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Simon,
U.S. Immigration and citizenship laws are a cesspool of ambiguity and
changing regularly. I was referring to a person who willfully gives up
their U.S. citizenship -- without the relationship ties that you reference.
Your examples probably fall within the "extenuating circumstances" that I
mentioned. If you need to have up-to-date, accurate information on these
issues, contact an attorney who specializes in this area.
My area of study deals strictly with people who have chosen to renounce
their U.S. citizenship -- Obviously this is not considered a "normal"
occurrence, so I assume the circumstances that would apply to them are
different than those that would apply to your family --
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At 08:27 AM 05/23/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>At 16:48 22/05/2000 -1000, you wrote:
>>Simon,
>>
>>Your underlying premise is only partly true. A U.S. Citizen (living in
>>the U.S.) can legally hold dual-citizenship only under certain
>>circumstances-- such as a diplomatic reason, and a few other extenuating
>>circumstances which have to be approved by the govt.
>
>Ron, I'm not so sure that this is true. Maybe it depends on WHAT country
>the second citizenship is from? For example, my US Mother-in-law in the
>US holds a British passport because her father was British. No diplomat,
>no extenuating circumstances. No application for "approval" from the
>US! There's nothing illegal about holding both UK and US passports at the
>same time. My three year old daughter holds them both without a
>problem! The US govt did not "approve" her Britishness, nor did the
>British consulate inform the US that one of their citizens is also
>British. The British consider her British and the Americans consider her
>America. End of story.
>
>As far as the American policy goes, they say "we do not recognise" dual
>citizenship. Yet, what they also say (without actually saying it) is
>"there's nothing illegal about it and we can't stop you from doing
>it". If you did it, they do not have the right to strip you of your US
>citizenship unless you did something like serve in a foreign army and
>other automatic revocation things as you mention below. Most Americans
>would want to keep their US passports ...just get a legal second one, for
>private use around the world when being an American is a disadvantage.
>
>My US Mother-in-Law first got her UK passport 30 years ago because she was
>concerned about her son being drafted into the Vietnam war, and wanted an
>escape if it became necessary. It's been renewed several times since
>then, without any problems whatsoever.
>
>Simon.
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