Dual citizenship
The process of becoming a dual citizen has been on my mind lately, as the immigration news get more and more depressing. I wish I had the opportunity to be a dual citizen!
Being a dual citizen means that you have citizenship in two (or more) countries. For example, when a Mexican parent is living in the U.S. and raising a U.S. born child, but that parent decides to leave the U.S. and return to his/her home country, the U.S. citizen child may be going with him/her to a country that the child has never seen. That child can be registered through the Mexican Consulate as a Mexican Citizen, and obtain dual citizen status.
With the announcement that TPS is ending for Honduras and El Salvador, many of these people who were on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are wondering what to do with their U.S.-born children? It would be smart to check with the Salvadoran or Honduran Consulate to see if registration is a possibility, so that the children have dual citizenship.
If you do have dual citizenship and carry two or more passports from different countries, please remember that you should use the U.S. passport to enter or leave the U.S. A list of the countries that are eligible for dual citizenship can be found at: www.multiplecitizenshp.com/worldsummary.html.
If you have questions about dual citizenship or other immigration questions, please call our law office at 816-356-7100 for an appointment.
