Dual citizenship??

pankaye
Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:50:22 +0000

I think I am being dense here so I might not understand the OPs concern fully. Its possible to be a citizen of a country without realizing it. As far as I can see Jay1996 (if he was born in 1996) was a citizen of Ghana at the time of his birth because his Dad was a Ghanaian citizen. If he has not taken any steps to renounce his Ghanaian citizenship or acquired citizenship of a country that does not permit dual citizenship (eg. Germany) then he continues to be a Ghanaian citizen. He is also an American citizen by birth. Therefore he is a dual citizen. If he wants to go live in Ghana, he just needs to prove his citizenship by showing his fathers Ghanaian birth certificate. If he want to get a Ghanaian passport, he needs to prove his citizenship (like any other Ghanaian has to when they apply for a passport) with his dads birth certificate.