Which countries in the world accept dual citizenship?

Question

I'm Canadian, married to a Korean woman. When we got married, she was stripped of Korean citizenship once she got her Canadian one. But in Canada, they see her as a dual citizen. We got into a debate about which countries offer this dual citizenship. She thinks its rare, but I think it's common and that Koreans are too conservative. Anyone know the facts?

Answer 1

Korea does NOT allow dual citizenship. they must give their citizenship if they took citizenship to another country.Korea is not the only one refusing dual citizenship.
most European countries allowed it, (Germany has restrictive rules on dual citizenship)
Asian,Australia,some in Africa, not all of them
India, but only on a very limited basis .
criminal penalties for exercising another citizenship (e.g. carrying a foreign passport in Saudi Arabia).
Japan,Singapore:no dual citizenship
The Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China make a distinction in their immigration laws between Chinese citizens with the right to reside in the territory and those without. Chinese citizens with right of abode in these territories can hold a different type of Chinese passport which gives more favorable travel rights internationally.
Canada:yes
US: yes
UK: yes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_citizenship#Citizenship_of_multiple_countries

Answer 2

Countries That Offer Dual Citizenship

Answer 3

The reason is actually because there are certain restrictions for non-citizens & most times the way around those is becoming citizens. In my case (ex-Filipino citizen), I want to open up other companies/business & hopefully also purchase property in the Philippines in my name so getting dual citizenship is an option. And of course being born a Filipino & having lived a long time there, you also kind of want to get the best of both worlds.

Answer 4

I think it's fairly common. A lot of the EU seems to be fine with dual citizenship as well as Australia, Canada and half the world.

Some countries such as Japan will allow minors to have dual nationality but then are forced to choose as soon as they come of age.

Answer 5

Philippines and many countries accepts dual citizenships for the convenience of a person due to marriage and employment.

Answer 6

Every country in the world has slightly different citizenship and retention laws. You can look them up individually here: this site is not totally accurate, but seems to be the best available:
http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/

Answer 7

Unfortunately, the U.S. does.