citizenship question - keep home country possible?

04-22-2005, 09:50 PM

Can someone help me understand how citizenship or duel citizen ship will
work for the spouse of a US citizen?

I'm wondering how we will handle this when my wife becomes eligible to
be a US citizen. I think she wants to remain a citizen of Romania, but
have citizenship in the USA also.

Would she have to give up her Romanian passport? etc. Be required to
renew documents from time to time in her birth country?

I read somewhere that Romania allows duel citizenship but the US does
not.

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04-22-2005, 09:58 PM

    > Can someone help me understand how citizenship or duel citizen ship
    > will work for the spouse of a US citizen?
    > I'm wondering how we will handle this when my wife becomes eligible to
    > be a US citizen. I think she wants to remain a citizen of Romania,
    > but have citizenship in the USA also.
    > Would she have to give up her Romanian passport? etc. Be required to
    > renew documents from time to time in her birth country?
    > I read somewhere that Romania allows duel citizenship but the US
    > does not.

From http://www.newcitizen.us/dual.html

What is Dual Citizenship (or Dual Nationality)?

The United States allows dual citizenship. For example, if you were born
in Mexico you are a native-born Mexican. If you move to the United
States and become a naturalized US citizen, you now have dual
citizenship. Dual citizens can carry two passports and essentially
live, work, and travel freely within their native and naturalized
countries.

Some dual citizens also enjoy the privilege of voting in both countries,
owning property in both countries, and having government health care in
both countries.

Dual citizenship is becoming more common in our increasingly
interconnected, global economy. Many countries are now seeing the
advantages of dual citizenship and are liberalizing their citizenship
laws (India, the Phillippines, and Mexico are recent examples). Dual
citizenship has the advantages of broadening a country

04-23-2005, 12:04 AM

    > Can someone help me understand how citizenship or duel citizen ship
    > will work for the spouse of a US citizen?
    > I'm wondering how we will handle this when my wife becomes eligible to
    > be a US citizen. I think she wants to remain a citizen of Romania,
    > but have citizenship in the USA also.
    > Would she have to give up her Romanian passport? etc. Be required to
    > renew documents from time to time in her birth country?
    > I read somewhere that Romania allows duel citizenship but the US
    > does not.

The US does allow dual citizenship. See http://www.richw.org/dualcit/
As for Romania - you need to research Romanian law and policy.

Jeremy

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04-23-2005, 12:27 AM

    > Can someone help me understand how citizenship or duel citizen ship
    > will work for the spouse of a US citizen?
    > I'm wondering how we will handle this when my wife becomes eligible to
    > be a US citizen. I think she wants to remain a citizen of Romania,
    > but have citizenship in the USA also.
    > Would she have to give up her Romanian passport? etc. Be required to
    > renew documents from time to time in her birth country?
    > I read somewhere that Romania allows duel citizenship but the US
    > does not.

Hi:

Historically, dual allegiance is frowned upon. However, each country
determines who are its OWN citizens. So you have to look at Romanian
law. If Romanian law says you are a Romanian citizen, then that
applies. As to US citizenship, the naturalization oath contains a
renunciation of prior allegiance, but the effect of that depends upon
the FORMER country, not the US.

US law makes it somewhat difficult to "expatriate" -- e.g. give up U.S.
citizenship unless you INTENTIONALLY and KNOWINGLY give it up.

Its a long story way beyond the scope of a NG post.

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04-23-2005, 02:34 PM

    > Can someone help me understand how citizenship or duel citizen ship
    > will work for the spouse of a US citizen?
    > I'm wondering how we will handle this when my wife becomes eligible to
    > be a US citizen. I think she wants to remain a citizen of Romania,
    > but have citizenship in the USA also.
    > Would she have to give up her Romanian passport? etc. Be required to
    > renew documents from time to time in her birth country?
    > I read somewhere that Romania allows duel citizenship but the US
    > does not.

Though others have provided excellent links that should have answered
OP's concerns, I just wanted to post this link from State Department's
website that discusses this issue in detail:

http://travel.state.gov/law/citizens...nship_778.html

and

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p.../cis_1753.html

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11-18-2005, 08:54 PM

> Though others have provided excellent links that should have answered
> OP's concerns, I just wanted to post this link from State Department's
> website that discusses this issue in detail:
> http://travel.state.gov/law/citizens...nship_778.html
> and
> http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p.../cis_1753.html

The Romanian citizenship law permits dual citizenship:
http://www.dreptonline.ro/resurse/cetatenie.php

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