How to obtain dual citizenship; US and Canada?

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Many thanks!

Answer 1

Flatline is wrong. Neither the US nor Canada have laws against dual citizenship. No country in the world has a law about how much time you have to spend in a country in which you are a citizen in order to keep your citizenship. The US require that you actively renounce your citizenship in order to lose it: accepting social benefits, being naturalized in another country, living for years somewhere else, nothing will take your citizenship away except renunciation. In Canada, the laws are just about the same, except you might lose your Canadian citizenship if you were naturalized as Canadian but live for ten years outside the country. I do not know if they actively apply that law.

As for how to get dual citizenship, that depends. You don't, obviously, apply for dual citizenship in a single action. You become a citizen of one country under their laws, then become a citizen of the other under THEIR laws.

Here is unofficial but good info about dual citizenship:
http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It depends on which country you were born in. If you were born in Canada and became a naturalized U.S. citizen, you are American. You are also Canadian because Canada doesn't recognize your U.S. citizenship. It gets tricky here. If you were born in the U.S. and become a Canadian, you forfeit your American citizenship (depends on your parents). If you were originally a Canadian and naturalized, you can lose your U.S. citizenship by receiving any social benefits from Canada. Also, if you are naturalized in either country, you must spend no more than 50% in either country, it gets quite complicated. It comes down to where you work and for how long. Be careful, don't expatriate yourself through ignorance, and don't trust me or anyone else's answer. The rules change often. It's easier to be one or the other. Do some research online.

Answer 4

you dont if you wanna be a canuck you have to denounce your us citizenship..... well not really but that is how it should be....