Problems with the Oath

[cca 13]

Technically, an oath to renounce your British citizenship has to be made in front of a British consular official and be compliant with British law. Since the oath you make at a US naturalisation ceremony is not in front of a British embassy official and is not their required verbiage then it is not considered valid under British law, and so your British citizenship remains intact.

Perfect! That's what I wanted to hear )

[cca 13]

Neither US or UK recognize dual citizenship/ What that means, even if you get US citizenship, to the UK you are a UK citizen. Same the US doesn't care about the UK, you are a US citizen once you take your oath. Renounce a citizenship does not happen when you give an oath to another country (some counties like india do take it seriously though). For example: Tunisia. In order to renounce my citizenship, I have to go to Tunisian embassy, show them I have another citizenship I keep, sign papers give back my passport and walk away like Im a foreigner (I don't want to do that though). UK is the same, Canada as well.

Even though that you are dual citizen, when on UK soil you are only a UK citizen (Not US citizen). Same with the US, when on US soil you are onyl a US citizen (not a UK citizen)

I hope I helped.

Thank you! I thought UK did recognize dual citizenship though?

[cca 13]

Oh, I have one more question:-D I'm filling out the N400 form and it asks for days out of the USA, vacation dates, employment dates etc over the last 5years! I have a general idea but don't know specific dates! Is this a problem? They also ask for addresses. Every time I have moved I have filled out a change of address form so they have everything on file!? Why are they asking again? Has anybody given estimations and been fine?

[Boiler 45,516]

UK does recognise dual. US does not.

I think the guy with 5 emigrated to Canada and then married a usc. Born in the to Irish and I think Belgium parents.

[JimmyHou 611]

How did they do that? Did they marry a different person in 4 countries besides their own?

There are many other ways to immigrate besides marriage.

I would guess that half the people on here are immigrating through employment and not family relationships.

It's a bit hard to end up with 5 nationalities, but it's doable. Suppose your mom is English and your dad is French and you are born in Canada and marry an Italian, and you get a job in the US.

Or someone could have immigrated to one country, then another through employment or family relationships.

Lots if passports to keep track of and I imagine that taxes would be a pain.

[I love San Diego 18]

There are many other ways to immigrate besides marriage.

I would guess that half the people on here are immigrating through employment and not family relationships.

It's a bit hard to end up with 5 nationalities, but it's doable. Suppose your mom is English and your dad is French and you are born in Canada and marry an Italian, and you get a job in the US.

Or someone could have immigrated to one country, then another through employment or family relationships.

Lots if passports to keep track of and I imagine that taxes would be a pain.

Oh my! That is pretty wild. Yeah, the US gov makes you file taxes no matter where you reside or where you earn your money. Imagine having to file taxes in 5 countries every year (or quarter). What a pain.

[Boiler 45,516]

US may be alone in doing that.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

US may be alone in doing that.

I know that Canadians almost never get punished for tax evasion. Many don't file taxes annually. However, they also don't qualify for things like sales tax rebates.