Dual citizenship refers to when a person is a citizen of two different countries at the same time. It means they are recognized as a national and have rights and obligations in both countries.
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Dual citizenship exists at all mostly because there is not consistency in how different countries treat the concept of citizenship.
However, allowing individuals to
acquire dual citizenship has proven to be mutually beneficial for both the individual and the country.
Dual citizenship provides business expansion opportunities for entrepreneurs and, in turn, profitable businesses prove advantageous for their host country.
Dual citizenship creates «global citizens» as possessing more than one passport increases global mobility and allows visa free travel to a multitude of countries.
Now he can happily confirm that his application
for dual citizenship has been accepted and he now holds an Italian passport.
Angelina Jolie's fourth directorial effort, First They Killed My Father, has the unique distinction of being Cambodia's entry into the Academy's Foreign Language Film competition this year, giving Jolie — who holds
dual citizenship in the U.S. and Cambodia — an unusual position in this year's race.
The U.S. is introducing new measures that will make it harder for Europeans
with dual citizenship in Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Iran to enter the country.
Either way, the animal's hybrid appearance and
dual citizenship offer a glimpse of how the two families» common ancestor might have looked and behaved 35 million to 40 million years ago.
He held that if released Kanu might commit the same offence again, and that there was a probability that he might jump bail because he
possessed dual citizenship.
Having previously spoken with Lawyer Monthly on immigration matters, here Micha - Rose Emmett, Group Managing Director at CS Global Partners provides an outlook on
dual citizenship around the globe, the benefits thereof, for both the citizen and the host nation, and the need for increased dual...
Born to hippie parents on a commune in Kingston, Ontario, Sproule
claims dual citizenship with both Canada and the United States.
Peter Thiel, the Trump - supporting US tech billionaire, was revealed last month to have been granted New
Zealand dual citizenship in 2011.
This game was only Byrd's 14th for queen and country — he married Joni, a Londoner, in 1983 and
received dual citizenship just last September — and it was another fine one.
The political scientist also noted that Ghana's voters» register was compiled in 2012, and that of Togo was done around 2014/2015, «so couldn't it also be that Ghanaians here who have
dual citizenship after registering and voting here, also went to Togo to register?»
«Where refugees, green card holders,
dual citizenship citizens, Muslims from any and all countries stepping out of a plane onto New York State soil are immediately guaranteed their basic civil rights — their human rights — enforced with the full weight of New York legal authority,» the group's email states.
The President stated that, it would have been unconstitutional for the party to
prevent dual citizenship holders from vying for party positions, while adding that making the flagbearer the leader of the party goes «against its traditions.»
Mainstream conservative politicians are much more amenable to labor market and welfare reforms that would accommodate unskilled immigration, but they have traditionally been opposed to easy or early naturalization, and
reject dual citizenship.
I have a Canadian friend who moved to the US after graduating, got an American citizenship, and now has returned to live in Canada permanently, but with
dual citizenship now.
I think you make a valid point about someone having a EU -
UK dual citizenship, being in the UK and then marrying someone from a non-eu country.
«Kaithar» commented on this answer with speculation that she voted in a Canadian election at a time (1947 - 1977) when Canada didn't
recognize dual citizenship in that it required its own citizens to give that up if they acquired foreign citizenship; «user102008» refutes that.
I do believe that Canada was trying to use this bill as a way of «trying to right a wrong», by not
making dual citizenship retroactive when it was first allowed.
As dual citizenship allows people to move and transact freely, positive information about a country will be readily shared, bringing new investment opportunities and improving the country's reputation.
An increase in
dual citizenship between two countries also results in stronger alliances and a decreased chance of international dispute: International relationships are inevitably enhanced when individuals can acquire another citizenship.
Previously only Nigerians that had
dual citizenship living in the US could adopt internationally from Lagos State, which remains the case for all of the other Nigerian States.
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