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Senior Citizen benefits and Dual Citizenship

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My parents want to regain their Philippine citizenship therefore applying for dual citizenship, keeping their U.S. citizenship intact. Their only worry is that they lose all their benefits as Senior Citizens when they do so. Does anybody know if they retain their benefits if they get dual citizenship?

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============ AOS Phase ========

05/28/07 - Applied for Joan's SSN - no problems - got it in mail a few days later

07/09/07 - Got Maui'd in Hawaii Wedding Photos

07/19/07 - Got vaccination for Joan (she didn't get it in Phil)

08/15/07 - Filed our AOS papers

10/--/07 - Found out we sent the papers to wrong office. We've called several times to get this clarified but all got is that we need to WAIT for our papers to be forwarded or returned to us.

10/--/07 - We got our papers back.... ngngngng and re-sent it to the right office

01/23/08 - Got our interview date

03/10/08 - INTERVIEW DONE!! Our Interview Experience

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My parents want to regain their Philippine citizenship therefore applying for dual citizenship, keeping their U.S. citizenship intact. Their only worry is that they lose all their benefits as Senior Citizens when they do so. Does anybody know if they retain their benefits if they get dual citizenship?

The US has no laws addressing dual citizenship. Since there are no laws on it, it is not prohibited and that is why people can have multiple citizenship.

Since the US has no laws addressing dual citizenship, a US citizen who hold other citizenships is treated only as a US citizen by the US government. So no matter what other citizenships a US citizen may have, the US government treats that person solely as a US citizen.

No US benefits will be lost if your parents regain their Philippine citizenships.

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