Luxembourgers since 2018. When we found out in March 2021 that there were over 3 Brazilians applying for dual citizenship for every North American, our minds were blown.
According to our research, 90.6% of Brazilian dual citizens want to move to Europe. According to STATEC, at least 680 Brazilian dual citizens were living in Luxembourg on January 1, 2022. The numbers are only set to grow exponentially.
We think it’s high time to start learning about this population. So we asked for them to speak for themselves. 212 Brazilian-Luxembourger dual citizens responded to our public survey. The results follow.
Please note that this video was recorded in Portuguese. To turn on the correct subtitles, please press the play button, followed by the gear icon and “Subtitles/CC”.
Context
In 2008, the new Luxembourg Nationality Act introduced the concept of dual citizenship in Luxembourg. This law also created a 10 year citizenship program for the interested applicants who had a direct lineage Luxembourg ancestor alive on January 1st, 1900. From 2009 to the initial deadline in 2018, 15,477 Brazilians had their initial applications accepted. They now have until December 31st, 2025, to travel to Luxembourg and complete the citizenship application.
2023: Record Setting Results
Although the number of North Americans applying for Luxembourg citizenship took off in 2016, the Brazilian numbers took off and flew right past them in 2018.
Chart by Visualizer
In 2022, 3,080 adults Brazilians applied to recover Luxembourgish Citizenship under the Article 89 process. In 2022, for the first time ever, Brazil was the country with the largest number of people obtaining Luxembourg dual citizenship.
7,067 more Brazilian are eligible to obtain Luxembourg dual citizenship under Article 89. On December 21st, 2022, Luxembourg’s parliament extended the final deadline for Article 89 applications until December 31st, 2025.
There are other paths to Luxembourg citizenship through Ancestry. Luxembourg’s Ministry of Justice publishes no statistics about applicants who have Luxembourg citizenship recognized under Article 7 of the Luxembourg nationality law. According to the CTIE and STATEC, 19,939 Luxembourg citizens lived in Brazil at the end of 2022. At the time of the last Luxembourgish election in 2018 that number was 2,844.
Luxembourg has a population of 634,700. If all 7,067 Brazilian adult applicants come to Luxembourg by 2025, they will equal 15,447* new citizens under Article 89 alone. That’s equivalent to the population of Hesperange or about 2.4% of Luxembourg’s total population.
*This figure does not count the large number of citizens under other Articles of the law and needs further studying.
As the total number of these new Brazilian-Luxembourgers is expected to be equivalent to at least
2.4%
of Luxembourg’s population, it’s time to start understanding who these people are.
Where We Last Left Off
In our ancestor study, we established that the 212 (future) Brazilian-Luxembourgish citizens who participated in our study came from 71 ancestors. These ancestors mostly came from Luxembourg as part of the first migratory wave, and generally settled in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina, Rio Grande du Sul, and Paraná.
Luxembourg Ancestor Place of Birth
Ancestor Residence in Brazil
About Our Brazilian Dual Citizens
212 (future) Brazilian-Luxembourgish dual citizens over 18 years old responded to LuxCitizenship’s open survey. The largest portion of the respondents are in the age range 30-49. Slightly more men responded than women.
Participant Gender
Participant Age
Ancestral Connections
While on average, the Brazilian dual citizens are about as many generations removed from their Luxembourg ancestor as their North American cousins, they are twice as likely to have a Luxembourg ancestor from six generations back.
Generations Removed from Ancestor
Please note that this video was recorded in Portuguese. To turn on the correct subtitles, please press the play button, followed by the gear icon and “Subtitles/CC”.
Video: Gabriel reclaimed Luxembourg citizenship from his 4th generation Luxembourg ancestor. He recently moved to the Grand Duchy with his spouse. He shares a little bit of his experience.
Brazilian-Luxembourgers: Where Are They From?
Much like their North American cousins, many of the Brazil dual citizens were born in the same state that their ancestor lived in. However, they have started to spread out throughout Brazil. By far the biggest state where they live is Santa Catarina, concentrating many more dual citizens than any one state in the US.
Where Applicants Were Born
Where Applicants Live Today
Applicant Mobility – How “Close to Home” are Brazilian Luxembourgers?
Around 2/3rds of the Brazilians surveyed live today in the state of Brazil where they were born in. This is the exact opposite of the North American dual citizens, where 2/3rds do not live in the same state where they were born. By comparison, more Brazilians live outside Brazil.
Born + Live in the Same State?
If No, Where Do You Live?
While 100% of dual citizens surveyed were born in Brazil, 6.6% now live in Luxembourg. Another 6.6% of participants now live in another country.
About the Families
64% of the dual citizens surveyed are married, which is 11.6% higher than the participants in our American Luxembourgers study. The average number of children per Brazilian family with children (1.8) was also slightly higher for the North American families (1.5).
Married?
# of Children
A Grande Familia
According to our research, family is one of the Brazilian dual citizens’ primary motivators for applying for Luxembourg citizenship. 80.2% of the dual citizens with children indicated that at least some of their children were also applying for dual citizenship.
Children Applying?
A Lot More Multilingual Than 🇺🇸
45% of our Brazilian respondents reported speaking at least one foreign language fluently. This is a stark contrast from the participants in our American Luxembourgers Survey, where under 22% reported speaking a second language.
Do You Speak a Foreign Language?
What Languages Do You Speak?
Of the 45.3% of participants who speak at least one foreign language, 24% of them speak at least two foreign languages and 8.3% speak 3 foreign languages or more.
Applicant Education
The minimum education level of the participants in this study was a high school degree, and 83.4% indicate they have pursued higher education beyond high school.
Education Level Achieved
Applicant Careers
In comparison to the participants in our study of American Luxembourgers, over 2x more applicants work in positions related to Government, Administration, and Non-Profits. At the same time, much less of the Brazilian-Luxembourgers report working in health care than their North American cousins.
Career Path
Applicant Job Titles
It seems like the applicants might have many different jobs and titles. But, some titles were repeated a lot. These include analyst, civil servant, and teacher.
Are you ready to learn more about the Brazilian Luxembourgers?
Continue on to our Brazilian Dual Citizens Survey to learn more about the applicant’s motivations and future plans.
Are you ready to learn more about the Brazilian Luxembourgers?
Continue on to our Brazilian Dual Citizens Survey to learn more about the applicant’s motivations and future plans.
Brazilian Dual Citizens Survey
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