Triple (not Dual) Citizenship?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

This is an interesting one and I'm sure it's come up for some...

My fiance is Canadian born, but her Dad is from England, so she has dual-citizenship in Canada and in the UK. Actually carries both passports as well.

What will happen (if anything) if she wants to become a US Citizen eventually?

Can you have citizenship in 3 countries, or will she have to give up one of them?

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Same as dual citizenship, so far as the U.S. is concerned. When you go through with U.S. Citizenship, you make a verbal oath that you will be have allegiance only to America. So in a way, you DO renounce any other citizenship. However, it's quite subjective, since Canada and most other first-world countries don't recognize that oath as an actual renunciation. Furthermore, the U.S. will not follow up (in all practical circumstances, at least) on whether or not you are still a citizen of other countries.

It basically comes down to whether or not YOU feel comfortable with swearing that oath.

I'm a citizen of Canada (where I was born and have lived all my life) and New Zealand (where my father was born...I was able to get citizenship through descent). I'm not sure whether or not I'll get U.S. Citizenship... I've got three years to decide though.

[trailmix 77]

This is an interesting one and I'm sure it's come up for some...

My fiance is Canadian born, but her Dad is from England, so she has dual-citizenship in Canada and in the UK. Actually carries both passports as well.

What will happen (if anything) if she wants to become a US Citizen eventually?

Can you have citizenship in 3 countries, or will she have to give up one of them?

Crib notes: Nothing will happen

[Spoom 8]

Yep, perfectly valid. There are quite a few people have triple citizenship to the UK / Canada / the US.

Edited February 23, 2010 by Spoom

[La Souris 19]

Question for the dual-citizens: did you/will you bring proof of your other citizenship to the interview? I was planning to bring my "other" passport... just not sure if it will cause more questions or not

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Question for the dual-citizens: did you/will you bring proof of your other citizenship to the interview? I was planning to bring my "other" passport... just not sure if it will cause more questions or not

That's a VERY good question, La Souris. I don't hold a New Zealand passport and never have... I'm guessing that since you're being processed through Montreal as a Canadian immigrating to the U.S., it's not going to be an issue. Probably a good idea to bring your other passport just in case though...can't hurt to have it in with your other docs.

Now I'm wondering if I should bring my New Zealand citizenship certificate.

Dammit, I hate thinking of all these things so close to the interview.

[La Souris 19]

That's a VERY good question, La Souris. I don't hold a New Zealand passport and never have... I'm guessing that since you're being processed through Montreal as a Canadian immigrating to the U.S., it's not going to be an issue. Probably a good idea to bring your other passport just in case though...can't hurt to have it in with your other docs.

Now I'm wondering if I should bring my New Zealand citizenship certificate.

Dammit, I hate thinking of all these things so close to the interview.

I didn't mean to worry you... I think I'll bring my other citizenship passport and leave it in my folder in case they ask about it. I SO do not want them to ask for something I don't have ~ I'm getting nervous

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

I didn't mean to worry you... I think I'll bring my other citizenship passport and leave it in my folder in case they ask about it. I SO do not want them to ask for something I don't have ~ I'm getting nervous

Funnily enough, I'm not nervous. I AM in the same boat of not wanting them to ask for something I don't have though. I can't bear the thought of things being delayed for several weeks because I didn't bring some silly, barely relevant document I was never asked for. *sigh* Maybe I'll bring my NZ Citizenship document just in case.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

I have dual citizenship due to the fact that my mom was German and my dad Swedish, and once I'm done with naturalization in a few months' time, I'll have triple citizenship. Theoretically, I could become a quadruple citizen but since I'm not Jewish, I can't conquer the quintruple barrier. The sky's the limit, as long as the countries play along. Great Britain and Canada are the easiest ones.

[Danu 19]

I have dual citizenship due to the fact that my mom was German and my dad Swedish, and once I'm done with naturalization in a few months' time, I'll have triple citizenship. Theoretically, I could become a quadruple citizen but since I'm not Jewish, I can't conquer the quintruple barrier. The sky's the limit, as long as the countries play along. Great Britain and Canada are the easiest ones.

Hmm Bob I would take a look into that. For Germany you need to apply for permission to hold other citizenships if you weren't born with them and the odds that they will allow more than 1 other one is fairly low from what I've heard. Its one of the dilemma's I've been facing, because I'm not quite positive I want to give up my German citizenship to get my US one. If you don't ask for the permission and take on another one they will automatically revoke your German citizenship.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Funnily enough, I'm not nervous. I AM in the same boat of not wanting them to ask for something I don't have though. I can't bear the thought of things being delayed for several weeks because I didn't bring some silly, barely relevant document I was never asked for. *sigh* Maybe I'll bring my NZ Citizenship document just in case.

That's totally normal, it really is. The only thing I was worried about before my interview was that I'd forget something silly. When you are confident that your relationship is solid, you start thinking about little silly things that can cause you trouble. I brought pretty much everything under the sun. I had a huge binder filled with random documents of things I was worried that may come up. I was adopted as a kid and had all my adoption documentation with me, why would they need it? No idea, but I had it! At the end of the day I brought everything I could think of, because it made me more confident that I was prepared.

I went to school with a guy who was a Canadian/American/UK citizen and he was in the process of trying to obtain Scottish citizenship. He would always joke that he likes to "collect citizenship's" like they're baseball cards or something. But, if you can do it, then I guess there isn't a reason not too.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Hmm Bob I would take a look into that. For Germany you need to apply for permission to hold other citizenships if you weren't born with them and the odds that they will allow more than 1 other one is fairly low from what I've heard. Its one of the dilemma's I've been facing, because I'm not quite positive I want to give up my German citizenship to get my US one. If you don't ask for the permission and take on another one they will automatically revoke your German citizenship.

What you are referring to is the Beibehaltungsbescheinigung. The only way to get is by bullshitting the German Government by claiming you want to apply for a job that requires US citizenship due to security clearance, among other things. Learn all there is to know about it by joining the Yahoo group ZweiPaesse.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

I went to school with a guy who was a Canadian/American/UK citizen and he was in the process of trying to obtain Scottish citizenship. He would always joke that he likes to "collect citizenship's" like they're baseball cards or something. But, if you can do it, then I guess there isn't a reason not too.

Meh...I don't like the idea of "collecting" citizenships, really. Both of mine have very good reasoning behind them...as would my U.S. one if I go for it. I was born and raised in Canada, so that's a no-brainer. But culturally I've always had a very close kinship to New Zealand. That blood runs deep in me, I guess. It's kind of funny -- last week I was watching a speed-skating event with my parents, and a Kiwi was paired up with a Canuck. Despite ourselves, ALL THREE of us were rooting for the Kiwi!

If I decide to get U.S. Citizenship, I'll take it very seriously, to the point that I would take up arms to defend America if the need arose. But I'm also aware that others place a different value on citizenship, and I suppose that's fine too. We all have our reasons.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I went to school with a guy who was a Canadian/American/UK citizen and he was in the process of trying to obtain Scottish citizenship. He would always joke that he likes to "collect citizenship's" like they're baseball cards or something. But, if you can do it, then I guess there isn't a reason not too.

Scotland is part of the UK.. and you would get a UK passport.. maybe he meant Ireland? Because Ireland has their own passport. I'm Scottish by parentage and yet I get a UK passport not some special "scottish" one.

To answer the OP, like many others I have dual already. here is a website that lists what countries accept or don't accept dual (and triple etc) http://www.800citizen.com/dualCitizenship.htm

In regards to the interview, I didn't need to show my UK passport as I was applying as an Australian so that's the one they were interested in. In fact, they were quite irritated when I asked if they wanted to see it ... but I think that was because I was wasting their time or distracting them or something like that.

[Danu 19]

What you are referring to is the Beibehaltungsbescheinigung. The only way to get is by bullshitting the German Government by claiming you want to apply for a job that requires US citizenship due to security clearance, among other things. Learn all there is to know about it by joining the Yahoo group ZweiPaesse.

oh thank you! I will take a look at it. I was hoping there would be a way for me to keep it but I couldnt find anything on how to do it.