On Sep 13, 2022, at 03:36, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > > Worth noting that just because he's a US citizen, that doesn't prevent him > from also remaining a UK citizen. I'd be amazed if he didn't hang onto both > passports if for no other reason than getting into either country is much > easier with the a local passport.
>From my understanding as the child of a UK-born naturalized American, he >exists in a quantum superposition—he both is and is not a British citizen. The >US requires you to say you’re giving up your other citizenship(s) when you >become naturalized, so Washington would say that he’s a US citizen and only a >US citizen. UK law either explicitly says that natural-born citizens can’t >give up their citizenship or doesn’t provide a practical means to do it, so >His Majesty’s Government still considers him a citizen. You aren’t required to >give up your old passport when being naturalized, but applying for a new one >or using other benefits of citizenship such as voting has been used against >people who found themselves in trouble for other reasons. Personally, I’m just kind of pissed off that the Home Office won’t let me get a British passport either because they respect the US stance on multiple-nationality or have been pushed into it by a treaty, even though I would be eligible for one in the majority of other countries. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/AADDA4EE-79B6-41C2-8226-FFFC10094723%40gmail.com.
