Mass_Liberal
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Tue Mar-30-04 07:53 PM
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Anyone here with dual citizenship? |
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Dual citizenship rocks my socks off! I'm an American and British citizen. What are you?
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Earth_First
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:00 PM
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It would be beneficial...
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GregW
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:02 PM
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2. My eldest is dual Aussie/US |
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US by birth, Aussie by descent.
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:03 PM
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:04 PM
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4. I can get it if I want. |
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I was born in Greece, and become a citizen of the US at age 8.
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:05 PM
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:56 PM
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:12 PM
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6. Dual Australian/British. |
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And I could claim Israeli, also, but see no practical reason for it.
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:21 PM
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7. For all practical purposes, yes. |
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I live in the U.S.A (I was born here also --though I was raised in Spain). For all practical purposes I might have dual citicenship. I have U.S. citizenship and, possibly, Spanish.
Many years ago I applied (or, more properly, my father made sure this sort of paperwork got done --I tend to not be very aware of these sorts of things) for a student deferment for the Spanish military* (Spain used to have a mostly conscripted armed forces --it no longer does, IIRC) because if I didn't do that I could have effectively become a fugitive from Spanish justice (or something). It turns out they had never heard of me (even though, when I was born, my folks made damn sure that the proper paperwork was registered with the Spanish consulate --in Chicago, I believe-- and also I had had a Spanish passport for many years). We left it at that (no sense in rocking the boat).
Anyway, since if there was a screw-up it was on the part of the Spanish bureaucracy and since I've held a Spanish passport and since everyone else in my immediate family holds Spanish citizenship, I operate under the assumption that, if I have not retained Spanish citizenship, it would be relatively trivial to get it back.
* There's no way would I have considered serving (if forced into such a choice, I would have probably chosen alternative service or renunciation of my Spanish citizenship --because, hey, I have a spare**). The military is not my thing. ** Fast forward a few years and, with Bush in charge, I'm glad I have a backup citizenship should being a U.S. citizen living in the U.S. ever become a liability.
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:51 PM
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8. I have a girlfriend who has tri-citizenship |
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British, Canadian, and Polish. If I marry her, she gets US citizenship too.
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Tue Mar-30-04 08:52 PM
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Unfortunately for me, I don't speak Turkish. This would be my ticket out of the US in case of a draft, but I NEED to learn the language!!!
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Tue Mar-30-04 09:42 PM
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11. I suppose I'm still a British citizen as well as Canadian. |
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