If you have a dual citizenship, and the two countries go to war, what happens?
358054
Its happened ..really as recently as first gulf war...Iraqi American kid was visiting sick relative in Iraq and he was drafted and thown in the front lines.. I think he even had a Chicago T shirt on when he surrendered. He was REAL happy to make it to American lines ok and they were really surprised when they captured him.
336019
it would depend on the circumstances of the war
1180633
Yes. A naturalized citizen CAN lose their citizenship, if it is discovered that it was obtained by fraud, such as by concealing a criminal record in their native country.\n\n** Any American can lose citizenship IF by his own choice, he\n1) serves in the armed forces of another country\n2) serves as an official to another country\n3) becomes a naturalized citizen of another country\n4) renounces his citizenship and declares allegiance to another country.
994545
I would show no mercy and I would take prisoners only under very specific circumstances.  War is a nasty business folks.\n\nIt would be a massive hunting exercise and special forces would play a critical role.  I would also ignore the ridiculous rants of anti-American types, especially those from that joke they call the U.N.\n\nI would not be running a popularity contest.  History would be the best judge of whether my decision was correct, not political hacks and others with ulterior motives.
1183117
If your a Christian, you KNOW this has to happen.\n\nIf your not a Christian, you would not understand it anyway.\n\n\nThis did happen.  It is happening now.\n\nThere will be no end to this war over there.\n\nIt will only end when the 7 years of peace is signed.\n\n3 1/2 years later...KaBoom....\n\n.
471150
Not after you are 18. The USA forces you to choose. Dual citizenship is not allowed for adults in the US.
314324
This's dilemma to your country
347591
It will not work.  Your friend is crazy.  She would have dual citizenship.
53787
It is not possible to voluntarily acquire dual citizenship. The United States requires that you give up your citizenship when you voluntarily apply for another citizeship. If you acquire the dual citizenship automatically (because of birth or marriage), you may be required to choose between the two, though the US does not require it.
654785
That depends on the nation you are leaving and the nation you are trying to adopt as your home.  \n\nIf you wish to denounce your citizenship to the United States, you need only go to a U.S. Consulate on foreign soil (you may not do so on United States soil since you would no longer have the right to be in the United States once the deed was done), fill out the form to renounce your citizenship, and present it to the ambassador at the consulate.  He or she will then ask you if you are sure you wish to renounce your citizenship and will usually talk to you to see if they can help you to resolve the situation which makes you feel as if you need to renounce your citizenship.\n\nIf they cannot-- and no, there's no torture or brainwashing involved-- they revoke your status as a United States citizen and have you escorted from United States territory.\n\nThat's just how simple it is for a United States citizen to stop being one.  All you have to do is ask (though, admittedly, you have to pop for the ride to whatever country you plan on doing it from since we don't allow citizens to do it from here).  \n\nThe problem, though, is that it's much easier to cease being a United States citizen than it is to become a citizen of another nation, so the one small bit of advice the United States actually offers its citizens on the subject is to encourage them to not revoke their United States citizenship until after they have become a citizen in another nation, so they are protected by the rights and privileges of being a United States citizen until such time as they be protected by the rights and privileges bestowed on citizens of their new homeland (after all, without citizenship in any country, you have no real human rights except what someone cares to give you, and no recourse to request protection from any country from abuses you might suffer).\n\nOther countries, will, of course, have different methods for renouncing citizenship to them, and it may be more difficult to do so than it is here.\n\nMy best advice would be to try and work your problem out within your home country, since chances are if you have a legitimate problem which makes you feel unwelcome, it is one affecting a good number of citizens who may need your help to resolve the matter with your country (and whom you would have abandoned when you chose to leave).  Otherwise, do your homework and learn exactly what happens not only in the country you are leaving, but have everything in place for the country you plan on emigrating to, and not only have citizenship in that country secured in advance, but also make sure you are intimately familiar with their customs and laws.  You may discover in your search that the grass only SEEMS greener on the other side of the border.\n\nIf you are looking for resources for people who have left the United States, we refer to the revocation of citizenship as "expatriation" and former United States Citizens as "expatriates"... so you would probably be able to find contact and support networks by searching on the web for those terms and the terms "America", "U.S.", or "United States".
254090
you will receive a certificate of naturalization. You can use that to apply for passport etc...
1137393
we will have 2 nations if 2 presidents are elected to office at the same time. The political force will be separated and there will be another civil war if the animosity between the 2 parties goes too far.
73856
Anyone born on US soil is an American Citizen. This is true in an embassy in a foreign land.\n\nIn some cases, the child would be able to have dual citizenship, but this depends of the home nation allows it. Dual citizenship (being a citizen of two nations), or dual nationality, is by far the most common type of multiple citizenship, but nothing in international law prevents anyone from establishing citizenship in more than two countries. Some countries do not recognise its citizens as having nationality of any other country, or recognise so only in certain circumstances (e.g. Japan recognises only those of underage nationals). Others may recognise as many nationalities as a citizen has.\n\n\nAccording to 8 U.S.C. §1408 it is possible to be a U.S. national without being a U.S. citizen. A person whose only connection to the U.S. is through birth in an outlying possession, (which as of 2005 is limited to American Samoa or Swains Island), or through descent from a person so born acquires U.S. nationality but not U.S. citizenship. Nationals who are not citizens cannot vote or hold elected office. However, they may live in the United States without restriction and naturalize as U.S. citizens under the same rules as other resident aliens.\n\nNot all U.S. Nationals are U.S. citizens; however, all U.S. citizens are U.S. nationals. Indeed, U.S. passports normally make no distinction between the two, mentioning only the bearer's nationality, not his citizenship.
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No.\n\nOnce you renounce your citizenship within this country, any benefits and rewards that this country offers it's citizens are no longer available to you.  The chances of you even getting your citizenship back to get these beneifits would be extremely rare.\n\nAlso, it is unlikely that once you renounce your citizenship, and then eventually get it back, that anything counted PRIOR to the renoucement will be looked at favorably.\n\nRemember, once you renounce your citizenship with the USA, you are no longer a citizen, you no longer are protected by the laws of the US, the rules and benefits of the us society.
1181180
Regardless of where a child is born, they automatically get the citizenship of whatever country their parents' are citizens of.  For most countries, they are also considered citizens of whatever country they are born in.  So, in theory, you could have a Mother from one country, a Father from a second country, and they could be traveling or whatever and have a baby in a third country, and the child would have citizenship in all 3.  \n\nSome countries allow a person to maintain their dual citizenship their whole lives, and others require them to choose an allegiance when they reach the age of majority in that country.  For example, my daughter.  My husband and I are both US citizens, and she was born while we were stationed in Newfoundland.  So, she has dual citizenship - US and Canadian.  Canadian law allows you to have dual citizenship, but the US requires her to pick when she's 18.  As long as she picks the US, she basically gets to retain her dual citizenship.\n\nSo, if a child was born truly in international waters on an international plane, then there would be no "home country" - just the country(ies) of the parents'.  Unless the country that the airline in question was based out of, or the country that the flight was going into decided to grant the child citizenship as well.
865637
JPB and Just are correct:  you must be either a US citizen or a legal permanent resident in order to serve in the US military.
1034347
Unfortunately I have to agree with the others on this one.\n\nIf you give up your citizenship of a country then you lose all rights afforded to other citizens of said country. \n\nTherefor you have no rights even if you and your ancestors are from there.