Triple (not Dual) Citizenship?

[Kimbear 53]

Nothign will happen..my aunt is triple citizenship. she is orignally from Colombia, married my uncle who was born in Canada and they both lived in the usa and have a us passport too. the only problem is she sometimes gives the border ppl the wrong passport LOL.

[Rustbelt 0]

I have UK/Canadian citizenship and am now a US PR. I still cross the border pretty frequently for work (by car) and am always a little dubious as to what I should declare as my citizenship. So I tell them all three. I'm Canadian (because that's what's listed on my Nexus), and British (because that's the passport I travel on), and a US PR (because they need to know I LIVE here).

They always look a little puzzled. One asked me if I couldn't make up my mind (hey I was born with the British one, lived in Canada, so got that one, and my husband's American, OK?). Another didn't know what a "PR" was & asked all the usual "where are you going, what are you doing, how long will you be here" questions. *Rolls eyes*.

I'm looking forward to getting the US citizenship so I can just show them that passport & be done with it!

- Steve's wife

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

Yes, one can have dual and even triple citizenship, if they so desire....

Likewise, I am one of those individuals...

I have American citizenship through naturalization (which I got last year)

I have Canadian citizenship through naturaliztaion (which I got a a child/minor)

I have sort-of (I'm still trying to figure the legalities behind this one) citizenship through by other birth country (which I got when I was born there)

So yes...It gets at times...lol....

But it does having multiple citizenships, there are disadvantages and advantages to such...

As far as Canada goes, they do officially recognize dual citizenship, so you would have no problems there...

As for as America goes, when one says the oath, one technically renounce all loyalities to other countries....However it's more of a formality than a legality, as one cannot lose American citizenship just because they have citizenship of another country....

As for any other country goes, one would have to look up the specific rules for that. Some countries allow it..some don't...

In my travel experiences (betweeen Canada/USA by land)....

Before US Citizenship I travelled with: US Green Card (with other Birth Country listed on it), Canadian passport...lol..(three countries of association..uggh..)

After US Citizenship I travel with: NYS Enahanced Driver's License, Canadian passport

In America...You are "American" once you have US Citizenship...Travel with US-Only documents to come back into America....

In Canada...You are "Canadian"....Travel with Canadian and/or any other docuements...

And I swear, I always get a look from the border guards.....

Here is a helpful link, if you want to know more about dual/triple citizenship: http://www.richw.org/dualcit/faq.html

As for my situation specific is concerned...This gets tricky document-wise too....

My 2yr and 10 yr green card had by "other birth country" on it...(which I hated....)

My marriage certificate has my "Canadian address" on it...and "other birth country" on it...(yes, this is an error...weird...not sure how to correct it..)

My US citizenship/naturalization certificate had "Canada" as "former country of citizenship" on it...(I insisted they do such...As I'm Canadian citizen...)

My Canadian passport has a "blank" on it for "place of birth"....(I insisted they do such..And yes, it's legal for Canada...)

My American passport...I haven't applied for such yet....still have some issues regarding that....(for example, the birth country issue..see my post on the VJ N-400 boards about this...)

And for my intereviews and/or other dealings...I explained my situation throughly...It gets really confusing....

But nevertheless, I eventually get it sorted out..lol..It does make for interesting stories to tell though....

Hope this helps. Good luck on your multiple citizenship journey too!

Ant

Edited February 24, 2010 by Ant+D+BabyA

[antda 13]

By the way...I asked a similar question awhile ago on VJ (this was before I had US Citizenship)...Hope this helps too..

Triple Ties/Citizenships..., Any problems for US Citizenship?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...ple+citizenship

Ant

[antda 13]

P.P.S. As for collecting documents like baseball cards.......Here is "Ant's lifetime of immigration/travel paperwork collection" so far...

-1 'other country' birth certificate

-1/2 'other country' passport (this passport was in my mother's name....but I was added as a notation...hence 1/2 passport)

-1 Canadian citizenship card

-1 Canadian commerative citizenship certificate

-2 Canadian passports (1 expired in maiden name, 1 valid in married name)

-2 US green cards (2yr, 10yr...Unfortunately I couldn't keep those...the immigration officials wanted those back..)

-1 US naturalization certificate

-1 US NYS enhanced driver's license

-Am still thinking about adding a US passport book and/or card (and maybe a nexus card) to my collection..we'll see...

Lol....Do I have enough immigration/travel documents to far???

It costs a fortune and a lot of time to replace....lol....I don't even know where to begin to get replacements.....

Seriously..I need to collect other things..besides immigration/travel documents...lol....

Ant

[Hugglebuggles 60]

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.

Wow, its really sad I didn't know Scotland is part of the UK. I'm Canadian, I should know that stuff!

You're probably right, it was probably Ireland. I didn't really like the guy, so it didn't really pay to much attention to the details when he talked. He had this arrogance about him like the world owes him something and he's special because he's a citizen of four countries.

[zyggy 9]

It esentially boils down to this. Each sovereign country has the right to determine who is their citizen and who is not, how citizenship is gained or lost.

If you are in the US and you are a US citizen, the US only recognizes you as a US Citizen. The same applies in most other countries.

So the true key is does the other country treat the naturalization of a person in another country as a de facto renunciation of citizenship. More and more, it appears that this is not the case. Most countries, including the US, want to keep you as their citizen for various reasons.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

So the true key is does the other country treat the naturalization of a person in another country as a de facto renunciation of citizenship. More and more, it appears that this is not the case. Most countries, including the US, want to keep you as their citizen for various reasons.

Read: potential war fighters and taxpayers.

[zyggy 9]

Read: potential war fighters and taxpayers.

More the taxpayer than the war fighter.