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Hi people, I am about to apply for a US citizenship, and I am wondering what is going to happen with my original Israeli citizenship? How does this whole procedure work? If I want to keep my Israeli citizenship, do I have to declare it somewhere? Or if I don't want to have any other citizenships except for the US one, how do I go about that? Would I have to contact Israeli embassy here and request my citizenship to be terminated, or do the USCIS automatically do that for me after I am granted the US citizenship? Just curious how this whole thing works and trying to decide whether having a dual citizenship is worth the hassle of it...

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The United States allows for dual-citizenship. They only handle American Citizenship, not foreign citizenship and have no say in how other countries handle their requirements. Israel does allow for dual-citizenship except when it involves a country it considers an enemy. Eitherway you will still be considered foreign citizen under Israel law. For clarity I suggest you contact the Israel Embassy. Other factors are if you are male or female and if you are under military obligation. But the US doesn't care about any of that and it wouldn't affect your citizenship here.

Hi people, I am about to apply for a US citizenship, and I am wondering what is going to happen with my original Israeli citizenship? How does this whole procedure work? If I want to keep my Israeli citizenship, do I have to declare it somewhere? Or if I don't want to have any other citizenships except for the US one, how do I go about that? Would I have to contact Israeli embassy here and request my citizenship to be terminated, or do the USCIS automatically do that for me after I am granted the US citizenship? Just curious how this whole thing works and trying to decide whether having a dual citizenship is worth the hassle of it...

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The US doesn't do anything to your other citizenship, that is up to your home countries laws.

According to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_nationality_law#Dual_citizenship Israel permits dual. So you don't do anything. You just have both. If you want to give up your Israel citizenship, there will be a process for that.

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Hi people, I am about to apply for a US citizenship, and I am wondering what is going to happen with my original Israeli citizenship? How does this whole procedure work? If I want to keep my Israeli citizenship, do I have to declare it somewhere? Or if I don't want to have any other citizenships except for the US one, how do I go about that? Would I have to contact Israeli embassy here and request my citizenship to be terminated, or do the USCIS automatically do that for me after I am granted the US citizenship? Just curious how this whole thing works and trying to decide whether having a dual citizenship is worth the hassle of it...

Gowon always recommends to AOS at each opportunity and ASAP.

There are different set of rules for USC and LPR.

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Since you become a US citizen you denounced your citizenship to your previous country. You can have dual citizenship if your country allows that. If you're planning having dual citizenships, you should contact your nearest consular office and ask the procedure. I supposed there'll be a oath taking involved.

Removal of Condition

06/22/09 - I-751 sent

06/23/09 - package received

07/07/09 - NOA received (letter dated 6/23/09)

09/10/09 - Biometric

10/01/09 - Card Production ordered (e-mail)

10/06/09 - Approval notice (e-mail)

10/09/09 - Recieved 10 yr. GC

N-400 NATURALIZATION

07/07/12 - N-400 sent

07/10/12 - package received

07/** /12 - NOA received (letter dated 07/12/12)

08/07/12. - Biometric

09/01/12. - Interview letter recieved

10/04/12. - Passed Interview

10/04/12. - Oath Taking - I'm US Citizen!

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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The USA Department of State deals with 200 odd different countries on this issue, with different laws for each country. You may learn like we did, while a US passport is a gateway into many countries. You may not even be admitted to your own home country if your place of birth in your US passport is in that particular country. So the only way to enter is to maintain a passport for that country if you want to visit your family.

DOS does not like the word dual citizenship, prefers dual naturalization instead, but the only way you can get your home country's passport is to maintain your citizenship in that country. So it is dual citizenship. This can be very inconvenient since most consulates want you to show up in person to get that passport, and in the USA, may only be two or three such consulates in the entire USA that goes from the east coast clear to Hawaii. Or from Florida, clear up to Alaska.

It's all in the DOS site, just go there, look up your country, best to print it out and study it.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Colombia
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Oh, and the person you may contact at your consulate, may not even know the agreements made between their country and the USA. A government appointed job usually gained by being a party member or helping whoever get elected. Latter is not much different than here.

So may even have to email the agreements to them so both laws are followed, we also ran into that. Also may have to lay down one or two crisp 100 dollar US bills to get expedient service, just say, have lunch on me. May sound expensive, but a lot cheaper than being robbed blind by the airline companies for rescheduling your flight and having to spend several hundred dollars staying a hotel.

Like telling things the way they are.

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My home country is Trinidad and if you wish to maintain that citizenship when you become a US citizen all you have to do is take your US passport to the consular general and they will stamp your US passport. Simple enough.

05/22/2012 - MAILED AOS PACKAGE.
06/04/2012 - RECEIVED NOTICE IN THE MAIL.
06/04/2012 - RECEIVED BIOMETRICS APPOINTMENT IN THE MAIL.
06/06/2012 - WALK IN BIOMETRICS COMPLETED.
07/11/2012 - TEXT AND EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS OF I-485 INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT.
07/13/2012 - RECEIVED HARD COPY OF INTERVIEW NOTICE IN THE MAIL.
07/28/2012 - EAD CARD PRODUCTION ORDER.
08/04/2012 - EAD CARD IN HAND.
08/15/2012 - GC INTERVIEW. APPROVED. PASSPORT STAMPED.
08/20/2012 - GC CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED.
08/23/2012 - GC RECEIVED.

06/28/2014 - MAILED I-751 PACKAGE

07/05/2014 - RECEIVED NOA 1

01/15/2016 - Interviewed and Approved.

08/02/2016 - N400 Interviewed and Approved.

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Another thing to consider is the tax advantages or disadvantages of having a dual citizenship. There is more to consider here than just a passport.

11/30/11 Mailed K-1 petition

12/5/11 NOA1

12/13/11 Touched

5/8/12 Called USCIS for OUT OF NORMAL PROCESSING TIME inquiry

5/10/12 received email from VSC stating to wait 60 more days for decision

6/25/12 emailed my congressman

6/29/12 congressman's caseworker called me to gather more information about my case

6/29/12 sent request to state senator for an official inquiry into my case

7/3/12 Touched

7/3/12 text and email received for NOA2 approval

7/9/12 Received NOA2 hard copy in the mail

7/16/12 Called and received NVC Case Number

7/18/12 Called NVC and was told my case was in "additional processing"

7/27/12 Called NVC and was told my case is in "administrative processing"

8/2/12 Called NVC and was told my case is on the way to Manila.

8/6/12 Petition arrived in Manila

8/7/12 Called and obtained Embassy Interview Date, received appointment letter in email

Interview Date : 9/13/12

8/8/12 Fiance passed medical exam at SLEC

8/10/12 Fiance took CFO seminar

8/10/12 NVC letter arrived in mail (hardcopy)

8/13/12 Called the US Traveldocs number and asked to have earlier interview from 9/13/12 to 8/17/12

8/15/12 Interview Instruction Letter arrived in email

8/17/12 Interview date

8/17/12 Interview complete, 221g issued to send NSO CENOMAR to embassy through 2go

8/31/12 Called Senator to ask for inquiry at embassy.

8/31/12 Visa approved

8/31/12 Visa printed

9/5/12 2GO Courier service has visa in transit

9/6/12 2go Courier delivered VISA at 4:30 pm

9/6/12 Ticket purchased for flight leaving 9/8/12 POE Chicago

9/8/12 Arrived in USA

Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Romania
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My wife will have dual, in two years. Use USA passport for everything except her home country.

I don't think China accepts dual.

Does China admit dual nationality?

Answer: China does not recognize dual nationality. The Article 3 of China Nationality Law holds that the country will not admit the dual nationality of a Chinese citizen. Moreover, the Article 9 of China Nationality Law declares that as soon as a Chinese takes a foreign citizenship, he will automatically lose his Chinese citizenship.

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USCIS [*] 22 Nov. 2011 - I-129 package sent; [*] 25 Nov. 2011 - Package delivered; [*] 25 Nov. 2011 - NOA1/petition received and routed to the California Service Center; [*] 30 Nov. 2011 - Touched/confirmation though text message and email; [*] 03 Dec. 2011 - Hard copy received; [*]24 April 2012 - NOA2 (no RFEs)/text message/email/USCIS account updated; [*] 27 April 2012 - NOA2 hard copy received.

NVC [*] 14 May 2012 - Petition received by NVC ; [*] 16 May 2012 - Petition left NVC.

EMBASSY [*] 18 May 2012 - Petition arrived at the US Embassy in Bucharest; [*] 22 May 2012 - Package 3 received; [*] 24 May 2012 - Package sent to the consulate, interview date set; [*] 14 June 2012 - Interview date, approved.

POE [*] 04 July 2012 - Minneapolis/St.Paul. [*] 16 September 2012 - Wedding Day!

AOS/EAD/AP [*] 04 February 2013 - AOS/EAD/AP package sent; [*] 07 February 2013 - AOS/EAD/AP package delivered; [*] 12 February 2013 - NOA1 text messages/emails; [*] 16 February 2013 - NOA1 received in the regular mail; [*] 28 February 2013 - Biometrics letter received (appointment date, March 8th); [*] 04 March 2013 - Biometrics walk-in completed (9 out of 10 fingerprints taken, pinky would not give in); [*] 04 April 2013 - EAD/AP card approved; [*] 11 April 2013 - Combo card sent/tracking number obtained; [*] 15 April 2013 - Card delivered.

[*] 15 May 2013 - Moved from MN to LA; [*] 17 May 2013 - Applied for a new SS card/filed an AR-11 online (unsuccessfully), therefore called and spoke to a Tier 2 and changed the address; [*] 22 May 2013 - Address updated on My Case Status (finally can see the case numbers online); [*] 28 May 2013 - Letter received in the mail confirming the change of address; [*] 31 July 2013 - Went to Romania; [*] 12 September 2013 - returned to the US using the AP, POE Houston, everything went smoothly; [*] 20 September 2013 - Spoke to a Tier2 and put in a service request; [*] 23 September 2013 - Got "Possible Interview Waiver" letter (originally sent on August, 29th to my old address, returned and re-routed to my current address); [*] 1 October 2013 - Started a new job.

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Trying to get the word out about our struggles:

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Posted

Please expand, if you care.

As a USC, you pay taxes for worldwide income, as other countries do; at same time, some countries only tax you in income originated in that country; meanwhile US and several countries have dual taxation treaties, so you don't get taxed twice.

You also want to consider taxes in cases of a relative passing and whether the inheritance requires a citizen of the country and how a 'foreigner' is treated. One example is that in some countries, ownership of real state property is not allowed to non-citizens.

Additionally, some countries do not allow other citizenships and yet some allow it but when you are in your homeland, it does not matter what other citizenship you might have (the case of Poland for example; you are Polish, you are Polish, you are Polish)

It all depends on what the countries (US and the other), to decide what is best

Posted

Hi people, I am about to apply for a US citizenship, and I am wondering what is going to happen with my original Israeli citizenship? How does this whole procedure work? If I want to keep my Israeli citizenship, do I have to declare it somewhere? Or if I don't want to have any other citizenships except for the US one, how do I go about that? Would I have to contact Israeli embassy here and request my citizenship to be terminated, or do the USCIS automatically do that for me after I am granted the US citizenship? Just curious how this whole thing works and trying to decide whether having a dual citizenship is worth the hassle of it...

You might even decide to not tell. There is no way another government would know you have another citizenship, unless you tell them by some official conduit. Most people I know don't even bother to tell their original government; and from what I've heard, those governments don't care either.

It is not hard to renew passports through consulates. Even if the consulate is in a 3rd country! The fact is, they have no way to know.

 
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