Citizenship inquiry

[cleverodra 1]

Dear all,

Currently, I hold temporary permanent residency based of marriage, and my ROC is coming up.

In addition, it is possible my husband (USC) will be offered a position outside of the U.S. and this post would be for 10-15 years.

I do not want to relinquish my PR, but since we will be living abroad we do not many options. We will keep our personal and credit accounts with a residential address in the U.S.

I just want to avoid potential CBP issues when coming back to the U.S. to visit our family.

Therefore, my option would be to file for citizenship based on my 3rd anniversary from PR date. However, if granted does this mean I am unable to voluntarily obtain any additional citizenships without relinquishing U.S. citizenship?

Kindly confirm

[aleful 1,905]

hi

you cannot obtain citizenship without filing for ROC. until you have your 10 year GC you cannot file for citizenship

[Boiler 43,391]

US does not limit the number of Citizenships you can have.

[cleverodra 1]

Dear all,

I understand first I must first file for ROC before submitting my USC application (pending meeting the residency and character requirements, etc etc)

However, I would like to confirm if once I have successfully been granted US citizenship, it would prevent me from voluntary obtaining any future citizenship (U.K. French, Australian, etc).

Please confirm if there are any limitations once I have been granted USC.

Thank you.

[Mistyyy 11]

You can have as many citizenships as you want the US doesn't have a saying in that. as far as forthe expedite the 2yrs GC isn't going to work you need the 10yrs GC in order to be eligible. Once you have proof that you'll be abroad for work (In this case a travelling spouse) the 6 months period doesn't concern you anymore but you need to provide evidence to USCIS.

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

There are no restrictions in terms of keeping your US citizenship if you later choose to get others. HOWEVER, other countries may have different restrictions- ie the may not give you an additional citizenship unless you renounce all others, including the US one.

[DC85 113]

you could lose your US citizenship if you obtain another citizenship after getting the US citizenship

for more information see this link

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html

[Boiler 43,391]

Nope

I know plenty of people who acquired other citizenship's, one guy is up to 5.

[JimmyHou 610]

you could lose your US citizenship if you obtain another citizenship after getting the US citizenship

for more information see this link

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality.html

This is correct. Acquiring a new nationality CAN result in loss of US citizenship "if performed voluntarily and with the intention of relinquishing U.S. nationality."

So the government would have to prove in court that when you acquired your new citizenship you intended to give up your U.S. citizenship. Note that they have to prove intent, not that you actually gave up your citizenship. This proof would not require a formal renunciation of citizenship and so the criteria is somewhat subjective. If you took an oath of allegiance to a foreign country, would that be enough? It's not clear.

Whatever the actual criteria is, this is something that is almost never (or perhaps never) enforced. It is extremely unlikely that you will lose your U.S. Citizenship unless you renounce it formally. For example, if you become a Japanese citizen, Japan would require you to formally renounce your U.S. Citizenship within 2 years of Japanese naturalization.

This is one of those provisions that the government would only use to get rid of someone they didn't want for other reasons. There's almost no chance that it'll affect you. It's similar to denaturalization for lying on the N400. If they suspect someone of committing a crime they can't prove (let's say they have evidence they can't submit in court for some reason), they can turn to USCIS and look through the N400. Then they find that you were a member of a high school band that you didn't list on the question about membership in clubs and organizations. Suddenly, you've lied on the application and you can be denaturalized. This is a silly example, I know, but it shows how it can work. There are many odd stories over the years about serious criminals who get their cases thrown out in court and soon after, very coincidentally, they are denaturalized and deported for lying on immigration forms.

So after all that, the answer is that the chance that you would lose US citizenship for acquiring another nationality is negligibly small. People get other nationalities all the time without any trouble.

[cleverodra 1]

Dear all,

This has been very information.

Thank you for the explanation.