How does renouncing citizenship work?
owenfromcanada @ owenfromcanada @lemmy.world Posts 25Comments 1,011Joined 2 yr. ago

owenfromcanada @ owenfromcanada @lemmy.world
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I'm a dual citizen (Canada & USA, born Canadian). Part of naturalization in the US is the oath where you renounce citizenship from everywhere else. Thing is, most countries don't care about that oath--Canada requires filing a special form and appearing before an official (IIRC) to renounce citizenship. I asked about the discrepancy--it turns out the US doesn't actually care whether I'm a citizen elsewhere, largely because it's difficult to figure it out and enforce it (this might have been the opinion of the immigration officer, not sure).