Does Brazil allow Dual Citizenship

[vjpro 0]

I am looking on Brazil's US embassy website.

http://www.brasilemb.org/

I can not find wether Brazil allows dual citizenship (US/Brazil). I found some unofficial links surfing the internet that say it's OK. But that's hardly official. Anybody know?

[churipu 4]

Dual citizenship has been permitted in Brazil without restrictions since 1994. However, all Brazilian citizens must enter and leave Brazil on a Brazilian passport.

from Wikipedia.

Also here is a list of countries with info on whether they allow dual citizenship or not (Brazil does according to this list as well).

More info here as well.

[NickD 203]

Interesting question regarding some thought. Out of the some odd 195 countries in this world, subject to change at any time due to a war or takeover, I just happened to be born in the USA. Not by choice, don't recall having any say, just happened that way. But because I was born here, am a USA citizen, and this is my country of origin. Believe if I left for another country, since I am too old for the draft, unless that changes, only agency that would miss me is the good old IRS.

If I attempted to become a citizen of another country, would have to follow their regulations, one may be continuous occupancy of that country, plus paying taxes to that country. With limits as too how long I may leave that country. Such is the case with my wife, her country of origin is Colombia. At one time the borders between Colombia and Venezuela were wide open, but when oil was found in Venezuela and higher paying jobs, that was an attraction for Colombians to go there. Wife was one of them and soon after, the borders were closed requiring a visa to visit, and citizenship to stay. Her job required citizenship to stay. Asked her if she had to know how many stripes on their flag, she said know, just had to pay a rather high fee. But since Venezuela is not her country or origin, she has a four year limit to leave that country. Her citizenship in Venezuela is about to expire. But Colombia is still her country or origin, and like the USA with that birth certificate, she can go back at anytime.

Would suppose if the USA was your country of origin, may object if you became a citizen of a country that is considered to be an enemy of the USA and they may either not let you come back or shoot you as a traitor. Especially if you raised arms against this country like that USA citizen that joined that terrorist group after 9/11, what's his name?

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Cambodia, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgzstan, Moldova, North Korea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are countries that our social security will not sent payments to according to their web site, these would also be good countries to not attempt to gain dual citizenship in.

For the longest time the USA had open borders between Canada and Mexico, but that is rapidly changing, soon passports, even for driving, then maybe visa's. Never though that much about a country that requires a visa, but looking at a visa as a keep out sign. That country may have something good to offer, so they want to control your stay. Not sure of the numbers, but willing to bet the USA requires more visa's than any other country. Ha, wonder if that will change if our economy keeps on going down the tubes.

In many ways wouldn't mind living in Venezuela, cheap gas, temperature never gets below 60*F nor above 80*F, no heating nor air condition bills, plenty of American food in the grocery stores, least for now, and cheap fruits and vegetables home grown 365 days a year. And some of the finest Italian restaurants I have ever eaten at. The hurricanes that come from South Africa always head north to the good old USA. Only real negative is Chavez. Wife has property up in the mountains with a fantastic view. Wouldn't enjoy TV, Chavez puts himself on just about every channel. But it is a very American looking country with huge malls and stuff like that. But a little strange living in a home with bars on the windows and public utilities are very poor. Don't drink the water kind of thing.

Suppose if Brazil is your country of origin and you have a Brazilian birth certificate, shouldn't be a problem and do not believe Brazil is an enemy of this country.

Really haven't thought of another country to live, until I met my wife and finally got to meet my wonderful in-laws last year, fantastic people.

Ha, my wife that traveled all over South America with her job tells me that the women in Venezuela are far more modest than the women of Brazil. Is that true?

[Ladylethal 12]

Technically, if you obtain US citizenship you lose the brazilian one, but it's one of those cases where the brazilian gov is not hunting you down to see if you took up another citizenship, and US won't go tell on you to the brazilian gov. In practice, you only lose the brazilian citizenship if you present yourself at the embassy and ask for it to be revoked.

For all effects you're brazilian ONLY to Brazil, and american ONLY to US. In that sense neither recognizes the other citizenship.

[Lanzoni 38]

I see that it has been a while that the last discussion took place so I am willing to resume it by saying that a lot happened since then and I wanted to inform you that the Brazilian government is stripping out the Brazilian citizenship from Brazilians that became U.S. citizens. The cases I studied, the Brazilian attorney general did that unilaterally and without the consent of the Brazilian citizen. I don't believe the Brazilian government will do that with everyone but if you end up with any administrative process with the minister of justice, say to change your name for the same one you changed upon U.S. naturalization, then that would be a red flag and it would give them all documentation they need to do that.