My mom is British but I was born in the U.S, I heard there is a way to get dual citizenship but there is a deadline. Does anyone know how this works?
2007-03-20 08:42:18 · 7 answers · asked by tweetstuff27 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Forget these guys - the US State Department allows US nationals to take British nationality while retaining US nationality, provided the applicant is either female or a male over 30 years old (this is to prevent a conflict in the event of military conscription by either country).
The British have tightened the rules for citizenship for several reasons, not least because they discovered they issued passports to about 10,000 bogus applicants last year alone, including known terrorists! The basic requirements are an English language proficiency test, followed by a general knowledge test on the UK (including history, society and law), a valid application (certain criteria must be met, including of course not having a criminal record and never being denied entry into the UK). From May of this year, all applicants must attend an interview. The whole process takes about six months, and at the end of it you get a "citizenship certificate" which is not a passport but can be used in conjunction with your US passport for travel, and if you are in the UK you can have all the benefits of citizenship (voting, jury service, ability to run for political office - unlike in the US, foreign-born citizens can be even elected as Prime Minister). Armed with the certificate and paying the fee you can get a British passport.
2007-03-20 09:02:35 · answer #1 · answered by lesroys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under international law, the determination of citizenship when dual nationality is involved is governed by treaty, an agreement between two or more nations.
A person who possesses dual citizenship generally has the right to "elect," or to choose, the citizenship of one nation over that of another, within the applicable age limit or specified time period. A person could be a U.S. citizen because of his or her birth in the United States and a citizen of a foreign country because his or her immigrant parents returned with their child to their native land. Foreign law could deem the child to be a citizen of the parents' native land, but it cannot divest the child of U.S. citizenship.
2007-03-20 15:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by Indiana Frenchman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your nearest British consulate, or call the British Embassy in Washington, they can give you all the information or try this site. The UK and US do allow dual citizenship. As long as your mother still has her British citizenship you should be ok.
http://www.britainusa.com/
2007-03-23 02:13:07 · answer #3 · answered by kwilfort 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband is going to get dual, and my aunt has it already they are both from UK.
We hired a great lawyer online he helped us with the entire process his link is
http://www.k1fianceevisas.com/ I am sure if you call him he would be happy to answer your questions, I think he does a free phone consult first, but I do not work for him or represent him in any way other than we are clients and he helped us through the whole process of getting my husband here from UK. Since he is an attorney he would be able to answer your question. Hope that helps.
2007-03-20 15:48:23 · answer #4 · answered by bex920 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have dual citizenship until your 18th birthday, at which point you have to choose between the two.
2007-03-20 15:46:20 · answer #5 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was under the impression that the US does not recognize dual citizenships.
2007-03-20 15:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
US does not recognized Dual citizenship..but that does not means you need to renounce your Other Citizenship to be a US citizen...
2007-03-20 15:46:52 · answer #7 · answered by shinningstarofthecarribean 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋