If you give up your US citizenship - can you get it again?

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Hannah7

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Theoreticaly if you gain your U.S. citizenship through naturalization.

Later you decide to move overseas and give up your U.S. citizenship for another citizenship.

Finally, say years, after that you again want to move back to the U.S. , are you going to get the U.S. citizeniship back if you want to?
 
You definitely can't get it back just because you want it.

You would have to go through the entire green card process + wait 5 years + naturalization process again. And you might not have the opportunity to ever redo the green card process, since you would need to win the DV lottery again, or have a relative or employer sponsor you again, etc.
 
Hannah7 said:
Theoreticaly if you gain your U.S. citizenship through naturalization.

Later you decide to move overseas and give up your U.S. citizenship for another citizenship.

Finally, say years, after that you again want to move back to the U.S. , are you going to get the U.S. citizeniship back if you want to?
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As others said, you would have to start from scratch. However, in most cases, you do not need to give up US citizenship for another one. In most cases, you can just keep the US citizenship and become a dual citizen. Of course, there are countries that require you to renounce US citizenship to get their citizenship.
 
Hannah7 said:
Theoreticaly if you gain your U.S. citizenship through naturalization.

Later you decide to move overseas and give up your U.S. citizenship for another citizenship.

Finally, say years, after that you again want to move back to the U.S. , are you going to get the U.S. citizeniship back if you want to?
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The question is why do you want to give it up? Unless you are offered a spy job by your new country, you can keep US citizenship because you will never know when you might need it.
 
Hannah7 said:
Theoreticaly if you gain your U.S. citizenship through naturalization.

Later you decide to move overseas and give up your U.S. citizenship for another citizenship.

Finally, say years, after that you again want to move back to the U.S. , are you going to get the U.S. citizeniship back if you want to?
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Not only for naturalized citizens.Even if you were born in USA,giving up your citizenship is loosing it for ever.

NBA super star Tony Parker is not a US citizen despite having an american dad(born is USA).His dad gave up his US citizenship in France
 
cadel said:
Not only for naturalized citizens.Even if you were born in USA,giving up your citizenship is loosing it for ever.

NBA super star Tony Parker is not a US citizen despite having an american dad(born is USA).His dad gave up his US citizenship in France
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So when USA-born people give the citizenship, they're not allowed to get it back when they want? It's not my case, but I just wonder ...
 
Hannah7 said:
So when USA-born people give the citizenship, they're not allowed to get it back when they want? It's not my case, but I just wonder ...
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A US born citizen who renounces their citizenship must follow the regular steps (ie: apply for permanent residency first) and then can reapply for citizenship when they become eligible.
 
Bobsmyth said:
A US born citizen who renounces their citizenship must follow the regular steps (ie: apply for permanent residency first) and then can reapply for citizenship when they become eligible.
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The big hurdle is they might not be eligible to become a permanent resident again, as it normally requires having an employer or close relative in the US to agree to be the sponsor. Other routes to permanent residence such as winning the DV lottery again or obtaining asylum in the US after naturalizing in another country have a low chance of success. So for most people who give up US citizenship, there is no turning back.
 
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Canada and Germany are two top countries where so many US- born citizens gave up their citizenship.As I said before,it's a law.They can't get it any more.If they want it back,they have to go through naturalization process.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
Your understanding is wrong. Neither Canada nor the US has a problem with dual citizenship.
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TRC,

I am aware they recognize dual citizen, in other extreme cases allow triple citizens... I was being fastidious about your concerns about Americans getting to eat the Canadian dream...

We already have a Pakistani man here, who holds Canadian and American citizenship, and my sources tell me that he's working on Mexican's citizenship... lol!!!
 
Triple Citizen said:
Draft dodgers in the 60s and 70s did that in the hundreds!!!
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Right.Let's add up war in Afganistan and Iraq. Lot of US soldiers applied for asylum in canada and Germany.
Tough US social system(No secured jobs,pression on jobs,pricey rent,college,medical.....) and high rate of crime are main reason that push so many americans to go try their new lives overseas.If they find better out there,they don't want come back any more.
let's say,you're a US citizen and your mother/father/sisteror brother was gunned down.In US you can't afford your rent/college and you don't have insurance to go to the hospital and you can't get help from US government.You go to France and realize that it's a quiter and safe country.You decide to stay and become French citizen.you find low rent,free college and free hospitals for citzens.Get a job in restaurant with 1 month vacation a year plus paid sick days while working in restaurant in US you can't get these opportunities.I think you're not gonna come back to live in US any more.At this stage if throw away your US citizenship no body is gonna blame you since your US citizenship will be unusefull( you're not gonna need it any more for your new life in France).
 
cadel said:
R.You go to France and realize that it's a quiter and safe country.You decide to stay and become French citizen.you find low rent,free college and free hospitals for citzens.Get a job in restaurant with 1 month vacation a year plus paid sick days while working in restaurant in US you can't get these opportunities.I think you're not gonna come back to live in US any more.At this stage if throw away your US citizenship no body is gonna blame you since your US citizenship will be unusefull( you're not gonna need it any more for your new life in France).
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Did I just read France and quite in the same sentence? I disagree....if the beating and deportation of Romanian immigrants is anything to go by, just pass the French and their long vacations and move someone else. The French are intolerant and Sarkozy is a classical example of an accomplished bigot. African immigrants are being beaten and discriminated against, so I rather go and live in Canada and give up American citizenship (If I was an American) for a better social life and similarities in the culture. I don't know about France, even when I am traveling and I am connecting flights there, I always feel unwanted by people there. However, when you are Jew, you feel unwanted in many places....
 
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