<p>So not only is a really exciting internship (where you would get to apply biochem / organic synthesis knowledge in a military environment) only for US citizens only, even if you are a US citizen you can’t have dual citizenship.</p>
<p>Wth? What sort of discrimination is this? I thought a US citizen is a US citizen. Is this constitutional?</p>
<p>It is probably a requirement to get the appropriate security clearance to not have two passports.</p>
<p>Actually, to be a US citizen you have to forsake your other citizenship, if you read the fine print. Other countries will not take your citizenship back if you were to become an American citizen. You are “pledging allegiance to the United States…” Do some googling and you will find out what you are signing up for when you become a US citizen.</p>
<p>I mean my other passport is expired and I am currently a fugitive in Singapore because I basically skipped the draft there (don’t wanna serve no undemocratic regime!), and I thought forsaking the other citizenship was symbolic (that it’s up to the other country to take the citizenship back).</p>
<p>You may need to renounce your Singapore passport. In some countries, you can get it back once you denounce it(UK for example). But it’s considered non-loyal to US goverment if you hold another passport.</p>
<p>When became an American citizen, but default (assumed) you have given up another citizenship. There is nothing you need to do.</p>
<p>I’m not sure…this is NOT legal advice…but I don’t think you are required to give up your other citizenship now. I think the law was changed due to political pressure from the Jewish and Cuban communities. I know many people are now claiming EU citizenship. Most are young people who want to be able to work in Europe, especially the UK, without a work visa.</p>
<p>So, I would contact the state department and ask.</p>
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<p>This is a military environment, it’s different. Some jobs specifically state no dual citizenships. However, I don’t think it’s necessary to denounce your Singapore Citizenship if you don’t have to work for the military environment.</p>
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<p>jonri is right on that.</p>
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<p>oldfort, that isn’t true. I, and all of my children, are citizens of both the U.S. and of Canada. I was born in the U.S. and for many years was unable to obtain Canadian citizenship without giving up my U.S. citizenship, but that changed about ten years ago, when the U.S. made changes to allow for it. My children who were all born in Canada, are also U.S. citizens, and have passports for both countries. There are definitely countries which do not allow their citizens to have dual citizenship with another country, Holland is one, but the U.S. no longer takes that position.</p>
<p>and, obviously the results can vary.</p>
<p>Happykid is a dual national because she was born overseas in a country that awards citizenship to anyone born there, and because she has a US citizen parent (me). Technically, she is a citizen of the country of her father’s birth although we’ve never bothered to do the paperwork. I guess she’ll have to pay attention to this kind of stuff in the future, because renouncing her birth country citizenship is basically impossible. Born there = Citizen. In order to travel there she is obliged to use their passport. Every year umpteen US citizens headed there on vacation get turned back at the airport on arrival because they try to enter with their US, rather than birth country, passport. Should Happykid want to travel to the country where her father was born, authorities in that country have the right to insist that she travel on that country’s passport. In fact, they could even insist that I (wife of birthright citizen) hold their passport.</p>
<p>Sometimes, we just don’t have a lot of control over this as individuals.</p>
<p>Present your situation to the organization in question and ask if anything can be done about it in your case.</p>
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forsaking the other citizenship is symbolic (sort of)- some countries will still consider you their citizen.
the question is - do you consider yourself a citizen of the other country. If you do not have a foreign (to the US) passport and are willing to declare that you are only a citizen of the US - then you are probably good to go. Go for the internship.
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<p>jonri is right that you don’t have to give up other citizenship to become a US Citizen but you may have to in order to get a security clearance.</p>
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<p>Not sure that goes both ways…family members live in Australia and were all U.S. Citizens. They now hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and Australia.</p>
<p>I just corrected myself by post #9, after I googled.</p>
<p>I just remembered what the oath was when I became a US citizen. I have been living by it, and haven’t thought about getting another citizenship.</p>
<p>As other have stated, not true that you must relinquish your other citizenship, at least not for dual US and Canadian citizens. </p>
<p>We are all dual citizens in our family-- I’ve lost count how many of us now. No one has had to give up anything. Some born in one country, others born in the other. Our oldest had citizenship of both countries upon birth. I think a very long time ago it was the case but that is very long ago. But so much mythology floating around about this. We use our passports interchangeably and have gotten great advice for border crossing from the various border people about how to use them to our benefit.</p>
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<p>starbright, would you share some of this advice?</p>
<p>My children and I are entitled to Irish citizenship because my mother was born in Ireland. We haven’t gone through the paperwork yet, but some of my siblings have. My nephew is able to work easily in EU countries using his Irish passport. Since my D is interested in State Dept internships, I need to check into the dual citizenship rules more closely for her.</p>
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<p>I think you can renounce your Singapore citizenship after you turn 21 at a Singapore embassy/consulate if you are a dual citizen (of course, you still can’t return to Singapore).</p>
<p>I’m confused…this poster says they are IN Singapore…but they don’t have a Singapore passport. What do they have? How is it that they are a “fugitive in Singapore”?</p>
<p>^He is a student in the US. He has dual citizens: US and Singapore.</p>