Security Clarence and Dual Citizenship

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

The US Army is requesting a foreign passport in order to submit for a security clearance. Will this affect the birth right citizenship to the foreign country,,..?

Thanks.

[Boiler 45,158]

No

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

No

Thank you Boiler .. just wanted to know if/make another passport could be obtained.

[Khal_Drogo 50]

Are they requesting it simply to look at it, or requesting it to surrender it?

I work with one dual citizen (I am Air Force); they made him surrender his in order to qualify for his clearance.

HOWEVER, I also attended a class very recently (August/September) where a classmate was a dual Brazilian/American citizen, and he never even had to give up his passport to get a clearance.

[Boiler 45,158]

Passports can be replaced easily enough and technically is is a big NO NO for one Country to confiscate the Passport of a Citizen of another country.

[Khal_Drogo 50]

Passports can be replaced easily enough and technically is is a big NO NO for one Country to confiscate the Passport of a Citizen of another country.

This is true, but normally what you do is indicate on your SF86 that you are going to renounce your other citizenship and they do one of two things; let you destroy your passport (in y coworkers case, they let him burn it during Basic Training) or have you send it to the consulate of your home nation and let them know your intentions. Obviously you can always check no, and they have no choice but to let you keep it, but your clearance can be denied.

Bad choice of words on my part.

But you are right, and the DoD for the most part recognizes that the process is a lot more complex than giving up a passport, but they do what they can to assure themselves I guess.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Khal_Drogo

[Boiler 45,158]

This is true, but normally what you do is indicate on your SF86 that you are going to renounce your other citizenship and they do one of two things; let you destroy your passport (in y coworkers case, they let him burn it during Basic Training) or have you send it to the consulate of your home nation and let them know your intentions. Obviously you can always check no, and they have no choice but to let you keep it, but your clearance can be denied.

Bad choice of words on my part.

But you are right, and the DoD for the most part recognizes that the process is a lot more complex than giving up a passport, but they do what they can to assure themselves I guess.

Well I guess they know they are wasting everyone's time and it means nothing.