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[Isobel Archer]

Or googled.  The answer seems pretty simple.   If the other country allows it, then you can have dual citizenship.

If you develop legal issues with the other country, the US most likely could not help you.

If the other country became an active enemy of the US - that could also cause you problems here.

Otherwise, it's all good.

[muttmom]

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@VanSleepy wrote:

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@151949 wrote:

Just getting away with something does not make it legal.

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Instead of accusing Sunshine of doing something illegal, you could have double checked your (incorrect) information.

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My mother had 2 passports.

I would not hold my breath waiting for the happy one to admit she's wrong.

[sunshine45]

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@muttmom wrote:

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@VanSleepy wrote:

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@151949 wrote:

Just getting away with something does not make it legal.

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Instead of accusing Sunshine of doing something illegal, you could have double checked your (incorrect) information.

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My mother had 2 passports.

I would not hold my breath waiting for the happy one to admit she's wrong.

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i was wondering if there would be an apology.......at least "i am sorry, i made a mistake" would have been nice......no one likes to be accused of doing something illegal, especially when  it is NOT illegal.

[Burnsite]

Perkup, I think this is a question to Google giving the name of the young lady's country of origin.  The baby might qualify for dual citizenship under certain circumstances. 

I quality for dual citizenship in Ireland because one of my grandfathers came to the US in 1912.  Ireland I think still offers dual citizenship to those whose grandfathers, by birth records, came in the great emigration from Ireland.  This doesn't mean US citizenship is repudiated, only that both countries offer the benefits of citizenship.  I think this may be true, with other definitions of eligibility, from a few other countries as well.  Two of my brothers hold dual citizenship.  I cannot understand the paperwork and am not sure I approve of the whole thing, so I don't.  Yet it would be nice to enter the EU as a resident and even be able to hold a job there. Taxes I think are pd in both places if one is a regular resident in both.

[qbetzforreal]

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@sunshine45 wrote:

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@muttmom wrote:

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@VanSleepy wrote:

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@151949 wrote:

Just getting away with something does not make it legal.

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Instead of accusing Sunshine of doing something illegal, you could have double checked your (incorrect) information.

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My mother had 2 passports.

I would not hold my breath waiting for the happy one to admit she's wrong.

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i was wondering if there would be an apology.......at least "i am sorry, i made a mistake" would have been nice......no one likes to be accused of doing something illegal, especially when  it is NOT illegal.

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That is never coming

[qbetzforreal]

From the State Department aka the Feds

Dual Nationality

Section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) states that “the term ‘national of the United States’ means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.” Therefore, U.S. citizens are also U.S. nationals. Non-citizen nationality status refers only individuals who were born either in American Samoa or on Swains Island to parents who are not citizens of the United States.  The concept of dual nationality means that a person is a national of two countries at the same time. Each country has its own nationality laws based on its own policy. Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign country to U.S. national parents may be both a U.S. national and a national of the country of birth.

The great nephew would be a Canadian national by virtue of his mother and an US national by virtue of his father and location of his birth.

This was an interesting thread.