USA Vs. Australia - Kindly post ur feedback
Jul 15th 2009, 10:57 am
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The confusion surrounding Aussie citizneship is because prior to April 2002, if an Australian citizen wanted to take up citizenship of another country, they had to relinquish their Aussie citizenship. This didn't prevent citizens from another country taking up Aussie citizenship as dual nationals though. This has since been changed.
Jul 15th 2009, 12:54 pm
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The confusion surrounding Aussie citizneship is because prior to April 2002, if an Australian citizen wanted to take up citizenship of another country, they had to relinquish their Aussie citizenship. This didn't prevent citizens from another country taking up Aussie citizenship as dual nationals though. This has since been changed.
Jul 15th 2009, 1:22 pm
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Prior to 4 April 2002, Section 17 of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 provided that adult Australians who did "any act or thing- the sole or dominant purpose of which, and the effect of which, is to acquire the nationality or citizenship of a foreign country shall upon acquisition cease to be an Australian citizen".
Jul 15th 2009, 1:51 pm
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You would have. It only applied to Australian citizens before April 2002. If you were a British citizen and wanted to take up Aussie then that is OK but if you were Aussie and wanted to take up British them you would have to renounce Aussie. Aussies were'nt too happy about the fairness of that so it was changed.
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/automa.../dual-citz.htm
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/automa.../dual-citz.htm
Jul 15th 2009, 1:54 pm
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Ah, maybe I fell under this rule: Section 17 did not apply to those who acquired another citizenship automatically or simply obtained a passport of a country of which they were already a citizen.
Jul 15th 2009, 7:11 pm
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Anyone who thinks Aussie allows tri-citizenship anymore is deluded and have a 3 way nationality in this day and age simply does not exist especielly when High security concious countries like Australia and USA are involved.
In many cases people have a 3 way if the third is a poorer country that simply and other governments may not even acknowledge it ie Canada, GB and Sudan...But this would never involve Australia.
Australian is good with UK, Ireland and a few countries but overall it is very difficult to dual. You will meet any Italian or greeks who came out in the sixties and seventies who when Aussie citizenship arrived were forced to give up their previous nationality.
I already have Australia/USA. Hypothetically If i took out HSMP and live in London for 20 years and I could never get UK unless I decided to drop one of the other passports. You would be made to choose.
In many cases people have a 3 way if the third is a poorer country that simply and other governments may not even acknowledge it ie Canada, GB and Sudan...But this would never involve Australia.
Australian is good with UK, Ireland and a few countries but overall it is very difficult to dual. You will meet any Italian or greeks who came out in the sixties and seventies who when Aussie citizenship arrived were forced to give up their previous nationality.
I already have Australia/USA. Hypothetically If i took out HSMP and live in London for 20 years and I could never get UK unless I decided to drop one of the other passports. You would be made to choose.
In general terms (and with very few exceptions), countries that allow dual citizenship allow multiple citizenship in the same circumstances. Since 4 April 2002, there have been virtually no restrictions on Australians holding or gaining another citizenship. (There were some restrictions before that.) The UK has the same view, as do many other countries. Broadly speaking, the USA does as well: there is no problem in ordinary circumstances with a US citizen having, or taking, another citizenship.
In the case of the OP, if her daughter moved to Australia and in the fulness of time became an Australian citizen that would not endanger her US citizenship. Someone posted this link — http://www.richw.org/dualcit/ — above: it gives a good overview of the US situation; it is not an official site but it has links to a lot of official sites.
This page from the website of the US embassy in London puts it in fairly simple terms:
Dual Nationality
In the 1980's, the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. citizenship is a constitutional right that cannot be taken away from a citizen who does not intend to relinquish it. Therefore, such actions as naturalization in a foreign country, travel on a foreign passport, employment with a foreign government, and voting in a foreign election do not automatically jeopardize American citizenship. However, please note that all U.S. citizens, even dual nationals, must enter and depart the United States on U.S. passports.
In the 1980's, the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. citizenship is a constitutional right that cannot be taken away from a citizen who does not intend to relinquish it. Therefore, such actions as naturalization in a foreign country, travel on a foreign passport, employment with a foreign government, and voting in a foreign election do not automatically jeopardize American citizenship. However, please note that all U.S. citizens, even dual nationals, must enter and depart the United States on U.S. passports.
Since April 2002, Australian citizens have been allowed to acquire the citizenship of another country without losing their Australian citizenship.
The British situation is summarised on this page about dual nationality from the UK Border Agency website (among other places):
You do not need to give up your present citizenship or nationality to become a British citizen...
You will not normally lose your British nationality if you become a citizen or national of another country.
You will not normally lose your British nationality if you become a citizen or national of another country.
