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Can I be a dual citizen?

My mom was born in the US. Her father was born in UK. Can mom become dual citizen..then can I?

  • My mother was born in the US in 1965. Her father was born in the UK. I'm told she had dual citizenship as a child, but had to choose at a certain age. Is this true? Can she regain her status as a dual-citizen? If so, and my Mom is a dual citizen of US-UK and my father is American, can I gain dual citizenship as well? I was born in the US in 1982. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! It's so confusing out there!

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    Well you have several options even if your mother doesn't have UK citizenship.If your mother is a UK citizen by descent she may apply for you for Indefinite Leave to remain,but not Uk citizenship as it only goes 1 generation. You may also apply for an Ancestry visa to the UK that allows you to work & live in the Uk for the time period of the visa & then acquire Indefinite leave to remain on your own. Edit:You'd have to apply first at the UK embassy for Indefinite leave to remain or even Right of Abode which is much better to legally work in the UK.You cannot simply leave the US to to go to the UK to work which could likely not only have you denied entry but banned altogether.

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I am unaware of any requirement to make such a choice at a certain age. Winston Churchill had dual citizenship, having a British father and American mother. Since you are U.S. born, you are already an American citizen. American law has nothing to do with whether you can have dual citizenship in this case... it is up to Britain to recognize you as one of their citizens. If under British law you are already recognized as a citizen, because of your mothers status (which I highly doubt the British law does, btw), then you already have dual citizenship... but if you are correct in that your mother renounced her citizenship at some time, then that will not be the case. If you APPLY for citizenship in another nation, you lose your American citizenship (and rightly so IMO). You are actually better off not having dual citizenship, as that will make you subject to the laws, and taxes, of BOTH nations (two national income taxes... oh how fun). You may also be required to have passports from BOTH countries in order to travel abroad. A real pain in the backside. Edit: See Vivacs edit. Precisely correct, could not have said it better.

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Your mom can be a dual US and UK citizen - you however cannot be a dual as neither of your parents was born in the UK. UK citizenship is only passed down one generation at a time so your grandfather can pass his citizenship to your mother (because he was born in UK) - but she cannot pass it down to you (because she was not born in UK)

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If your father is an American and you were born in the United States you are already an American citizen.

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