New Zealand Citizenship

[immibie 23]

Hello does New Zealand recognizes dual citizenship? My sister plans on getting US citizenship, but at the same time, she does NOT want to lose her NZ citizenship. Can someone set some lights here? Thank you.

[Darth Vader Ku 16]

Hello does New Zealand recognizes dual citizenship? My sister plans on getting US citizenship, but at the same time, she does NOT want to lose her NZ citizenship. Can someone set some lights here? Thank you.

Wouldn't your sister be better off posting in a New Zealand forum? The knowledge base here is more US-centric. Further, when your sister does research this question, I think it will be more a question of New Zealand permitting (not recognising) dual citizenship.

[Jon and Krissy 452]

Hello does New Zealand recognizes dual citizenship? My sister plans on getting US citizenship, but at the same time, she does NOT want to lose her NZ citizenship. Can someone set some lights here? Thank you.

Let me google that for you.

[blest.but.strest 50]

Hello does New Zealand recognizes dual citizenship? My sister plans on getting US citizenship, but at the same time, she does NOT want to lose her NZ citizenship. Can someone set some lights here? Thank you.

New Zealand allows Dual citizenship and the USA as well, therefore your sister will not lose her NZ citizenship when she becomes a US citizen.

[immibie 23]

New Zealand allows Dual citizenship and the USA as well, therefore your sister will not lose her NZ citizenship when she becomes a US citizen.

Awesome, thank you.

[Darkarma 2]

New Zealand allows Dual citizenship and the USA as well, therefore your sister will not lose her NZ citizenship when she becomes a US citizen.

US does not allow dual citizenship.

After becoming a US citizen, if you acquire any other citizenship you loose your US one FYI

[B & G 200]

US does not allow dual citizenship.

After becoming a US citizen, if you acquire any other citizenship you loose your US one FYI

You are wrong. The US doesn't recognise dual citizenship, not that it doesn't allow it. Meaning, for example, you might be a US citizen and a Greek citizen, but the US will never recognise you as a Greek citizen, always as a US citizen.

The only way to lose your US citizenship is if the country you are naturalising to requires you to denounce your US citizenship in order to receive theirs.

"A U.S. national may acquire foreign nationality by marriage, or a person naturalized as a U.S. national may not lose the nationality of the country of birth. U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one nationality or another. Also, a person who is automatically granted another nationality does not risk losing U.S. nationality. However, a person who acquires a foreign nationality by applying for it may lose U.S. nationality. In order to lose U.S. nationality, the law requires that the person must apply for the foreign nationality voluntarily, by free choice, and with the intention to give up U.S. nationality."

Above quote found in:

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/citizenship-and-dual-nationality/dual-nationality.html

[blest.but.strest 50]

US does not allow dual citizenship.

After becoming a US citizen, if you acquire any other citizenship you loose your US one FYI

You are completely wrong ravi_niu !! Many of my friends are dual citizens, there are even people on this site that are triple citizens. As long as the countries involved allow dual citizenship, there is no problem. B&G Thanks for giving ravi_niu a good explanation my friend.

[Darkarma 2]

You are completely wrong ravi_niu !! Many of my friends are dual citizens, there are even people on this site that are triple citizens. As long as the countries involved allow dual citizenship, there is no problem. B&G Thanks for giving ravi_niu a good explanation my friend.

Read what I wrote.

After you become a US citizen, you cannot become a citizen of another country and keep your US citizenship.

By laws if you are a US citizen you cannot voluntarily apply for citizenship of an another country.

You may keep your US nationality only if the citizenship of the other country was bestowed upon you by virtue of your ancestry, marrying a high profile in that country etc.

If you are a citizen of some other country before becoming a US citizen, USA allows you to keep your former citizenship. Thats how people have become dual and even triple citizens.

Look before you leap

Edited March 27, 2014 by ravi_niu

[blest.but.strest 50]

Read what I wrote.

After you become a US citizen, you cannot become a citizen of another country and keep your US citizenship.

By laws if you are a US citizen you cannot voluntarily apply for citizenship of an another country.

You may keep your US nationality only if the citizenship of the other country was bestowed upon you by virtue of your ancestry, marrying a high profile in that country etc.

If you are a citizen of some other country before becoming a US citizen, USA allows you to keep your former citizenship. Thats how people have become dual and even triple citizens.

Look before you leap

Bro you didn't read the OP's question properly,

the sister is already a citizen of New Zealand and she plans on BECOMING a US citizen. The sister will have no problems being a dual citizen of NZ and the USA

Pay attention !!

Read before you Write