dual citizenship
Binational legal status
Dual citizenship is the status of being a citizen of two countries simultaneously.
Some nations permit this; others require renouncing previous citizenship upon naturalization.
A person with dual citizenship may hold two passports, vote in both countries, and face tax or military obligations to each: She has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Ireland.
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- birth certificateOfficial record of arrival
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- expatriationLeaving one's native country
bilateral agreements · refugees · allegiance · passport · tax obligations · permanent residency · homeland · home country · country of origin · residency · assimilation · foreign · foreign national · visa · diaspora · embassy · consulate · heritage
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, asylum
- expatexpat, expat community, expat bubble, relocation, overseas posting
- Korean diasporaKorean Americans, Korean immigrants, Koreatown, Korean community, Korean heritage
- Filipino diasporaFilipino Americans, brain drain, chain migration, recruitment agencies, family separation
- international affairspassport, embassy, visa, treaty, diplomat
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
dual citizenshipstatelessness
Having no recognized citizenship
stateless person · denationalization · denaturalization · loss of citizenship · exile