Part II of OAS / CPP for US Resident - Ask a

The following is a personal endorsement for my statement about the legality
of having British, Canadian and American Citizenship at the same time.
Thanks Frank, david
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To: taxman at centa.com
Subject: Re:  OAS / CPP for US Resident -
The order is OK. Assuming that J's wife was British by birth, and was a
Canadian citizen on or after Feb 15, 1977, she can become a US citizen
without losing British or Canadian citizenship. I was British by birth,
became a Canadian citizen in 1980 and a US citizen in the mid 90s. The
person at the INS who interviewed me for US citizenship told me I would
lose my British citizenship by becoming a US citizen. I ignored the
statement as I knew it was wrong. The INS (now USCIS) cannot be
expected to have reliable information about another country's rules
regarding that country's citizenships.
Frank XXXXXX
On 14 Jan 2005, at 00:25, centapede at lists.centa.com wrote:
>
>  
> Hello David,
>
> ....I should also mention that we have Green Cards. She cannot become
> a US citizen because she already has dual citizenship in Canada and
> England and the US would require her to relinquish one of those
> passports in order to become a US citizen.
>
> Thanks David,
>
>  JXXXXXXXXX 
> ==================================
>
> david ingram replies:
>
> I have a dozen clients with US / Canadian and British Citizenships at
> the same time.  There is nothing I know of that stops you from
> becoming US citizen unless they have changed the law.  That has been
> true in Canada since 1977 and the US since 1980. One of my own
> associates for three years was a BRITISH, US and Canadian citizen but
> he did it in that order and that might be the secret. 
>
> ....

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