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Couple of questions about US citizenship
Drez
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This is just my curiosity, and I am going to try to look all this stuff up but I was wondering if anyone else already knew.
- A green card is more or less the same thing as citizenship, except you aren't "a citizen" and you cannot vote. Is that right? Your status is "permanent resident" and "legal immigrant" I guess?
- I understand the US generally allows dual citizenship, correct? So if someone wins a green card via lottery and then comes here and pursues citizenship, they don't have to, um, "renounce" the citizenship of their original home country? If I have that right, are there any cases where the US does require an immigrant to renounce his or her citizenship in his or her original country?
- How difficult is the citizenship process (when I say "difficult," I am talking about bureaucratic difficulty, not how difficult tests are and whatnot) once you already have a green card?
Finally, is there some repository where I can research all the intricacies of our (US) citizenship/immigration policies without having to wade through a bunch of legalese and ancillary info?
- A green card is more or less the same thing as citizenship, except you aren't "a citizen" and you cannot vote. Is that right? Your status is "permanent resident" and "legal immigrant" I guess?
- I understand the US generally allows dual citizenship, correct? So if someone wins a green card via lottery and then comes here and pursues citizenship, they don't have to, um, "renounce" the citizenship of their original home country? If I have that right, are there any cases where the US does require an immigrant to renounce his or her citizenship in his or her original country?
- How difficult is the citizenship process (when I say "difficult," I am talking about bureaucratic difficulty, not how difficult tests are and whatnot) once you already have a green card?
Finally, is there some repository where I can research all the intricacies of our (US) citizenship/immigration policies without having to wade through a bunch of legalese and ancillary info?
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This has some really excellent explanations. Also appears to have been updated around January of this year.
Awesome! Thanks, DA.
I can tell you, regarding dual- or multiple- citizenship, that you are technically required to renounced your primary citizenship(s) when taking the oath. However, many countries do not recognize this renunciation, and the U.S. has for a very long time made it specific policy to not pursue dual-citizens.
Essentially, it is prohibited de jure, but de facto allowed.