Is it possible for me to become a citizen or am I already one? and can I have dual citizenship with Belarus?
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Do your parents have any paperwork regarding you?  Do you know if you are a Legal Permanent Resident?  Once you know that, go to uscis.gov and do some research.  Citizenship can wait but you need to make sure that you are a Legal Permanent Resident by your 21st birthday, otherwise you will be an illegal immigrant. \n\nGood luck.
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yes the minute you are born on us soil - you become a us citizen until you cancel citizenship or die.  you are also able to apply for dual citizenship with a forgien country.  isn't america great!!
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can't unless you where born there. if you mean citizenship that's different.
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I can't give exact sources but as far as I know, India just recently started allowing dual citizenship.\n\nMy US born Indian girlfriend recently managed to get her Indian citizenship. When she was younger she studied in India as a US citizen and she had to renew some sort of visa every year.\n\nJust contact the closest Indian consulate, they'll tell you what you need to do but I'm 99% certain that you'll be able to obtain Indian citizenship for your kid. As far as the US is concerned there is no problem, you can have the dual citizenship.\n\nThe only time you are required to give up your US citizenship is upon naturalization but if you are born with it or get it after the naturalization (the US goverment doesn't even check then), there's no law to say that you can't have both. Millions of people in the US have dual, triple or more citizenships.
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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.
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NO.  If you apply for citizenship in another country you foreit your American citizenship.\n\nThe only way you could have dual citizenship is if you were born somewhere outside of US, or automatically granted (like marriage).
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Australia allows for dual citizenship, but I don't know about South Africa.  Each country has its own rules about citizenship. Some will only allow you to be of one country, some allow if you are born there, or if your parents are born there... etc  Go to your government's website and look up your Emigration and citizenship laws.
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Not that I know of.  But there are countries that allow "naturalized" citizens to do so.  Canada, for one.
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The United States requires you to renounce any other citizenship when you become a citizen, but British law specifically does not accept that kind of renunciation, so as long as you don't formally register any renouncement of citizenship, you can easily be a dual citizen.
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You need to check with the embassy of your country whereever you live and find out whether you are still a citizen of that country -- if so, just get yourself a passport of your original country, and you should be good to go.
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Depends what country you are a citizen of. If you're a US natural born you can't have multiple citizenships. But if you came from a different country and got the US citizenship you are able to keep both.
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I have heard of dual citizenships too... my stepfather is canadian and american... but he was born and raised in england... I'll have to ask him about his  citizenships some more, see if he still has his in england! good question!!!!\n\n\n\nhere is an interesting site    http://www.richw.org/dualcit/\n\n\nhere is a government site.... page 6   http://www.opm.gov/extra/investigate/IS-01.pdf#search='dual%20citizenship'    this one tells you all sorts of countries and if they recognize dual citizenships... very cool
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As far as I understand it, you do NOT loose your U.S. citizenship by aqcuiring a second citizenship (like Israeli) next to it, UNLESS you actively renounce your U.S. citizenship. The U.S. does not recognize another citizenship, but does not explicitly forbid it. They simply don't care (at least as long as there is no conflict of interest arising from your second nationality, e.g. a war between the two countries of your citizenship).\n\nThe State Department has the information you need (see link below). When I became a U.S. citizen I researched it (since I have Dutch nationality as well) and those were the result I came up with.
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The following EU coutries recognize dual citizenship:\nCyprus\nFrance\nHungary\nIreland\nItaly\nPortugal\nSlovak Republic (Slovakia)\nUnited Kingdom
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British law does not prohibit a British national being a citizen of another country as well. If you become a Russian national you will not lose, nor will you be required to give up, your British citizenship. Note: This only applies if you are a full British citizen (not a British Overseas National, British Protected Person etc.)\nYou will have to check whether Russian law allows citizens to be a national of another country too, as it may well require you to renounce your British citizenship.\nBut, under international law, a State may not give diplomatic protection to one of its nationals in a country whose citizenship that person also holds. So, if you hold both British & Russian citizenship and go to a British embassy in Russia, they will not be able to assist you.
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Ireland recognises Dual Citizenship and it looks like the US does too, so if you qualify under the Irish requirements: \nThrough birth or descent \nThrough naturalisation \nThrough marriage to an Irish citizen, it may be possible.\n\nThe first site below has information on "Your right to Irish citizenship" and the second site has "Questions and answers on dual US/other citizenship"
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Here is some info on dual citizenship, it is a complicated topic, but this is from someone who obtained dual citizenship:\nhttp://www.richw.org/dualcit/\n\nYou may want to contact a lawyer familiar with immigration or the consulates for the countries, because dual citizenship may not be possible in some situations or may not be the best option for you.  Here is a list of the canadian embassies and consulates, the US is toward the bottom:\n\nhttp://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/world/embassies/menu-en.asp\nI would start with the Canadian side, because they probably have seen this type of situation before and they are known to be a little more friendly.\nI hope that helps, good luck.