who holds the most citizenships
Nov 16, 2017, 9:51 am
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I hold 3.
Canadian, because I was born there.
American, because I was born to American parents abroad.
German (EU) because in the 90's Germany reinstated all citizenships revoked from Jews and their families during the holocaust. This included my father, which therefore included me so I signed on.
Nov 16, 2017, 9:55 am
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Depending on when you were born and how long your US citizen mother had been a US citizen and resident in the US, you may be a US citizen by birth. The citizenship is what it is, with or without parental application for a CRBA and/or passport.
There are foreign-born US citizens who don't know they are US citizens. Technically, the extremely expensive option isn't an option for many such persons, and it is just potentially an extremely expensive outcome, whether or not they know they are US citizens. In practical terms, however, not having been documented as a US citizen can be ordinarily a cheaper outcome for such unrecognized US dual-citizens; however, under the letter of the law, the outcome is supposed to be pretty expensive for such persons too.
There are foreign-born US citizens who don't know they are US citizens. Technically, the extremely expensive option isn't an option for many such persons, and it is just potentially an extremely expensive outcome, whether or not they know they are US citizens. In practical terms, however, not having been documented as a US citizen can be ordinarily a cheaper outcome for such unrecognized US dual-citizens; however, under the letter of the law, the outcome is supposed to be pretty expensive for such persons too.
The problem is that the US taxes ALL US Citizens no matter where they live. If you come out as a US Citizen...usually by getting an SSN..the IRS clamors for it's money even if you never set foot stateside. So even if you are entitled to US citizenship due to birth abroad, it may be wiser to just stay quiet.
Nov 16, 2017, 12:58 pm
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I was including the children of such war veterans too.
You are not talking about the same situation I was.
The category of stateless people I was describing are those whose fathers left the US as soldiers in WWII before they were 18 years old and never returned to the U.S. as adults. In that group there were roughly 100 individuals who were issued passports by the UN. Likely there are numerous other categories of persons without any recognized citizenship, but that's not what I was describing.
The category of stateless people I was describing are those whose fathers left the US as soldiers in WWII before they were 18 years old and never returned to the U.S. as adults. In that group there were roughly 100 individuals who were issued passports by the UN. Likely there are numerous other categories of persons without any recognized citizenship, but that's not what I was describing.
Nov 16, 2017, 1:13 pm
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The problem is that the US taxes ALL US Citizens no matter where they live. If you come out as a US Citizen...usually by getting an SSN..the IRS clamors for it's money even if you never set foot stateside. So even if you are entitled to US citizenship due to birth abroad, it may be wiser to just stay quiet.
Having multiple citizenships can be an asset or liability. US citizenship is more of a financial liability than many realize until it costs them thousands of dollars or more to deal with.
Nov 17, 2017, 6:44 am
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Nov 17, 2017, 7:05 am
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I have 1.5...............Canadian at present, and in May 2018, I will be allowed to apply for my Brasilian passport in May 2018, as I currently have permanent resident status there, and require a 12 month waiting period for citizenship thru marriage..
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Nov 17, 2017, 7:08 am
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For well less than $3 million dollars, a US citizen could acquire 4 or more additional citizenships within less than 4 years and still qualify as a US resident for US tax purposes during that entire period of time.
Nov 20, 2017, 10:24 am
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Is it difficult to "re-obtain" citizenship after renouncing it? For instance if country X requires you to relinquish your current citizenship(s) before granting you theirs (but has nothing against you getting subsequent citizenships once you are already their citizen).
Nov 20, 2017, 12:57 pm
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Depends on the country. IIRC if you relinquish UK citizenship because you're taking up military service for another country, you can resume it once and once only.
Nov 20, 2017, 10:16 pm
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It varies by the countries relevant to the person. For those countries with a constitutional ban on their adult citizens having citizenship of another recognized country, it’s generally not easy when such person has abandoned the citizenship of the country with a dual-citizenship ban. But there are exceptions even in that regard.
Dec 2, 2017, 5:41 pm
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Dec 4, 2017, 7:14 am
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I know a guy who had six at one point, but eventually stopped renewing 3 of his passports, as quite frankly the other 3 more than covered him, a the three that he stopped renewing were more than a detriment than anything else. I know people who could have 8 or 9 if they really really wanted, but stick with 2 or 3, because after a certain number there is no point (i.e. the have an EU one, a US one and maybe another)