Kris

Hi all,

Okay....what is the processed to becoming Naturalized, after receiving my green card.
What if I want to keep my Canadian citizenship and have both US and Canadian?? Is
this a hard process?? What has to be done about it?

Thanks Kris

L D Jones

Kris wrote:
    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > Okay....what is the processed to becoming Naturalized, after receiving my green
    > card. What if I want to keep my Canadian citizenship and have both US and
    > Canadian?? Is this a hard process?? What has to be done about it?

You don't need to do anything to "keep" both. See

http://www.richw.org/dualcit/

For US naturalisation read the guide linked to from:

http://www.ins.gov/graphics/services/natz/index.htm

Rich Wales

"Kris" wrote:

> > What if I want to keep my Canadian citizenship and have both US and
> > Canadian?? Is this a hard process?? What has to be done about it?

"L D Jones" replied:

> You don't need to do anything to "keep" both.

True. One detail, however, may be worth noting.

The US naturalization oath includes a "renunciatory clause", in which a new citizen
formally disavows all prior allegiances. This clause is a MANDATORY part of the
naturalization oath. The INS has no legal authority to waive the renunciatory clause
for anyone, for any reason; there's no point even bothering to ask them.

HOWEVER . . . many (perhaps most) other countries formally ignore the renunciatory
portion of the US naturalization oath. In particular, the US renunciation has
absolutely no significance under Canadian law; a Canadian who becomes a naturalized
US citizen is still a Canadian as far as Canada is concerned.

Canada, like many (though not all) countries, does have a formal pro- cedure for
renouncing citizenship by filing a special form with its own officials. However, the
US does not require, expect, or even ask new citizens to go through this, or any
other, procedure with their "old country". If the old country refuses to recognize
the renuncia- tory statement in the US naturalization oath, the US really doesn't
care or mind if a new citizen is still considered a citizen by his or her country of
origin. If that other country requires the use of one of its passports (not a US or
other foreign passport) when entering and exiting, that's OK with the US -- as long
as the person also has a US passport, since he/she will need a US passport when
re-entering the US.

References:

http://travel.state.gov/dualnationality.html
http://www.richw.org/dualcit/faq.html#natdual
http://www.richw.org/dualcit/faq.html#twopass

Rich Wales [email protected] http://www.richw.org/dualcit/ *DISCLAIMER: I am not a
lawyer, professional immigration consultant, or consular officer. My comments are for
discussion purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon as legal or
professional advice.

Paul Helpdesk

Kris,

You could maintain Dual Citizenship.

Your qualifications for Naturalization depends on how you obtained your Green Card,
either through Family or Employment.

You may find the following details helpful:
http://www.visapro.com/US-Citizenshi...ralization.asp

Paul @ HelpDesk