Fairfax Office - Question about original citizenship

[Stella08 0]

When I had my interview in Fairfax, the officer asked me if I intended to keep my original citizenship in addition to the American citizenship. I found this odd, since I never heard of this question being asked before. The officer also was very well informed about the laws of my home country concerning this topic.

Now I heard from another German, who had an interview at the same office with a different officer, that she was asked the same thing.

And now I'm wondering if they only ask Germans about this or if anybody else has been asked during their interview, if they're planning on keeping their original citizenship.

[phl_nov08 0]

When I had my interview in Fairfax, the officer asked me if I intended to keep my original citizenship in addition to the American citizenship. I found this odd, since I never heard of this question being asked before. The officer also was very well informed about the laws of my home country concerning this topic.

Now I heard from another German, who had an interview at the same office with a different officer, that she was asked the same thing.

And now I'm wondering if they only ask Germans about this or if anybody else has been asked during their interview, if they're planning on keeping their original citizenship.

From what I have seen posted previously here, a German citizen needs to file a document and get approval from German government to retain their German citizenship before they take oath to become US citizen. Otherwise German citizenship is lost. My guess is the IO was inquiring about your intentions along those lines.

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[Stella08 0]

When I had my interview in Fairfax, the officer asked me if I intended to keep my original citizenship in addition to the American citizenship. I found this odd, since I never heard of this question being asked before. The officer also was very well informed about the laws of my home country concerning this topic.

Now I heard from another German, who had an interview at the same office with a different officer, that she was asked the same thing.

And now I'm wondering if they only ask Germans about this or if anybody else has been asked during their interview, if they're planning on keeping their original citizenship.

From what I have seen posted previously here, a German citizen needs to file a document and get approval from German government to retain their German citizenship before they take oath to become US citizen. Otherwise German citizenship is lost. My guess is the IO was inquiring about your intentions along those lines.

P

You're right. That's exactly, what he was asking. I was just wondering, if they ask only Germans, if they plan on keeping their citizenship, because they need to apply for a special authorization to apply for another citizenship, if they don't want to lose their German citizenship. Or if they also ask people from other nations, who can become dual citizens without any special paperwork, because they don't automatically lose their original citizenship when they apply for American citizenship. So, let's say you're British, have you been asked if you plan on keeping your British citizenship or if you will go the British authorities and renounce it?

[phl_nov08 0]

When I had my interview in Fairfax, the officer asked me if I intended to keep my original citizenship in addition to the American citizenship. I found this odd, since I never heard of this question being asked before. The officer also was very well informed about the laws of my home country concerning this topic.

Now I heard from another German, who had an interview at the same office with a different officer, that she was asked the same thing.

And now I'm wondering if they only ask Germans about this or if anybody else has been asked during their interview, if they're planning on keeping their original citizenship.

From what I have seen posted previously here, a German citizen needs to file a document and get approval from German government to retain their German citizenship before they take oath to become US citizen. Otherwise German citizenship is lost. My guess is the IO was inquiring about your intentions along those lines.

P

You're right. That's exactly, what he was asking. I was just wondering, if they ask only Germans, if they plan on keeping their citizenship, because they need to apply for a special authorization to apply for another citizenship, if they don't want to lose their German citizenship. Or if they also ask people from other nations, who can become dual citizens without any special paperwork, because they don't automatically lose their original citizenship when they apply for American citizenship. So, let's say you're British, have you been asked if you plan on keeping your British citizenship or if you will go the British authorities and renounce it?

Didn't ask me anything about British citizenship.

P

Edited May 15, 2009 by phl_nov08

[broma25 2]

Me neither

[wworld808 1]

When I had my interviewed last Wednesday May 13, the IO didn't asked me if i would want to retain my original citizenship

[Flames9_RN 358]

Didn't ask me anything about my Cdn citizenship at the Fairfax office