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But Spain requires non-nationals naturalising to renounce their previous nationality and presenting her British passport at the airport will legally risk her Spanish nationality.
Surely if she's renounced her nationality she isn't a British national?
If I'm reading it right, she told Spain that she had so she could get her Spanish citizenship, but she hadn't actually, so now she could be found out.
So she broke the law? And is upset about it?
When I lived in the US. The UK embassy was openly recommending this to folks taking US citizen ship.
But does the US require you to renounce your old citizenship like Spain?
Yes.
That's not what this page says: https://www.usa.gov/dual-citizenship
Whether you were born an American citizen or became one through naturalization, if you have dual citizenship, you:
- Do not have to choose one nationality over the other. As a U.S. citizen, you may naturalize in another country without risking your U.S. citizenship.
It used to be the case that the US formally didn't allow dual nationality, but other nations didn't mind if you had US nationality as well as theirs. So many people were just not telling the US about their second nationality that the US got rid of that rule maybe 15 or so years ago.
Interesting that the US already has this requirement
Must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the U.S.
Kinda makes sense to me. I don't understand the issue this brings up. If you're a dual national and want to enter the UK (or the US as in the above example) carry your UK (or US) passport. Otherwise if you don't want to then pay a large unnecessary sum of money for a shitty stamp.
I don't get the outrage here. It's not hard to carry a passport 🤷🏼♀️. What am I missing?
you're missing nothing, it's just ex-pats pissing and moaning that they need more paperwork now
Sorry. But that is for US citizens becoming dual.
Not foreign citizens becoming US.
If you are a non US citizen applying for US citizenship. Then you have to request the home nation end you citizenship.
That's not what this website says either.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-the-usa#visas-residency-and-citizenship
Citizenship
The USA recognises dual citizenship. This means that you do not have to give up (renounce) your British citizenship to become a US citizen.
I don't mean to be a dick but can you provide some source of evidence to what you're saying because both the US and UK government websites disagree with your claim.
Well that has changed. Because back in the early 200p the requirement existed.
How is this an issue?? You just use your UK passport when travelling to the UK, and your EU passport when travelling to the EU. Just as anyone normally would - you go through the shortest queue you're entiteled to use.
If you're a dual national, you already have two passports. Certainly you at least have an entitlement to them.
If you’re a dual national, you already have two passports.
That assumption is mistaken, and where the issues likely come from in practise.
If I'm reading it right, she told Spain that she had so she could get her Spanish citizenship, but she hadn't actually, so now she could be found out.