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	Multiple citizenship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Dual citizenship (being a citizen of two nations) is by far the most common type of multiple citizenship, but nothing in (The body of laws governing relations between nations) international law prevents individuals from establishing citizenship in more than two countries.
		The child is entitled to dual citizenship at birth.
		There are some legal issues about dual citizenship and government services.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/multiple_citizenship.htm (678 words)

	Dual citizenship
		Dual Citizenship or Retention of Philippine Citizenship for all Natural-born Filipinos Petition.
		The defeat of the Hungarian referendum on dual citizenship was a...
		Dual citizenship is therefore permitted in Sweden as from July 1, 2001.
	www.topastronomy.com /dual-citizenship.html (1064 words)

	Dual Citizenship
		Dual Citizenship by Birth: A child born abroad to U.S. citizens may acquire not only American citizenship but also the nationality of the country in which the child was born (Jus Solis).
		Dual nationality is not desirable to many countries because a dual national is sometimes placed in a situation where his or her obligation to one country is in conflict with the laws of the other.
		Citizenship by Descent: Citizenship is passed on to the child based upon at least one of the parents being a citizen of the country, regardless of the child's actual country of birth.
	www.dss.mil /nf/adr/forpref/dualT.htm (2031 words)

	Dual Citizenship FAQ
		Citizenship claims by a country over a given individual could happen even if the person in question never sought recognition as a citizen of that country-- or even if the person was totally unaware that he/she was a citizen of that country according to its laws.
		If you are in a dual citizenship situation, or are contemplating such a move, you should consider discussing your plans with an attorney who is knowledgeable in this particular aspect of immigration law, and/or with consular officials of the countries involved.
		Automatic citizenship via marriage is rare nowadays; more commonly, marriage may allow one spouse a "fast track" to immigration to the other spouse's country, but a period of non-citizen permanent residence would still be required before the immigrant spouse could obtain a new citizenship via naturalization.
	www.richw.org /dualcit (1244 words)

	CIC Canada Dual Citizenship
		Dual citizenship may carry with it certain benefits, but it may also bring unexpected difficulties: legal proceedings, taxation and financial responsibilities, military service, denial of emigration, even imprisonment for failure to comply with obligations in one of your countries of citizenship.
		Dual citizenship occurs because citizenship can be obtained in more than one way: through country of birth, naturalization, parents, grandparents or, in rare cases, marriage.
		However, cases of dual citizenship are more common.
	www.cic.gc.ca /english/citizen/dualci_e.html (1714 words)

	Number of dual citizens in U.S. soaring
		Dual citizenship is hard to police because many nations refuse to relinquish their claim to a dual citizen even if he or she wants to be only American.
		Dual citizenship is a worldwide phenomenon, but it is overwhelmingly an American issue, because most of the world's immigrants come here.
		The country in which a dual citizen resides is generally considered to have the greater claim on allegiance, but no international treaties govern dual citizenship.
	www.post-gazette.com /nation/20020515dual0515p4.asp (1349 words)

	Questions and answers on dual US/other citizenship
		Dual citizenship arises, not out of explicit bilateral agreements between nations, but because each country makes its own laws respecting who is or is not its citizen, often without regard for whether a given person is considered a citizen by more than one country at once.
		While an amendment addressing solely the dual citizenship issue might not incite enough public interest to get very far, a constitutional ban on dual citizenship could gain momentum if it were attached to the more popular issue of restricting the right to citizenship of children born in the US to illegal alien parents.
		The official US State Department policy on dual citizenship today is that the United States does not favor it as a matter of policy because of various problems they feel it may cause, but the existence of dual citizenship is recognized in individual cases.
	www.richw.org /dualcit/faq.html (8157 words)

	Dual Citizenship
		However, Courts in the United States have also regonized that dual nationality is a status recognized in the law and the mere fact that an individual asserts the rights of one citizenship does not without more signify that the renounces the other.
		A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign citizenship by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one citizenship or another.
		Dual nationals may also be required by the foreign country to use its passport to enter and leave that country.
	www.vkblaw.com /law/dual.htm (698 words)

	About Dual Citizenship
		Dual citizenship allows new immigrants the option to go back home, a desire that is always present in the first phase of any migration.
		The swing toward dual citizenship in the past decade has coincided with the enormous political changes triggered by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of international trade alliances such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Union.
		Recognizing the trend, the United States is tolerant of dual citizenship despite the stern wording in the naturalization oath.
	www.ghandchi.com /iranscope/Anthology/dual.htm (1170 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		Dual or multiple citizenship is not the same as dual nationality.
		Citizens of a country like the United States that does not formally recognize dual citizenship, but does not discourage it either, may have citizens whose countries of origin have dual citizenship agreements with third, fourth, and even fifth countries.
		The United States does not formally recognize dual citizenship, but neither does it take any stand, politically or legally, against it.
	www.cis.org /articles/2001/paper20/renshontoc.html (2468 words)

	Insight Debate
		Dual citizenship is only possible when a U.S. citizen acquires another country’s citizenship or when, as in the Mexican case, another nation’s laws maintain a link with a person beyond their U.S. naturalization.
		But the question of dual citizenship really was hotly discussed in a crowd of my fellow Americans-to-be as we all waited patiently for the judge to arrive and administer the Oath of Allegiance one summer day back in 1994.
		Clinton apparently thought Ghana’s dual citizenship offer would be good for tourism, remarking that he thought it was “quite a clever idea.” To his credit, Rawlings (who took power in a coup) then corrected Clinton about what being a Ghanaian means: Power.
	www.vdare.com /pb/insight_debate.htm (2981 words)

	Japanese Dual Citizenship Issues
		It is a two way street, because, for example, the country of one parent may recognize dual citizenship and the country of another may note.
		For country specific information on how children acquire citizenship and on whether they recognizes dual citizenship, see the country specific law pages.
		For information on how children acquire citizenship and on recognition of dual citizenship for countries besides Japan, see the country specific law pages.
	www.crnjapan.com /citizenship/en (1854 words)

	Learn more about Citizenship in the online encyclopedia.
		Citizenship is membership in a political community (a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen.
		be legally subject to a state and entitled to its protection without having rights of political participation in it.) See nationality for further discussion of how citizenship can be acquired, etc.
		Learn more about Citizenship in the online encyclopedia.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /c/ci/citizenship.html (165 words)

	Dual Citizenship Second Passports Residency Information Dominican Republic
		Dual nationality can also occur when a person is naturalized in a foreign state without intending to relinquish U.S. nationality and is thereafter found not to have lost U.S. citizenship the individual consequently may possess dual nationality.
		Naturalization in your new country, whether you decide to maintain dual citizenship (have two citizenships and thus two passports) or relinquish your previous one is often a natural progression for some people, but certainly not all.
		Simply moving to another country does not mean you loose your existing citizenship, just as obtaining legal residency status in your new country does not jeopardize your existing nationality or citizenship either (more on this in a moment).
	www.thedominicanrepublic.net /Dual_Citizenship_Information.html (1615 words)

	Dual Citizenship - Consular Affairs
		Dual citizenship occurs when a person is the citizen of more than one country.
		But dual citizenship (also called dual nationality) is not legally recognized in all countries.
		Even dual citizens who have passed the age for military service may be considered defaulters for failing to report at the required time.
	www.voyage.gc.ca /main/pubs/dual_citizenship-en.asp (1599 words)

	Jonathan Turley on Dual Citizenship on National Review Online
		However, whatever the merits of dual citizenship, it is not a practice that should be adopted by sheer inaction.
		Thus, the only barrier to dual citizenship for Hamdi is Saudi law, despite the fact that this is a country that is diametrically opposed to principles contained in U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
		One recent study showed that of the 22 million legal immigrants to the United States between 1961 and 1997, roughly 75-percent could claim dual citizenship.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-turley051702.asp (1056 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Critics decry Mexican dual citizenship
		Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies, also believes Mexican dual citizenship will have a negative impact on the U.S. "In the words of Theodore Roosevelt, dual citizenship is a 'self-evident absurdity,'" Krikorian told WND in an interview.
		Krikorian added that "dual citizenship is especially dangerous for the United States" because "as a nation not based on common blood or church, but on shared ideals and history, the formal attachment of some of our people to another country& ideals and history creates the potential for enormous problems."
		The Mexican government is planning to change its constitution to establish a permanent right for those born in Mexico and living in other nations to obtain dual citizenship, a move criticized by some U.S. immigration experts as counterproductive to American interests.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32119 (650 words)

	Benefits lure many to eye dual citizenship
		Foreign countries are increasingly encouraging expatriates such as Miranda to claim dual citizenship, hoping to capitalize on the political clout and financial resources of those who have built new lives abroad.
		As the largest source of foreign-born U.S. residents, Mexico has launched an unprecedented outreach to former citizens, a move that is heightening debate over whether dual citizenship is a healthy acknowledgment of a complex cultural identity or a watering-down of patriotic loyalty.
		After a high-level committee on the diaspora endorsed the practice, Indian officials are crafting a dual-citizenship law that will allow Indians in the United States to reclaim Indian citizenship, hold property and make unrestricted investments back home.
	www.ailf.org /pubed/pe_articles_n070702a.htm (1276 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions on Australian Citizenship
		Australians did not lose their Australian citizenship if they acquired another citizenship automatically or simply obtained a passport of a country of which they were already a citizen.
		To be eligible for the grant of citizenship under 13(9)(a) of the Act, policy provides that at least one adoptive parent must be an Australian citizen and the adopted child must hold an adoption visa or any other permanent visa.
		He applied for and was granted UK citizenship in 2003, and was able to retain his Australian citizenship due to amendments to the Australian Citizenship Act 1948, which came into effect on 4 April 2002.
	www.citizenship.gov.au /faq.htm (2625 words)

	Dual citizenship folly - The Washington Times: Commentary - March 01, 2005
		The United States should end its folly of tolerating dual citizenship for persons who vote, serve in office, or otherwise demonstrate allegiance to a foreign government.
		Dual citizens who demonstrate political attachments to a foreign government, in contrast, will be less resolute in celebrating and advancing the interests of the United States.
		Most would be stunned to learn, however, that under U.S. law (8 U.S. Code, section 1481), a person may retain citizenship despite enrolling in the armed forces of a foreign nation at war with the United States, serving as president of a foreign state, or even committing treason.
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050228-084038-7711r.htm (643 words)

	Citizenship, dual citizenship, canadian citizenship form
		The Citizenship Foundation aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider...
		This document attempts to describe the current situation in United States law regarding dual citizenship.
		In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation.
	watcheducation.com /citizenship.html (1191 words)

	Embassy of Ireland - Washington, DC
		Irish law permits dual citizenship and does not require applicants to renounce any other citizenship held at the time of application.
		The law regarding Irish citizenship is set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts of 1956, 1986 and 2001, as amended.
		Anyone born outside Ireland, whose father or mother is an Irish citizen not born in Ireland, can become an Irish citizen by having his or her birth entered in the Irish Register of Foreign Births at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin or at the nearest Irish diplomatic or consular mission.
	www.irelandemb.org /fbr.html (1368 words)

	Italian Citizenship - Italian Dual Citizenship
		We also provide a counselling service to guide you through the process of obtaining dual citizenship.
		4) Your mother was born in your native country, your maternal grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of her birth, you were born after January 1, 1948 and neither you nor your mother ever renounced your right to Italian citizenship.
		If you were born in any country where citizenship is acquired by birth, and any one of the situations listed below pertains to you,
	www.italiandualcitizenship.com (401 words)

	Levi-Montalcini, Rita -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		She held dual citizenship in Italy and the United States.
		American biochemist who, with Rita Levi-Montalcini, shared the 1986 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his researches on substances produced in the body that influence the development of nerve and skin tissues.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9315032 (494 words)

	Naturalization, Citizenship, Dual Nationality, Law Offices of Carl Shusterman, http://shusterman.com
		Other persons may obtain U.S. citizenship at birth or while they are minors through their parents or grandparents.
		Finally, we link to articles regarding who is eligible to be a "dual" citizen, a citizen of more than one country.
		Child's Citizenship Through Application under Section 322, Immigration and Nationality Act (USCIS Chart)
	www.shusterman.com /toc-usc.html (458 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
		Their quest for dual citizenship was put down to all sorts of dubious motives, including a ploy to avoid visa fees.
		The public demand for dual citizenship of India and Pakistan cited above was made by an Indian nationalist, one of the last surviving members of the generation that had taken part in India’s struggle for freedom from British colonial rule.
		It is not clear how Prime Minister Vajpayee expects to have dual citizenship without dual loyalty, but in normal circumstances there need not be any conflict of loyalty between different manifestations of a person’s multiple identity.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1020904/asp/opinion/story_1163601.asp (1346 words)

	LP: Dual-Loyalty Bias Worries US Jews
		Dual citizenship is available is virtually all Arab countries and in several European countries, most notably France.
		In addition there are many countries, such as almost all Arab countries, that will not allow you to renounce citizenship if you were born there, forcing dual citizenship on you if you move to another country.
		Jews and Israelis are hardly the only people who hold dual citizenship.
	www.libertypost.org /cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=98308 (2508 words)

	Multiple citizenship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dual citizenship (being a citizen of two nations), or dual nationality, is by far the most common type of multiple citizenship, but nothing in international law prevents anyone from establishing citizenship in more than two countries.
		British Overseas Territories do not have individual 'citizenships' but they do have under their immigration laws a concept of Belonger status which is equivalent.
		In Canada, conversely, federal cabinet ministers often have dual citizenship with France or the United Kingdom and this in the past has not been an issue to their security clearances.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Multiple_citizenship (1302 words)

	Many U.S. Immigrants Opt to Maintain Dual Citizenships
		As the nation's foreign-born population swells to historic highs, the trend toward dual citizenship is prompting debates over loyalty, assimilation and the long-term effect on American society.
		Whether a person is allowed to hold dual citizenship depends largely on the laws of his or her native country.
		The United States has recognized dual citizenship since a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1967.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/946882/posts (1302 words)

	Untitled Document
		Dual citizenship was passed as a resolution at the First national Convention of Asian Indians in North America held in New York in 1980 which resulted in the formation of the National Federation of Indian Associations (NFIA).
		He said, "We are in favor of dual citizenship, but not dual loyalty.'' Vajpayee said that Indians settled abroad should also have loyalty to the countries where they had settled and would fulfill their responsibilities as citizens of those countries.
		He said the committee recommended dual citizenship within the framework of the Citizenship Act and it did not involve any amendment in the Constitution.
	www.gopio.net /news022802.htm (1624 words)

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