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Re: Question for the Conservatives out there
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:43:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
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The US doesn’t recognize dual citizenship. It’s a bit of a scam because they
do sort of look the other way, but it is possible for the US to retroactively
negate your citizenship if they find that you have also claimed Canadian (or
any) citizenship in addition. A friend of mine bears dual citizenship
between the two and has thoroughly researched these possibilities.
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Some of my friends introduced me to a family that they met after moving to NYC,
where the mother is Canadian, the father is from New Zealand, and the kids were
both born in the US, thus affording both kids triple-citizenship...until they
turn 18. At that point, as it was explained to me, they’re supposed to choose
which nationality they want to claim as their nationality-by-birth. Therefore,
any current minor who shares US and Canadian citizenship should be able to
declare full US citizenship upon reaching the age of majority and be eligible
for presidency.
Anyways, I found the answer to the original question
here:
U.S. Nationals
A “national” is a person who is considered under the legal protection of a
country, while not necessarily a citizen. National status is generally conferred
on persons who lived in places acquired by the U.S. before the date of
acquisition. A person can be a national-at-birth under a similar set of rules
for a natural-born citizen. U.S. nationals must go through the same processes as
an immigrant to become a full citizen. U.S. nationals who become citizens are
not considered natural-born.
So, if Canada were to be annexed, all Canadian citizens and residents at the
time of annexation could become US nationals by the process of annexation, but
would still be required to jump through hoops to become US citizens, and would
count as “naturalized citizens”, not “natural born citizens”.
Further down the page are details on what can revoke your citizenship.
Apparently, if you are a kid with US citizenship and you are attending a foreign
school that follows the same practice of reciting a national pledge of
allegience each day, you qualify for loss of US citizenship if you’ve ever
repeated it with the rest of the class.
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| (...) The US doesn't recognize dual citizenship. It's a bit of a scam because they do sort of look the other way, but it is possible for the US to retroactively negate your citizenship if they find that you have also claimed Canadian (or any) (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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