U.S. CITIZENSHIP

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

Can the U.S. REVOKE your citizenship?

[Otto 83]

The short answer is yes...under certain circumstances... check HERE

[YuAndDan 153]

Yes, if DHS discovers that you used misrepresentation to get the visa and/or green-card.

5. Lying To The USCIS During The Naturalization Process

http://www.newcitizen.us/losing.html

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy. I know I read it somewhere years ago, but my co-workers are all against me, because they're telling me that once it's granted it can't be revoked and I'm telling them yes it can be especially if it was obtained through misrepresentation.

THANKS! Going to print out the articles. Guess I'll make a few new BEST friends in the office today.

[sus 70]

Technically, yes:

As a historical matter, U.S. citizenship could be forfeited upon the undertaking of various acts, including naturalization in a foreign state, service in foreign armed forces, and voting in a foreign political election (with a few exceptions, such as municipal and local elections as opposed to presidential and other national elections). However, a line of U.S. Supreme Court decisions beginning with Afroyim v. Rusk constitutionally limited the government's capacity to terminate citizenship to those cases in which an individual engaged in conduct with an intention of abandoning their citizenship. In the wake of administrative practice changes adopted by the U.S. Department of State during the mid 1990s, it is now virtually impossible to lose one's citizenship without expressly renouncing it before a U.S. consular officer.[15]

There are also special provisions for persons who are deemed to have renounced citizenship for purposes of avoiding U.S. taxation (which is, in some cases, applicable on certain income for up to ten years after the official loss of citizenship, Internal Revenue Code, section 877), which in theory can result in loss of right to entry into the United States. However, the loss of right of entry (8 USC 1182(a)(10)(E)[16]) has never been enforced by the Attorney General since its enactment in 1996. Further, since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002, the Attorney General (Department of Justice) would no longer be empowered to bar a former U.S. citizen from entering the United States.

No new legislation has modified 8 USC 1182(a)(10)(E) to enable the DHS Secretary to bar a former U.S. citizen from entering the United States. Lastly, IRC section 877 and Revenue Rulings was modified in 2004 to discontinue the practice of the Internal Revenue Service issuing rulings to determine if a former U.S. citizen had a tax-related motive in renouncing U.S. citizenship. Instead, IRC section 877 establishes an objective test to determine if the section 877 regime will apply.

If the former U.S. citizen fails one of these objective tests, for the following ten years after the individual's expatriation he or she will be subject to the 877 regime. In practice, given the various modifications since the enactment of 8 USC 1182(a)(10)(E), that the U.S. government has never enforced 8 USC 1182(a)(10)(E) since its inception in 1996, a former U.S. citizen may freely travel to the U.S. subject to normal visa restrictions.

After a U.S. citizen satisfies the Department of State procedures, the Department of State issues a Certificate of Loss of Nationality ("CLN") signifying that the Department of State has accepted the U.S. Embassy/Consulate's recommendation to allow the renunciation.

It is also possible to forfeit U.S. citizenship upon conviction for an act of treason against the United States.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States..._of_citizenship

[*JG* 2]

OK, Tre....so this is what you were talking about.

[bora bora 1]

I read on-line that citizenship was taken away from two people who were using their "maids" as slaves. These people were originally from southeastern Asia.

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

OK, Tre....so this is what you were talking about.

Yes, and they're both about to get it revoked. I'll let you know what happened. They won't tell me everything, but I've figured it out.

[sus 70]

OK, Tre....so this is what you were talking about.

Yes, and they're both about to get it revoked. I'll let you know what happened. They won't tell me everything, but I've figured it out.

So, will you share with the nosy?

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

OK, Tre....so this is what you were talking about.

Yes, and they're both about to get it revoked. I'll let you know what happened. They won't tell me everything, but I've figured it out.

So, will you share with the nosy?

Ummmmmmmm

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