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

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM, deinx nxtxr <deinx.nxtxr@...> wrote:
> and some countries
> require an oath of allegiance for citizenship which could nullify
> the ability to obtain citizenship in some other country.
I listed those as "jealous" in my OP. US naturalization oath requires
you to renounce all other citizenships.

However, some places ("unrenounceable", e.g. Ireland) don't recognize
that oath unless you do it in front of their people - so in this case,
US thinks you're just a US citizen and Ireland thinks you're dual
citizen. (This is why I count this situation as worth only 1.5
citizenships - the Irish citizenship is only half recognized.)

Japan is more jealous - they require born citizens to renounce other
citizenships at 20-21 (IIRC) or lose their Japanese one. Again, those
others might not consider that renunciation meaningful...

> Yes, you can renounce US citizenship but they don't consider it
> valid unless it's done while out of the country.
IIRC, US (and Ireland, and others) don't count renunciations unless
done in front of their own consular officials. Those can be found
in-country too, just not in very many places. (SF has psuedo ones, DC
has the real thing.)

- Sai

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