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19 minutes ago, Me and her said:

Hello all!  

I had a question regarding after you become a citizen.  Do you apply for dual citizenship, or is it automatic?

The name “Dual Citizenship” is a misnomer. Once you obtain your US citizenship, it is up to your home country to dictate whether you can still keep the citizenship from that country. For example Government of India do not allow dual citizenship. Once an Indian citizen obtain the citizenship of another country, they lose Indian citizenship. 
 

So check with your home country to see if they allow this.  US government doesn’t have a problem unless you are from certain countries like North Korea etc.

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1 hour ago, Me and her said:

Hello all!  

I had a question regarding after you become a citizen.  Do you apply for dual citizenship, or is it automatic?

Apply from whom? US doesn't care .. your  home country will have a policy on what happens to your  citizenship  once you naturalize in another country.  

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there's no "applying" for dual citizenship. if your home country allow dual citizenship, then you dont need to do anything since USA doesnt care about dual citizenship. if ur country doesnt allow you to have dual citizenship, then ur only option is to choose which citizenship you want

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https://www.multiplecitizenship.com/wscl/ws_TUNISIA.html

 

DUAL CITIZENSHIP: RECOGNIZED.

 

You may want to read the US embassy in Tunisia and what it says about dual citizenship like the following since now u r a US citizen

 

https://tn.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/passports/faqs/

 

Under U.S. law, U.S. citizens must be in possession of a valid U.S. passport to enter or leave the United States. This is true even if you hold a passport from another country. If your U.S. passport has been lost or stolen, or if it has expired, you must apply to replace it before traveling to the United States.

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22 hours ago, Verrou said:

there's no "applying" for dual citizenship. if your home country allow dual citizenship, then you dont need to do anything since USA doesnt care about dual citizenship. if ur country doesnt allow you to have dual citizenship, then ur only option is to choose which citizenship you want

OfCourse, you needed to apply, it has all the forms that you needed to fill out and along with the processing and documents required. You could not just choose one country without any properly documented and proof.

 

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5 hours ago, nelmagriffin said:

OfCourse, you needed to apply, it has all the forms that you needed to fill out and along with the processing and documents required. You could not just choose one country without any properly documented and proof.

 

Not really a matter of course.  Not every country has an application process for re-acquisition of citizenship like the Philippines does.  Some countries allow dual citizenship without application for their natural-born citizens.  The UK is one example -- "You do not need to apply for dual citizenship." (from https://www.gov.uk/dual-citizenship).  Seems Tunisia also does not require application for dual citizenship, but my google-fu is not strong enough to find an official website to confirm.

 

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On 7/13/2023 at 4:56 PM, Chancy said:

 

Not really a matter of course.  Not every country has an application process for re-acquisition of citizenship like the Philippines does.  Some countries allow dual citizenship without application for their natural-born citizens.  The UK is one example -- "You do not need to apply for dual citizenship." (from https://www.gov.uk/dual-citizenship).  Seems Tunisia also does not require application for dual citizenship, but my google-fu is not strong enough to find an official website to confirm.

 

Yes, it seems that is what I have found.  There is limited information concerning Tunisia.  Contacting the embassy is impossible....  🤔

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