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Leaving US for good

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VanessaTony Grand Master

VanessaTony   3,567

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Thanks guys.

Yes I'm still married to my french/American wife.

But if I'm not mistaken now if we want to be a US citizen you cannot be American and French for example...you need to abandon your homecountry citizenship when you live in the US....I don't want that.

Plus citizenship is a long process and I m about to have job offers abroad.

For sure I will not come back within a year even 2 years...and I think it could be difficult to demonstrate that I always wanted to go back in the US ( required for SB1).

So even if it's maybe weird for some of you ( and I understand why) my best options will be to abandonned it.

Just to correct you so you have all the info, NO you do NOT give up your French citizenship by getting US citizenship. Here's a link: http://www.800citizen.com/dualCitizenship.htm

I have UK and aussie citizenship, and I will have to give up none of those when (and if) I get US citizenship.

Citizenship can be a long process yes, but if you apply now and stay in the US till you've done biometrics at least, and are prepared to come back for the interview/oath then you'll have your US passport and then you and your wife can travel without issue whenever you want.

Of course completely up to you but again, DON'T have to give up your French citizenship and while it would mean you might have to stay a little longer, it will mean that if and when you and your wife want to come back to the US, there is no visa issues to worry about. It just seems to me that if you meet the criteria now it would save a lot of time and money later in life should you want to return.

Edited by Vanessa&Tony

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

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- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

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1) You are grossly misinformed on such an important issue, and that hurts.

There are literally Millions of Frenchmen who hold US citizenship in addition to their French one.

:blush:

2) Yes, it's a lengthy process of 10 to 16 weeks.

:blink:

3) If it was legal, you could sell your US citizenship for anywhere between $50K to $100K. That's why $680 and 3 or 4 months of patience is a heck of a deal.

:wow:

Bon voyage!.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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