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[naturegirl321]

Is it possible for Americans to acquire another nationality without losing their American citizenship?

[fancynan]

It is possible to apply for a PASSPORT in another country without losing your US citizenship. I asked similar questions earlier but never got a straight answer. In the meantime, I applied for and received a British passport, because, having been born in England, I was already eligible. I have scoured the internet looking for the answer and have determined that applying for a passport for which you are eligible is NOT the same as applying for citizenship in another country. If you apply for citizenship (no prior ties, no eligibilty for dual citizenship) you may put your US citizenship in jeopardy. Go to the US State Department website (search on Google) for more info.

[Pollux]

No problem.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1753.html

My daughter has has three nationalities. One of the them is American.

It is possible to take on other nationalities if you are reasonable about it.

[grahamb]

There's no "one size fits all" answer to this question for Americans or anyone else for that matter. The conditions for dual/multiple nationality and/or passports differ from one country to another; you therefore have to ascertain the regulations of the countries in question.

[Serious_Fun]

As an American citizen you are required to use your US passport when leaving and/or entering the US.

Once outside of the US you may use the valid passport of your choosing...

...visit the US State Dept. site for exact details, as Pollux suggests.

[Pollux]

Unless you've been visiting Lori Berenson, supporting Tupac Amaru or Sendero Luminoso, you shouldn't have a problem in getting a different nationality.

[GF]

According to the American Embassy in Tallinn you will NOT lose your American citizenship if you become a citizen of another country. I asked in person and was pleasantly surprised by the answer.

[Glenski]

[rusmeister]

And Russia now requires a written rejection of your native (American, inmy case) citizenship - so even though I'm eligible to apply (as the spouse of a Russian who is a resident), I'll never have a Russian passport - I'm an American, first and last.

[khmerhit]

how is Lori these days? I bet she has dual citizenship

[tedkarma]

[rusmeister]

[coffeedrinker]

I looked into this some time ago when I was in a serious relationship with a guy from another country, and came across the same idea Ted Karma has posted...telling one country that you give up your US (or other) citizenship is relevant for that country but not necessarily for the US (or other) country, and in fact in the US there is some kind of process for giving up your citizenship which is actually lengthy and difficult. There are definitely Americans with dual citizenship.

Although I suppose given the current political climate in the US, I can see the point of rusmeister's concerns too...

[guangho]

As far as I know, the only ways you can lose your U.S. citizenship is to be stripped of it by the government (a lengthy court procedure) or by renouncing it at a U.S. Embassy. HOWEVER, your passport does say that one of the grounds for being stripped of U.S. citizenship is taking an oath of allegiance to a hostile foreign power. Is Russia hostile?

[rusmeister]

If the President announces that a nation is hostile, *boom!* it is.

Not law. The whim of a man in power. (Didn't Congress used to have to declare war, for instance?)