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I was born in the U.S.A. and am now a Canadian citizen. So I rode my bike over to the states in Niagara Falls, and I thought I put all my I.D. into my back pack. Turns out I didn't. So as I got up to the border patrol agent, I said to him "I forgot my I.D. what do I do?" So they took me in, then told me to wait. I waited for a couple of hours. Then a couple more hours. Finally they took me to a room, and started asking a bunch of questions. Then they were looking through my stuff, and looking through my iPhone. I always thought that I had dual citizenship, but they told me that there was no such thing as dual citizenship. And that I would have to denounce my U.S. citizenship. So basically that's what's going on. Can anyone enlighten me or has more info, please share.
 
Well, saying no such thing as Dual Citizenship is pretty idiotic. Of course there's Dual Citizenship. I'm half-American (mum's side) and born in L.A. I moved to NZ at 10 (months) and now have an (expired) US Passport and (bordering expiration) NZ Passport. I even think it's possible to be a triple-citizen: Mum's French, born in a Spanish Zone of Antarctica, then moved to the Maldives. You would be a French-SpainishAntarctican-Maldivi... I guess.

So... if you were born in the USA, then you would definately be a U.S. Citizen, so that means you can have them escort you or something into your house and grab the US Passport.
 
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Daniel
Well, saying no such thing as Dual Citizenship is pretty idiotic. Of course there's Dual Citizenship. I'm half-American (mum's side) and born in L.A. I moved to NZ at 10 (months) and now have an (expired) US Passport and (bordering expiration) NZ Passport.
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Are you sure? You don't have a US passport after all... 💡
 
I know in Holland youre "officially" not allowed to have dual citizenship, but I know enough people that do have it.... If it does come out that you have dual citizenship when, for example, you buy a house or something.... They will ask you to "cancel" your other citizenship. I am in the same situation being Thai/Dutch... I'm officially Dutch and have a passport as well, but I also have the Thai nationality.... no passport, but an ID card which I leave in Thailand and only use when Im there... So on paper im Dutch, but I actually have the Dutch and Thai nationality... :)
 
Some countries do not allow their citizens to hold citizenship in other countries, as Blitz says. This used to be true of New Zealand, I had to renounce my Australian citizenship to get my first New Zealand passport. Of course, a few years later they reverted the rule, but I'm still now only a New Zealand citizen while had I not renounced my Aussie one I could now be considered to have dual citizenship.

Not that it matters at all with the relations that AU and NZ have, but that's my story. :D
 
Obviously dual citizenship exists.
I'm american (dad's side) and spaniard (mum's side).
Somewhere in my house I have two passports and two driver's licenses too.
Imari
Some countries do not allow their citizens to hold citizenship in other countries, as Blitz says.
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That is true:
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Green = multiple nationality Source spanish wikipedia
 
Well if Spain doesn't allow it according to that map, how are you a dually?

Italian citizenship is cool because apparently all you need is to be directly descended from a man on your father's side of your family that has citizenship. It's like hereditary even if you've never lived there, or so I've been told.
 
Some countries need you to renounce to your original citizenship before you can be a citizen of their country. But in reality, this denouncing is just a technicality. I remember to become a Spanish citizen I had to denounce to my Venezuelan citizenship, but that only served as a formality for the Spanish government. I still remain a Venezuelan citizen.
 
Lol, I see. "I denounce my US Citizenship... just don't tell America."
 
Well, the Spanish government just needed a document signed by the Venezuelan consulate that said that I had indeed denounced my Venezuelan citizenship. The consulate just signed it, but never filed it. In any case, it's supposed to be that you can never stop being from the country you were born in... at least in theory.
 
I believe all this division by names and invisible lines is ridiculous. It should not matter where were born, we are all just people.
 
Omnis
Well if Spain doesn't allow it according to that map, how are you a dually?
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It seems Spain doesn't allow dual citizenship in all cases, in my case it could be because since I was born I have the two citizenships, or perhaps the US government doesn't know I'm spaniard and the spanish government doesn't know I'm american, I really don't know much about that, but between United States and Canada Mr.Grandorifto shouldn't have problems.
 
Woah, it happens i have dual nationality Too, and I live in a red country and my other one is from a red country :lol: Never had any problem tho.

I Have the Dutch passport and the Venezuelan one too...
 
daan
Are you sure? You don't have a US passport after all... 💡
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Well, technically, yes. I was born there, though. So I'm technically a U.S. Citizen, just can't travel on it. Same with the NZ...
 

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