I was in the city applying for my US passport. After I was down, I drove to
my home country's consulate which was a couple mile north.
My home country specifically allows dual nationality without any restrictions. The consular office will even puts a little
notation stamp in your home country onceyou show them proof of your new "other" citizenship. This is so I will become
eligible for several benefit as an expat. One such benefit is the occasional special government subsidized discounted
airfare to visit my home country. In rare case, expat living abroad is eligible to get a low or zero interest loan for
emergencies.
Anyway, I went into the consular office and asked about that and other stuff. The officer smiled and said
"congratulations on becoming a US citizen! Good job! "(and gave me a thumbs-up) which I didn't expect....
I was told that once I receive my US passport, I should bring it in, along with my home country passport,
so they can add the expat stamp. They did advise me of the only thing that will change now, which is
that I will no longer get consular protection while in the US, since I'm now a US citizen. (but I can still
get consular service and protection, if I enter other foreign countries on my home country passports...
but I figuer I'll mostly likely just use my US passport for that purpose... but then again, I'll probably use
my home country passport when visiting countries that are not suer-friendly towards Americans....
e.g. Brazil, Germany, France....)
my home country's consulate which was a couple mile north.
My home country specifically allows dual nationality without any restrictions. The consular office will even puts a little
notation stamp in your home country onceyou show them proof of your new "other" citizenship. This is so I will become
eligible for several benefit as an expat. One such benefit is the occasional special government subsidized discounted
airfare to visit my home country. In rare case, expat living abroad is eligible to get a low or zero interest loan for
emergencies.
Anyway, I went into the consular office and asked about that and other stuff. The officer smiled and said
"congratulations on becoming a US citizen! Good job! "(and gave me a thumbs-up) which I didn't expect....
I was told that once I receive my US passport, I should bring it in, along with my home country passport,
so they can add the expat stamp. They did advise me of the only thing that will change now, which is
that I will no longer get consular protection while in the US, since I'm now a US citizen. (but I can still
get consular service and protection, if I enter other foreign countries on my home country passports...
but I figuer I'll mostly likely just use my US passport for that purpose... but then again, I'll probably use
my home country passport when visiting countries that are not suer-friendly towards Americans....
e.g. Brazil, Germany, France....)
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