__caitlin
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__caitlin got a reaction from hikergirl in US/Canada Dual Citizenship + Border Officer Abuse?
I'm mainly referring to this part of this article: travel[.]state[.]gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_778[.]html
So basically, you can lose U.S. citizenship through a number of methods (getting naturalized in a foreign country, being in the military for an opposing country), but the common ground is that in all those situations, you must EXPLICITLY declare/sign statements saying that you wish to renounce your citizenship.
According to the part I quoted, if you DO NOT explicitly make such statements, they will presume your intent to RETAIN your U.S. citizenship - and then you will, well, retain it.
I know that the U.S. does not *encourage* dual citizenship, but everything I've read points to the fact that it does recognize and tolerate it and does not require you to automatically renounce U.S. citizenship even if you are naturalized somewhere else.
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__caitlin got a reaction from newacct in US/Canada Dual Citizenship + Border Officer Abuse?
I'm mainly referring to this part of this article: travel[.]state[.]gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_778[.]html
So basically, you can lose U.S. citizenship through a number of methods (getting naturalized in a foreign country, being in the military for an opposing country), but the common ground is that in all those situations, you must EXPLICITLY declare/sign statements saying that you wish to renounce your citizenship.
According to the part I quoted, if you DO NOT explicitly make such statements, they will presume your intent to RETAIN your U.S. citizenship - and then you will, well, retain it.
I know that the U.S. does not *encourage* dual citizenship, but everything I've read points to the fact that it does recognize and tolerate it and does not require you to automatically renounce U.S. citizenship even if you are naturalized somewhere else.