About two passports

[nycfeng 2]

If someone was naturalized in USA and got USA passport, can that person still apply for Canada immigration and get Canada PASSPORT?

For naturalized USA citizens, will that person lose USA citizenship if that person obtain another nation's passport?

[David-and-Mae 15]

If someone was naturalized in USA and got USA passport, can that person still apply for Canada immigration and get Canada PASSPORT?

For naturalized USA citizens, will that person lose USA citizenship if that person obtain another nation's passport?

Does Canada allow dual citizenship? Like in the Philippines, we are allowed to have both US and Philippine passports. When I become a US Citizen, I will automatically lose my Philippine citizenship. Then I have to go to the nearest consulate to reacquire it and become dual citizen.

[v333k 59]

The US does not allow dual citizenship - what this means that in the eyes of the US government, you are a US citizen and only a US citizen. You can go obtain as many passports as you want but in the end they will only recognize the US passport. The US government will not ask you to give up your US citizenship as a result and will allow you to keep it.

A somewhat convoluted way of saying it!!!

To answer your questions simply:

1. yes - you can go and get naturalized in Canada.

2. no - you will not lose your US citizenship

Both answers are related to what I said above. What you need to remember is when entering and leaving the US - you always MUST use your US passport.

If someone was naturalized in USA and got USA passport, can that person still apply for Canada immigration and get Canada PASSPORT?

For naturalized USA citizens, will that person lose USA citizenship if that person obtain another nation's passport?

[NickD 203]

The US does not allow dual citizenship - what this means that in the eyes of the US government, you are a US citizen and only a US citizen. You can go obtain as many passports as you want but in the end they will only recognize the US passport. The US government will not ask you to give up your US citizenship as a result and will allow you to keep it.

A somewhat convoluted way of saying it!!!

To answer your questions simply:

1. yes - you can go and get naturalized in Canada.

2. no - you will not lose your US citizenship

Both answers are related to what I said above. What you need to remember is when entering and leaving the US - you always MUST use your US passport.

The Department of State likes to cal it dual naturalization, but a play on words, its dual citizenship. With these guys, the key element is your place of birth that is plastered on your US passport. If you home country sees that and you were born in that country, they consider you to be a citizen of that country. So if you want to visit your family, must maintain a passport for that country. And no country to my knowledge gives you a passport unless you are a citizen of that country. That is dual citizenship.

Then there is the issue of the parent or parents of a child born in a different country. Even in the USA, say if a GI knocks up a gal in a foreign country, that child is considered a citizen of the USA. The same in other countries as well, some accept just a birth certificate, others, DNA evidence that is fairly new when looking at the history of being born someplace else. Here, can be done by yourself with an N-600, in other countries, won't let you file by yourself, but force you to use notaries or attorneys in the process where they will rob you blind in the process.

Have a friend that married a Canadian girl 30 years ago, for them, living in a border state to Canada, nothing was thought of it at that time, was like dating a girl from across the street. But a problem for them now, she has been living here for 30 years without naturalization. Was never an issue before but is now.

Until about four years ago, a Canadian or US citizen didn't need anything to cross the borders, but now either need a passport from either country. No need to have two passports. But regarding maintaining citizenship in Canada, if you were born there will always be a Canadian citizen. Bush didn't think the Canadians were doing enough to keep out terrorists from this country so passed an executive order so everyone needs a passport now.

What is really ironic about this, anyone that is rich can get a visa to this country as were those terrorists that did a lot of damage here. But if you are honest, hard working, and don't have those assets, next to impossible to get a visa to even visit here. Every terrorist that came here to do some serious damage, came here legally. The rest of us have to pay the price.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The Department of State likes to cal it dual naturalization, . . .

The DoS calls it dual nationality, which is a mute point, as almost every national is also a citizen.

In the case of the U.S. the only U.S. nationals who are not U.S. citizens are the peoples of Africans Samoa (remember the restaurant chain "Little Black Sambo's") who became unincorporated U.S. territory after the occupation of Pago Pago in 1904.

[NickD 203]

The DoS calls it dual nationality, which is a mute point, as almost every national is also a citizen.

In the case of the U.S. the only U.S. nationals who are not U.S. citizens are the peoples of Africans Samoa (remember the restaurant chain "Little Black Sambo's") who became unincorporated U.S. territory after the occupation of Pago Pago in 1904.

Dual nationality is correct, must have been smoking crack when I typed naturalization. More likely, typed naturalization so much on this board, comes out automatically.

Yes, a big difference between dual nationality and dual naturalization. Former is due to natural causes, being born there, latter, a whole bunch of paper work and money is involved with your personal will.