ricktoronto said:Is he a legal citizen of the US? if not this is a trifle premature since he winds up with no citizenship at all. If the laws of the DR allow it he can do that at a DR consulate in the USA.What point is there to give it up at all? USA allows dual citizenship.And he is talking about renouncing it not expatriating it.
cobraboy said:Does the DR acknowledge dual (US/DR) citizenships?
If so, how would a US citizen also become a DR citizen?
cobraboy said:Does the DR acknowledge dual (US/DR) citizenships?
If so, how would a US citizen also become a DR citizen?
Mirador said:Just for starters, both the President Leonel Fernandez, and the Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, are duel citizens (US-DR).
Mirador said:especially when you are in a position of political power, like our President and Foreign Minister, or in the US, where the Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff, and many other high ranking government officials hold dual Israeli-US citizenship?
NyliYoshi said:What's the difference between renouncing and expatriating?
And I was only asking here because the embassy is closed until Monday..
Scandall said:Incorrect.
The only two political posts in the DR that you CANNOT hold as a dual citizen are President and Vice President.
They probably have permanent residency but they are not citizens.
Scandall
Scandall said:Uh oh....here comes the Jewish conspiracy theories..... Scandall
NyliYoshi said:Okay, so how would my friend renounce his citizenship from the DR?
The renouncing reason is because he now lives in the U.S. and would not like to be subject to DR government jurisdiction any longer as a DR citizen.
And regardless of whether or not he would be subject to DR government jurisdiction, what is the renouncing process? Does he just mail a letter to the president and be done with it?
bonao1969 said:My Dominican wife just became a US citizen last week. She is of course, still a Dominican citizen. Only problem is, if she goes to Santo Domingo on her US passport, she will probably have to pay for a visitor's visa. On the other hand, if she uses her Dominican passport, she can go there, but not return on it as they took her residency (green) card. Win some, lose some.