and how much did it cost? any info on countries that allow this? thoughts?

 

might want to give a little more info than that...


you born here? born somewhere else? family citizens? etc... there's a lot of info out there as well...

 

i was born in the US. my entire family is now in the US from taiwan. i dont see myself marrying into another country so naturalization is probably my only option. any ideas on the process, the time length? pros/cons.

 

time length...

well, if you process an application now, they are working on apps from last July.. figure 7 months? sometimes it's sooner.. but that timeline changes... it's...hmm.. like $380 to process an app per person, and i can't remember the rest.. my roomate brought his wife from overseas a few years ago.. so i remember him doing a lot of this as well.


http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
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lots of good information

 

So, you want to be able to move easily when the welfare state collapses and America is in turmoil?

 

the us doesn't recognize dual citizenship. Look into laws of citizenship in other countries, you may have to pay taxes in the other place too.

 

So wait...you are a U.S. citizen already. And you want to become a citizen of another country?

Yea...you'd have to find out from that country what it takes. Sometimes, it takes actually living there.

And I believe that if you become a citizen of another country, you lose your U.S. citizenship? Not sure on that though...i'd have to look it up.

 

You may be right about that, but it doesn't mean you can't be a dual citizen. Bascially they say that you have to commit to the US if that's what you want your citizenship to be. On the other hand, they can't tell you that you can't also be a citizen elsewhere.

I'm US / Canadian Dual by birth. They don't recognize it, but they allow it somehow. My American parents are obtaining their Canadian citizenship now...and they'll get it. They've been in canada for around 30 years

 

my friend has a us and thai citizenship. but he has family in thailand. also, somehow you can be filipino and american...the lines are very blurry tho. and the us/canada one seems fairly common. i ll be looking into this a little more when i have the time. thanks for the replies tho.

 

US doesn't recognize dual citizenship, if you are US citizen you are only a US citizen to Uncle Sam.... from what I've heard.