Can my USC husband have dual citizenship?

[mas85 0]

I am a Filipina and my husband is a USC. He has been visiting us in the P.I about 3-4x a year for 3 weeks to 1 month. My question is, How can he extend his stay here without being charged? or How can he become a dual citizen?

[aaron2020 11,651]

Yes. He can have dual citizenship. He would only lose his US citizenship if he renounces it.

Citizenship should not be taken lightly for the convenience of extending his stay in the Philippines. Once he becomes a Philippines citizen, he will be treated as such. If he is arrested in the Philippines and he is a Philippines citizen, the US Embassy will not be inform since the Phillipines woul be holding one of its own citizen.

Make sure your husband wants to be treated as a Filipino by the Philippines goverent before he pursue dual citizenship.

[tonynglecy 0]

Yes. He can have dual citizenship. He would only lose his US citizenship if he renounces it.

Citizenship should not be taken lightly for the convenience of extending his stay in the Philippines. Once he becomes a Philippines citizen, he will be treated as such. If he is arrested in the Philippines and he is a Philippines citizen, the US Embassy will not be inform since the Phillipines woul be holding one of its own citizen.

Make sure your husband wants to be treated as a Filipino by the Philippines goverent before he pursue dual citizenship.

he can also go to the immergration in Manila with a copy of your Marriage Certif. from NSO and get a visa for P300 or P400 I am also married to a Filipino and thats what I have found out.

[redvelvet 12]

Check out the Philippine Permanent Resident Visa - 13(A) The spouse or unmarried child (below 21) of a Filipino citizen.

http://immigration.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=37

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Philippines regional forum; topic is not about the US spousal visa process.

[A and T 82]

Yes he can get a 13a spousal visa.

here is a how to guide on how to do it

http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/my-13a-visa-experience/

[Stressed Out 81]

Unless all these years I've been reading things incorrectly, I'm 90% sure the US only recognizes dual citizenship from children born to parents from two different nations, even if one has renounced one citizenship to obtain another. As long as one parent holds a foreign birth certificate, the child can become a dual citizen. However with adults it's not possible since they weren't born with that right.

At least I know for a fact this is how the US and Germany have agreed on this, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same for everyone else since it appeared to be standard policies in both the US and Germany. My husband and I have looked into this crossing our fingers, but it seems he'll have to keep his citizenship and keep renewing his green cards or he'll have to naturalize.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Unless all these years I've been reading things incorrectly, I'm 90% sure the US only recognizes dual citizenship from children born to parents from two different nations, even if one has renounced one citizenship to obtain another. As long as one parent holds a foreign birth certificate, the child can become a dual citizen. However with adults it's not possible since they weren't born with that right.

At least I know for a fact this is how the US and Germany have agreed on this, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same for everyone else since it appeared to be standard policies in both the US and Germany. My husband and I have looked into this crossing our fingers, but it seems he'll have to keep his citizenship and keep renewing his green cards or he'll have to naturalize.

You been wrong all these years.

No problem for a USC to obtain another citizenship. The US does not care.

Some countries do not allow dual citizenship. Is your husband from one of those countries? Is it the case that he will lose his current citizenship if he becomes a US citizen?

The US simply does not care about multiple citizenship as long as the person does not renounce his US citizenship.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Oops. Didn't see that your husband is German.

The problem is not the US. The US does not care about multiple citizenship.

The problem is Germany. Germany requires your husband to give up his German citizenship if he obtain another citizenship.

[dave01 16]

I am a Filipina and my husband is a USC. He has been visiting us in the P.I about 3-4x a year for 3 weeks to 1 month. My question is, How can he extend his stay here without being charged? or How can he become a dual citizen?

There is no problem becoming a dual citizen but it takes years to do it and your husband would have to be fluent in 1 of the local languages. He probably couldn't get a 13A visa unless he's willing to stay here. I think the best way of doing it is to enter the country together, show them your marriage certificate and then ask for the balikbayan stamp. It's good for 1 year and costs nothing. Each time he would leave the country you would have to meet him in Hong Kong or somewhere else and then fly into the country with him to renew it.

[mas85 0]

There is no problem becoming a dual citizen but it takes years to do it and your husband would have to be fluent in 1 of the local languages. He probably couldn't get a 13A visa unless he's willing to stay here. I think the best way of doing it is to enter the country together, show them your marriage certificate and then ask for the balikbayan stamp. It's good for 1 year and costs nothing. Each time he would leave the country you would have to meet him in Hong Kong or somewhere else and then fly into the country with him to renew it.

I am still living here in the philippines with our 2 sons. Currently, my USC husband is born in the US and is working as a fireman in Kona hawaii but he is thinking of how he can become a filipino citizen at the same so he can extend his stay in the philippines everytime he visits us here. My husband is saying that living in hawaii is so expensive and he is thinking of moving in the philippines because it's alot cheaper to live here.

[Bron Chase 1]

I am a Filipina and my husband is a USC. He has been visiting us in the P.I about 3-4x a year for 3 weeks to 1 month. My question is, How can he extend his stay here without being charged? or How can he become a dual citizen?

I was under the impression that a USC could even apply for their 13a at the nearest consulate in the US if they wanted to; either there or in the Phils. There's no reason your husband should have to come in as a tourist every time if that's what he's doing. To acquire actual Philippines citizenship he would have to live in the Phils continuously for years and be fluent in a local dialect. You can have a 13a and not spend all of your time in the Phils; that seems like the way to go. Good luck

- Bron (Makati/Utah)

[Caryh 5,206]

I am still living here in the philippines with our 2 sons. Currently, my USC husband is born in the US and is working as a fireman in Kona hawaii but he is thinking of how he can become a filipino citizen at the same so he can extend his stay in the philippines everytime he visits us here. My husband is saying that living in hawaii is so expensive and he is thinking of moving in the philippines because it's alot cheaper to live here.

Your husband needs to live in the Philippines for 5 years as a legal resident to apply for citizenship in the Philippines. He will also need to be fluent in at least one major language from the Philippines. His first step is really getting the 13A legal resident visa, on the grounds of being married to you. He can apply at a Philippines consulate with jurisdiction where he lives.

http://www.philippineshonolulu.org/index.php?page=consular-services-honolulu/faq-honolulu/#immigrant

[mas85 0]

thank you so much everyone for your answering my questions. May the Father almighty bless us all.

[actob99 156]

There is no problem becoming a dual citizen but it takes years to do it and your husband would have to be fluent in 1 of the local languages. He probably couldn't get a 13A visa unless he's willing to stay here. I think the best way of doing it is to enter the country together, show them your marriage certificate and then ask for the balikbayan stamp. It's good for 1 year and costs nothing. Each time he would

leave the country you would have to meet him in Hong Kong or somewhere else and then fly into the country with him to renew it.

I agree..... Off topic a bit, in a couple weeks heading to the PI with the wife.. Are we allowed to hit either immigration line now? Pick the shortest?? Haha