SaysWho

I have no idea why they are not coordinated. Your point does make a lot of sense....but then, US immigration policies appear to make no sense a lot of the time. Or at the very least they do seem to follow any grand plan or logic.

I have recently applied for Naturalization, but it was a very difficult decision for me. Even though I can have dual citizenship, the Oath for US Citizenship requires that I "absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen". I love the US and have no problem pledging my loyalty, but it was a very big deal for me to decide that I could completely renounce the equally good country that was my home for over 50 years. I had a Citizenship that I was very happy with and I had legal residency here that I didn't forsee any problem with renewing every 10 years, but it seemed to matter a great deal to my husband, so I began the moral deliberation about being able to take the Oath.
I am sure there may be many other reasons people have for not Naturalizing(including the high cost of filing the N-400), but I have read of many, many other people here on VJ that had the same difficulty with the Oath that I did.
Annie

I have recently applied for Naturalization, but it was a very difficult decision for me. Even though I can have dual citizenship, the Oath for US Citizenship requires that I "absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen". I love the US and have no problem pledging my loyalty, but it was a very big deal for me to decide that I could completely renounce the equally good country that was my home for over 50 years. I had a Citizenship that I was very happy with and I had legal residency here that I didn't forsee any problem with renewing every 10 years, but it seemed to matter a great deal to my husband, so I began the moral deliberation about being able to take the Oath.
I am sure there may be many other reasons people have for not Naturalizing(including the high cost of filing the N-400), but I have read of many, many other people here on VJ that had the same difficulty with the Oath that I did.
Annie