If I marry a foreigner will I remain a citizen of the US if I decide to live in his country or elsewhere?

Question

Will my kids be US citizens? Can he keep his citizenship?

Thanks

Answer 1

A US Citizen cannot lose their citizenship by living outside of the US. The only way this can happen is if the US Citizen renounces citizenship and that is not an easy task.

Any children born abroad to a US Citizen parent/parents have a right to US Citizenship. In this case you would need to file for a 'report of birth abroad' to your closest US Embassy. There are requirements that a US parent/parents must meet........

For children born abroad since 14 November 1986 to a married couple consisting of one US citizen and one non-citizen, the American parent must have been "physically present" in the US for a total of at least five years prior to the birth of the child. Further, at least two years out of this five-year period must have been after the parent reached age 14 (e.g., no good if you lived in the US from birth till age five, then left the country never to return). From 24 December 1952 to 14 November 1986, the minimum requirement was ten years (five years of which had to have been after the parent's 14th birthday).

The time spent in the US need not have been immediately prior to the child's birth, and it is possible to combine multiple separate periods of physical presence in the US to reach the required figures. Additionally, time spent in US territories or possessions can be counted -- as can time spent abroad in the US military, in US government employment, or as a dependent spouse or child of someone posted abroad under such circumstances.

Hope that answers your question.

Answer 2

You will remain a US citizen if you marry a foreigner and if you live in his country or elsewhere. Once you're a US citizen, you will not lose your citizenship by marriage or moving :). If you have a child, your child will have US citizenship, but you need to document the birth of the child with the nearest US Consular in order to establish an official record to the child's claim to US citizenship. The form & information on doing this can be found on the US State Department's website at http://travel.state.gov/family/family_issues/birth/birth_593.html.

Regarding your husband's citizenship and whether he can keep it, that would need to be checked with the laws of his home country, although I can't think of any reason (or any country offhand) that would not allow him to keep his citizenship if he married a non-citizen.

I hope this is helpful!
All the best!

Answer 3

You will remain a US citizen until you take on another citizenship in another country. You can reside anywhere and still maintain your American citizenship. Your kids shall remain citizens of the U.S. too until they formally naturalize in another country. If your foreign husband was just a legal immigrant status here and never got his citzenship here then he'll still have his status with the U.S., but if he is a citizen same applies to him as you. Check out the following club...it has some great answers to Immigration questions.

Answer 4

You can remain a citizen in our country & become a citizen in his country as well. It's call dual citizenship. Same for your children & your new husband. Just to be on the safe side, do the right thing, & find out for sure.

Answer 5

yes u will stil be a us citizen,, however depending on what counrty u are lving in u might not be able to have dual citizenship so i would just get residency there and do not give up ur citizenship here, u never know what could happen,,, my husband is from honduras and we decided to live in the us and honduras made him give up his citizenship there they dont allow dual citizenship, so if i accidently died or if we got a divorce, he would have to apply to be a citizen all over, only in the country he was born in,, pretty messed up huh.... so deff check the rules on where u are goin. best of luck

Answer 6

If you are a legal citizen of the US, you will remain a citizen no matter where you live, unless you give up your citizenship. With your children's citizenship, it would depend on where they were born.

Answer 7

You will remain a U.S. citizen unless you go to great lengths to properly renounce it in front of a Consular General. It's very difficult to do nowadays.

If you have children that were born in the U.S. they will remain U.S. citizens. If you have children born outside the U.S., in wedlock, after 11/14/86, they can derive citizenship from you if: you were physically present in the U.S. or the "out-lying possessions" at 5 years, at least two of which were after the age of 14.

If you have children born outside the U.S. under conditions that allow them to derive citizenship through you, be sure to register their birth with the U.S. Embassy/Consulate closest to where you live. You will need a "Consular's Report of Birth abroad" to prove that your children are U.S. citizen's. You may also need that document to obtain passports for them.

Answer 8

yes you will remain a us citizen unless you choose to apply for citizenship to his country. as lomg as you remain a us citizen then your children will be us citizens as well. he should have no problem with maintaining his citizenship as long as you live in his country. hope this helps

Answer 9

I think you'd still be a US citzen if you didn't take citizenship in the other country. Your children would be citizens of the country they were born in.

Answer 10

you will remain a citizen as long as you do not give up your citzenship... but if your kids are born outside of the US, they are not auotmaticallt citizens, you need to apply for the documents showing that they are before they are 18...they will automaticcally be citizens of the other country