My wife was born in Canada, but both her parents were U.S. citizens.  They were
told that she would have dual citizenship until she voted in an election in one
of the countries; at that time, she would lose her citizenship in the other
country.  Assuming that was correct, she lost her Canadian citizenship in the
1980 U.S. Presidential election.





Stephen Gallagher <[log in to unmask]> on 07/05/2002 08:16:31 PM

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 Larry Barnes <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Actually a child born in the US, to parents of another nationality, has dual
> status.

That depends on the laws of the parents' country/countries
of nationality.  Sometimes they will pass their
nationality to their children, and sometimes they
won't.

> When they turn 18 they must decide.  At least that's they way my
> brother explained it to me.

The US has no requirement to decide.  From the US
point of view, a child born in the US, and who also
holds citizenship of another country through
a parent, is allowed to keep both citizenships
for life.  The other country has to allow this
as well, and many do.

> I have nieces and nephew's whose mother is
> Italian (great cook!!!) and they have this dual status.

If in fact your nieces and nephews are both
US citizens and Italian citizens, then they
will be allowed to keep both citizenships
for life.  Neither the US nor Italy has a
requirement for them to choose only one
citizenship.

Stephen Gallagher

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