Hello all,
I became a US citizen a little over a month ago. My former country recognizes dual citizenship status, so I assume they still regard me as a subject. Participating in elections in my former country is mandatory (punishable by jail time if one does not participate) and it just so happens that elections are going to happen in a month from now.
My worry is the following: when I took the oath, I denounced loyalty to my former country, so if I cast my vote in the elections of my former country, is this a "disloyal" act to the USA?
It's not that I politically care much about my former country - in fact, I have no clue what the current political situation is, but the issue is that all my relatives still lives in my former country, and I visit them about once a year and if I wilfully decide not to participate in the elections, there is a good chance that I get arrested when I visit my former country during my next visit.
Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks
G
I became a US citizen a little over a month ago. My former country recognizes dual citizenship status, so I assume they still regard me as a subject. Participating in elections in my former country is mandatory (punishable by jail time if one does not participate) and it just so happens that elections are going to happen in a month from now.
My worry is the following: when I took the oath, I denounced loyalty to my former country, so if I cast my vote in the elections of my former country, is this a "disloyal" act to the USA?
It's not that I politically care much about my former country - in fact, I have no clue what the current political situation is, but the issue is that all my relatives still lives in my former country, and I visit them about once a year and if I wilfully decide not to participate in the elections, there is a good chance that I get arrested when I visit my former country during my next visit.
Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks
G