Re: OT: What is the maximum number of citizenships someone can have?

No longer the case - the US now permits dual citizenship (perhaps 'does not
disallow' would be a better description):

- If you have dual US/other citizenship from birth, you do not have to
renounce the other to remain American as an adult.
- Naturalising US citizens renounce foreign allegiences as part of their
oath, which 3rd countries may or may not regard as a renunciation of their
citizenship*. The US 'overlooks' any post-naturalisation (re-)assertion of
your original identity.

*From the UK's point of view, its citizenship must be specifically renounced
in front of a British notarising official, naturalising as a US citizen does
not affect your British citizenship, however their oath is worded!

P.

<can you guess which conlanging Brit has an American wife and two
dual-national children?>



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From: "ROGER MILLS" <rfmilly@...>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 4:53 PM
To: <CONLANG@...>
Subject: Re: OT: What is the maximum number of citizenships someone can
have?

> The only case I know of was a friend who had (while a teen-ager) dual
> British/American citizenship--
> father was Brit (Scottish, actually), Mother was American, and IIRC he was
> born in the UK. IIRC when he reached age 18 he would have had to declare
> himself one or the other.  But this was in the 1950s, so likely the laws
> have changed since then.
>
> I think Americans who emigrate to Israel and become citizens can retain
> their US citizenship, but I could be wrong.
>
> I do believe it is (or used to be) possible to renounce one's US
> citizenship, but again, this is remembered from the warning material that
> came with my passport 50-some years ago.  Also, serving in a foreign army
> jeopardized one's US citizenship.  Hadn't John Walker Lind (sp?)-- the
> "American Taliban" who was tried and convicted in this country and is now
> in prison-- renounced his citizenship?