dustman81

Did she enter both passports into her GOES application? I was asked about dual citizenship at my NEXUS interview, but that may be a NEXUS-specific question.

I'd bring both, just in case as they'll see her birth country in her US passport. CBP is mainly concerned about her US citizenship as she'll use her US passport in the GE machine.

CKDGM

I brought both of mine for my NEXUS interview after having entered both in GOES. Best bet is to bring them both; it's much better to have too much documentation with you than too little!

ngoc92

I'm pretty sure they won't ask for her non-US passport. I'm a naturalized citizen too and only brought my US passport and driver license to the interview.

Gandalf11

My buddy has USA and Ukraine passport. He is doing fine.

bocastephen

Correcting an erroneous statement upthread - the USA most certainly DOES recognize dual or even multiple citizenship in the following circumstances:

1. a foreign national retaining their birth citizenship and passport after naturalizing as a US citizen

2. a natural born US citizen who acquires foreign citizenship and passport by parental birthright

The USA frowns upon the following:

1. a naturalized US citizen seeking by application and acquiring citizenship in a foreign country - this can cost you your US citizenship

I have two passports - one by birth and one by naturalization and both are part of my Nexus and GE profiles and not only was it never an issue, it was expected that I would register both for Nexus (as one of the passports is Canadian).

TWA884

The Supreme Court of the United States disagrees with you.

seawolf

There was another thread on dual-national and losing US citizenship. I think you either have to present yourself in front of a US consular official and state your intent, do the paperwork, pay the fees etc or declare war against the US to lose your citizenship.

bocastephen

That ruling differs from paperwork I was given during the naturalization process - where voluntarily taking up citizenship of a new country (not by birthright) would abandon US citizenship.

I agree that no natural born citizen of the US can be stripped of their citizenship without consent.

GUWonder

The US won't legally recognize a US dual-citizen as a non-US citizen when it comes to international agreements or claims by foreign sovereigns. That is what it means when some say the US doesn't recognize dual/multiple citizenship of US dual-citizens.

In practice, the US does consider in some circumstances the non-US citizenship status of US dual-citizens -- for some examples: when considering how to respond to an application to renounce US citizenship; or when considering placement of persons on the "disposition matrix".

TWA884

Afroyim, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that I cited above, was born in Poland in 1893. He immigrated to the US in 1912 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1926. He subsequently immigrated to Israel in 1950 and voted in Israeli elections in 1951. In 1960, when he applied for renewal of his United States passport, the State Department refused to issue one on the ground that he relinquished his US citizenship by voting in a political election of a foreign state in violation of the Nationality Act of 1940.

The US Supreme Court considered whether Congress can enact laws stripping Americans of their citizenship - which they never voluntarily renounced or given up - and held that naturalized citizens enjoy the same protections as native citizens and there is a constitutional right to remain a citizen of the United States unless one voluntarily renounces that citizenship.

That is still a valid holding. I strongly recommend that you read that decision.

bocastephen

I will - as this defies what we were warned about during the naturalization process. I don't have any new citizenships to add to my collection anytime soon, but knowing I can without losing my US citizenship is useful information.

Always Flyin

Don't worry about losing U.S. citizenship. They have made it incredibly difficult to do even when you want to. Take a look at the renunciation taxes that have been imposed and the procedural requirements.

TWA884

Let me add a caveat.

Citizenships of naturalized US citizens can be revoked if it is proven that they were obtained fraudulently or that the applications included false information. That's how former Nazi concentration camp guards and war criminals were stripped of their US citizenships and deported for lying about their wartime activities on their immigration and citizenship applications.

GUWonder

The current case of convicted terrorist R. Odeh of Michigan for example; the woman born c. 1949 was naturalized as a US citizen and she now is on the way to being removed from the US because she is considered to have willfully misrepresented her criminal history on applications. That said, if the government so wishes, it could go after many others naturalized as US citizens even when there is no prior criminal history outside of the US; but it uses its resources where it makes most sense and is less likely to be successfully challenged in court.

Going after some naturalized person in the US because they left off a middle name (which maybe they didn't even know they had or which they knew but didn't like) on an immigration or citizenship application isn't exactly a high priority for US federal prosecutors .... unless perhaps something else is going on than just that.

TWA884

It has to be a willful misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact that affects one's eligibility to become a citizen.

Here is the relevant section of the Department of Homeland Security Policy Manual: