Is it possible to have both U.S. and canadian citizenship ?

Answer 1

Yes. If you have been a dual citizen from birth or childhood, or else became a citizen of another country after already having US citizenship, and the other country in question does not have any laws or regulations requiring you to formally renounce your US citizenship before US consular officials, then current US law unambiguously assures your right to keep both citizenships for life.

Answer 2

Maybe - it depends on the circumstances. It also depends on how you define a dual citizenship. You would have to contact the US State department and obtain a ruling for each individual case. For instance, in the cases where someone of another country wants to become a US citizen, the State department seems to be more hard-line and insist that the previous citizenship be renounced before becoming a US citizen.

In the cases where someone has a US citizenship by birth, then we go back to "it depends".

In the early 50's, children born abroad (on foreign soil) of parents of US citizenship were consider to have a dual citizenship. I was one such child. However I never had two different countries passports even though I did have a birth certificate from both countries. Once I started paying taxes to the US government (and registered for the draft) I was considered to have made a choice and was considered a US citizen. However I supposedly can claim my British citizenship whenever I want - at the cost of my US citizenship and passport. Even though I have an acknowledged dual citizenship, I have been told I will never hold two different country's passports at the same time. I will either have a US passport or I will have a British passport. (This is not true in all cases but it is in mine.)

Then in the mid 50's, the State department got "stricter" in how they considered dual citizenship and the laws changed.

Then I think it was around 1967, there were some court cases in regards to dual citizenship and after the court rulings, there were changes in the laws and the State department again became more lenient in this regard.

But again it depends on a lot of circumstances including which other countries are involved.

Contact the US State department. Oh, also, many of the larger post offices in big cities have a passport office. You can also check there.

I can tell you from experience that it took a lot of time and effort and legal paperwork for me to obtain a US passport even though I had been paying US taxes for 25 years.

It is not a "cut and dry" situation.

Answer 3

i have friends that are native and the reserves they belong to run across the border. they have the rights and privileges of both countries. i also know that through marriage you can obtain dual citizenship. there was a lot of controversy when Israel invaded Lebanon this year when Lebanese people who also had a Canadian citizenship complained that Canada did not do enough for them.

the way i see it is either you're Canadian or your not. there should be no middle ground.i believe that if you live in a country that you should not be allowed to have citizenship in another country.

Answer 4

Why would you want it? I'm proud to be a Canadian, dammit, whereas if I was American I'd've renounced my citizenship a long time ago. It is possible to have both, of course, but I'd only find an American passport useful if I was out of toilet paper.

Answer 5

Yes it is possible. A friend of mine is Canadian by marriage and their daughter is canadian by birth. The one canadian by marriage is a dual citizen.

Answer 6

yes, its called dual citizenship.. this does not happen as fast as you would like but it does.. look into the government website usic.gov

Answer 7

Unfortunately, yes. Called Dual Citizenship. Personally, I don't know how anyone can "pledge allegiance" to two different countries. I think they should have to choose one country to be loyal to.

Answer 8

Duh!!
It's the same thing silly.
Canada is a northern suburb of minnesota or something.

Answer 9

also mars