PerpetualGC
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I recently stumbled upon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Loss_of_citizenship which claims that any US Citizen, by birth or N-400 or whatever, could lose citizenship if they get another nationality with the intent of abandoning US Citizenship.
I Googled some more and found the official law text in http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sec_08_00001481----000-.html and for the life of me it's about as clear as .NET documentation:
So, if an Elbonian-American's daughter born in the US at age 18 applies and gets Elbonian citizenship and then moves for a few years to beautiful Elbo City to study hydrology or marine biology at the banks of Ulna River
) could that be considered as having abandoned US citizenship? Would it be any different than getting the beautiful (and waterproof) Elbonian passport and then studying marine biology at UCLA and never stepping foot in Elbonian mud?
Could someone parse out the law paragraph?
I Googled some more and found the official law text in http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sec_08_00001481----000-.html and for the life of me it's about as clear as .NET documentation:
Whenever the loss of United States nationality is put in issue in any action or proceeding commenced on or after September 26, 1961 under, or by virtue of, the provisions of this chapter or any other Act, the burden shall be upon the person or party claiming that such loss occurred, to establish such claim by a preponderance of the evidence. Any person who commits or performs, or who has committed or performed, any act of expatriation under the provisions of this chapter or any other Act shall be presumed to have done so voluntarily, but such presumption may be rebutted upon a showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the act or acts committed or performed were not done voluntarily.
So, if an Elbonian-American's daughter born in the US at age 18 applies and gets Elbonian citizenship and then moves for a few years to beautiful Elbo City to study hydrology or marine biology at the banks of Ulna River
) could that be considered as having abandoned US citizenship? Would it be any different than getting the beautiful (and waterproof) Elbonian passport and then studying marine biology at UCLA and never stepping foot in Elbonian mud?Could someone parse out the law paragraph?