Dual Citizenship?

[Huron]

It says that in the link you quoted!!

The link I quoted says that "Canadian law permits dual or multiple citizenships:" it does NOT say "Canada may allow you to keep multiple, but other may not. And then you have to revoke one." That is why I asked why ADZEES says that Canada MAY allow and others MAY NOT, where did they get this information that the US and Sweden do not. That is my question.

 

[Baloo]

The confusion may be because the law changed in Sweden in 2001.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_nationality_law

"Swedish law was significantly amended with effect from 1 July 2001 and from that date, dual citizenship is permitted without restriction."

http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____33207.aspx

"Dual Citizenship
One of the basic principles of Swedish civil law has been the avoidance of dual citizenship. With the adoption of the Citizenship Act of 2001, however, Sweden abandoned this principle.
On July 1, 2001, a new Citizenship Act came into effect in Sweden. The new law makes it possible to have dual citizenship. The law also gives children further opportunity to become Swedish citizens independent of their parents.

If you are a Swedish citizen and become a citizen of a second country, the new law means that you can keep your Swedish citizenship if the other country permits it. By the same token, if you become a Swedish citizen you can keep your foreign citizenship if the laws of that country permit it."

 

[adzees]

Thanks dair2dv...

Huron you should read the whole thing on the link you provided. Also you can do to this link http://www.rsscanadaimmigration.com/en/citizenship/dualcitizenship.php to read more.

"Not all countries offer or accept dual/multiple citizenships. Each country has discretionary authority as who it considers to be a citizen. For individuals who wish to maintain citizenship in their country of origin, they must verify with the Embassy of their country regarding the rules of citizenship. This should be done prior to applying for Canadian Citizenship. Certain countries automatically sever citizenship rights to persons who have been granted citizenship in another country, even if the other country accepts dual citizenship. Many countries do not recognize an individual’s new citizenship. Generally the citizenship law that would apply to an individual’s case would be the law that were in effect on the date of obtaining (birth, marriage, parents’ birth or marriage, naturalization est.)"

 

[Huron]

Thanks dair2dv...

Huron you should read the whole thing on the link you provided. Also you can do to this link http://www.rsscanadaimmigration.com/en/citizenship/dualcitizenship.php to read more.

"Not all countries offer or accept dual/multiple citizenships. Each country has discretionary authority as who it considers to be a citizen. For individuals who wish to maintain citizenship in their country of origin, they must verify with the Embassy of their country regarding the rules of citizenship. This should be done prior to applying for Canadian Citizenship. Certain countries automatically sever citizenship rights to persons who have been granted citizenship in another country, even if the other country accepts dual citizenship. Many countries do not recognize an individual's new citizenship. Generally the citizenship law that would apply to an individual's case would be the law that were in effect on the date of obtaining (birth, marriage, parents' birth or marriage, naturalization est.)"

Thanks for sharing the links! Yes I read my own link and the one you provided and did not see Sweden or the US mentioned anywhere......

 

[mrswolfe]

Canada may allow you to keep multiple, but other may not. And then you have to revoke one.

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet, so this may be covered... But I believe the way it works is that if you are of another nationality seeking US citizenship, you have to denounce your previous citizenship before being granted the US oath. If you are a US national seeking dual citizenship in a country that does not force you to denounce, the US has no say in whether or not you denounce your US citizenship.

(My father is a US national with dual German citizenship because, though he was born in the US, he is first generation and therefore under German law, eligible for dual citizenship. He has never had to denounce his US nationality.)

 

[msbigshot]

Thank's for all in the info....
I only mentioned Sweden because me and a girlfriend talked and we thought it may pertain to me, as her becoming dual of sweden was as easy as pie..

 

[Love_Young]

Wow, you guys are getting WAYYY off topic and confused. The OP said they didn't have Sweden citizenship. Their friend is the one who does and the person that was talking to them about citizenship thinking it would be similar process in Canada but the OP (US citizen) wanted to check in here to find out the correct way to go about it.

Also, about the multiple citizenships thing that adzees is trying to explain is the fact that yes, Canada as a country allows multiple citizenships but one of the other countries you have citizenship with before Canada may not allow you to keep multiple citizenships.
Hopefully that helps any confusion. :