If you're Irish come into the parlor. . .
[QUOTE=George90]Any guys of European descent should get birth documents from your grandparents right away. I met a guy in Cali, Colombia, who was born in the US but whose grandmother was born in Ireland. He told me he took advantage of an Irish law that conveyed citizenship on the descendants of Irish nationals, even if they were born outside of Ireland. When he became an Irish citizen, he automatically became a citizen of the EU and now has the right to live and work anywhere is Europe![/QUOTE]
That is correct George, Irish citizenship is granted to anyone who has one grandparent who was born in the island of Ireland (including Northern Ireland) it is actually a huge loophole given that the actual population of Ireland is about 5 million whereas there must be ten times that number of people living in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa who can legally claim citizenship through their oul' Irish granny.
With an Irish passport you can automatically live and work anywhere in the EU, including all those nice new entrants from central and eastern Europe, Czech Rep, Latvia, Poland, Hungary etc. You do not even have to show your passport if travelling between the UK and Ireland but will have to present it when travelling to the continent.
Enjoy this loophole while it lasts folks.