Dual citizenship

[sweety-sweet 1]

Could you please clarify on this.

I applied Canadian citizenship before I got US immigrant visa. I have all the requirements to become Canadian citizen. I only need to write the exam and I have to pass this.

I am now CR1 green card holder. I can apply for 10 year green card in next one and half year. Also I can be eligible to apply US citizen when I live here for 3 years as the spouse of US citizen.

Am I allow to be dual citizen of both Canada and US? My Canadian citizenship is also naturalized and US will be the same. But I definitely need to return the passport of my home country once I got the citizenhip of another country.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Candian and US dual citizenship is fine.

If you have to claim a Canadian resident to qualify for Candian citizenship, then you put your US LPR status at risk for claiming a foreign non-US resident.

[NikLR 13,232]

I'm not sure how you can become a Canadian citizen now that you're no longer a resident of Canada. This should have been done before you moved to the USA.

[NickD 203]

Couldn't help but notice, the USCIS is most interested in the country you were naturalized in whereas the DOS is only interested in the country where you were born in.

Says so right on your certificate of naturalization from the USCIS, your country of naturalization, where the DOS lists your country of birth. If the DOS has an agreement with the country you were born in and have some family there you want to visit, have to have your citizenship renewed and have a passport of that country to visit. But they like to call this dual naturalization when in reality its dual citizenship. And you can also have family in the country you were naturalized in, so also need to maintain that citizenship as well. And with US citizenship, need three passports to make these visits.

But this is done only one step of a time and over a period of years, never heard of applying for naturalization from two different countries at the same time. But I guess you can, but have to make a choice which country you want to live in to meet the residency requirements.

Both agencies claim you need your history for identification purposes, but would be nice if you just wanted to become a US citizen, want to live and pay taxes here and spend the rest of your life here. They would bury this history, so all you need is a US passport to visit your relatives. But they don't do it his way, is the law.