Dual Residency

[marknjess 0]

My mom just got her US Citizenship and now she is planning to get a dual citizenship in Philippines.What should she do first and where would she apply? How long will it take to this process?

jessica

[ceadsearc 516]

I'm confused. Is she from the Phillipines, or from a 3rd country?

[let-it-be 36]

My mom just got her US Citizenship and now she is planning to get a dual citizenship in Philippines.What should she do first and where would she apply? How long will it take to this process?

jessica

The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles link for Dual Citizenship: http://www.philippineconsulatela.org/consular%20services/conserv-dual.htm

[marknjess 0]

I'm confused. Is she from the Phillipines, or from a 3rd country?

I'm sorry for the confusion. ok, My mom is here in the US now and she is a US Citizen but she wanted to apply for a dual citizenship in Philippines so she can stay there for a while without penalty of overstaying, she wants to go back and forth. She does not know how to do it or how to apply.

Thanks

[Tintin and Mike 127]

She has to contact the Philippines Consulate near her home.

http://manila.usembassy.gov/service/dual-nationality.html

Dual nationality is the simultaneous possession of two citizenships. When a person is naturalized in a foreign state (or otherwise possesses another nationality) and is thereafter found not to have lost U.S. citizenship, the individual consequently may possess dual nationality. It is prudent, however, to check with authorities of the other country to see if dual nationality is permissible under local law. The United States does not favor dual nationality as a matter of policy, but does recognize its existence in individual cases.The Supreme Court of the United States has stated that dual nationality is "a status long recognized in the law" and that "a person may have and exercise rights of nationality in two countries and be subject to the responsibilities of both. The mere fact that he asserts the rights of one citizenship does not without more mean that he renounces the other," (Kawakita v. U.S., 343 U.S. 717, 1952). (The Embassy does not have Supreme Court cases on file; interested parties may wish to consult with local law school libraries.) These concepts apply also to persons who have more than two nationalities.

[marknjess 0]

Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate it.

Jessica