I'm from Argentina, and I have some papers proving that he was an Estonian citizen, would it be possible for me to get EU citizenship?
Here where I live there is no Estonian embassy, unfortunately.
I'm from Argentina, and I have some papers proving that he was an Estonian citizen, would it be possible for me to get EU citizenship?
Here where I live there is no Estonian embassy, unfortunately.
Your grandfather cannot pass the citizenship to you directly according to the Citizenship Act, only to your parents:
Chapter 2
Conditions for acquisition of Estonian citizenship
§ 5. Acquisition of Estonian citizenship by birth
(1) Estonian citizenship is acquired by birth by:
1) any child at least one of whose parents holds Estonian citizenship at the time of the birth of the child;
2) any child who is born after the death of his or her father who, at the time of his death, held Estonian citizenship.
So your father or mother has to make sure they have Estonian citizenship prior to passing it on to you.
While the same act states that:
(3) No one may be deprived of an Estonian citizenship acquired by birth.
You might want to check with the Estonian Embassy (Closest one is in Brasilia) that the following paragraph doesn't apply to their or your situation:
§ 29. Loss of Estonian citizenship due to acceptance of the citizenship of another state or renunciation of Estonian citizenship
A person is deemed by the governmental authority authorised by the Government of the Republic to have ceased to be an Estonian citizen when the person accepts the citizenship of another state or when he or she renounces Estonian citizenship in favour of the citizenship of another state.
You can become a citizen if you can prove your relationship with your ancestor. But it is not easy to do, you have to appeal to the country's national archives.