Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Re: US citizenship, was: Starving people refuse to eat food aid

0 views
Skip to first unread message

David Lesher

unread,
Dec 17, 2009, 6:01:54 PM12/17/09
to
Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> writes:


>>A person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship
>>of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or
>>require a person to choose one citizenship or another.

>I thought that the oath taken at naturalization required one to
>renounce all other allegiances. (Canadian policy considers that oath
>to be given under coercion, so reversing the renunciation is a trivial
>bit of bureaucracy leaving one a dual citizen.)

The courts ruled against the USG in previous cases citing border declarations.

I know someone who renounced her US citizenship to become a Canadian
official. She had to do so in the US Mission, in a formal procedure in
front of a consular officer, under oath.


--
A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

chorl...@gmail.com

unread,
Dec 17, 2009, 11:28:55 PM12/17/09
to
On Dec 17, 5:01 pm, David Lesher <wb8...@panix.com> wrote:
> Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org> writes:
> >>A person naturalized as a U.S. citizen may not lose the citizenship
> >>of the country of birth.U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or
> >>require a person to choose one citizenship or another.
> >I thought that the oath taken at naturalization required one to
> >renounce all other allegiances.  (Canadian policy considers that oath
> >to be given under coercion, so reversing the renunciation is a trivial
> >bit of bureaucracy leaving one a dual citizen.)
>
> The courts ruled against the USG in previous cases citing border declarations.
>
> I know someone who renounced her US citizenship to become a Canadian
> official. She had to do so in the US Mission, in a formal procedure in
> front of a consular officer, under oath.
>
> --
> A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8...@nrk.com

> & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
> Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
> is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was born in the US, and has never
had a US passport, but was travelling across the US to get to Mexico
(or a caribbean country) and the US officials wouldn't let him do that
on a British passport.

David

Ted Nolan <tednolan>

unread,
Dec 17, 2009, 11:33:58 PM12/17/09
to
Or that's my hope..
--
------
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..

Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy

unread,
Dec 18, 2009, 11:17:36 AM12/18/09
to

--
Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

Keith F. Lynch

unread,
Dec 19, 2009, 2:54:12 PM12/19/09
to
chorl...@hotmail.com <chorl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was born in the US, and has
> never had a US passport, but was travelling across the US to get to
> Mexico (or a caribbean country) and the US officials wouldn't let
> him do that on a British passport.

So what happened? Did he have to return home and start over via a
non-US route?
--
Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

0 new messages